• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »
Behavioral Healthcare Provider Purchases AL/MC Community

Behavioral Healthcare Provider Purchases AL/MC Community

Benefitting from its seniors housing and behavioral health platforms, Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented an institutional seniors housing client in its first adaptive re-use disposition. Andrew Sfreddo, Shane Harmon, Gunnar Raney, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso handled the transaction, selling the seniors housing asset to a behavioral healthcare provider. Developed in 1996, the assisted living/memory care community is located in Northern Indiana, near downtown Fort Wayne. It features large amenity spaces, private bathrooms and outdoor programming areas. Given the seniors housing competition and marginal financial performance, Blueprint strategically structured a tiered... Read More »
Private Investment Firm Buys Two Turnaround Assets

Private Investment Firm Buys Two Turnaround Assets

A Dallas-based private investment firm purchased a couple of seniors housing communities in Texas and Oklahoma. Both 1990s-built communities were losing nearly $1 million at the time of the sales, so they offered significant upside.  The Carrollton, Texas, community was built in 1996 and renovated in both 2009 and 2016. In addition, it received a memory care expansion in 2014 and currently features 62 units. Occupancy was under 30%, and the community generated nearly $900,000 in revenues. Its private equity group seller with a regional seniors housing portfolio looked to divest the community. The buyer partnered with a local operator to take over management of the community. Matthew... Read More »
Spokane Active Adult Community Sells

Spokane Active Adult Community Sells

Whispering Pines Apartments, a Class-A active adult community located in Spokane, Washington, was divested in the first quarter of 2023 in a 1031 exchange event. Built in 2016, the community has 31 units with long-term tenants and sits on two acres. According to the rent roll, in 2022, revenues were roughly $657,060. SVN Cornerstone’s Nate Gant and Guy Byrd were brought on to represent the seller, Whispering Pines LLC. Lee & Associates’ Levi Sterley represented the buyer, Seven Lakes Development, an investor/developer. The purchase price was $10.15 million, or approximately $327,400 per unit. Read More »
SLIB Arranges Two Southeast Deals

SLIB Arranges Two Southeast Deals

Two Senior Living Investment Brokerage teams sold a couple of senior care facilities in the Southeast. Jeff Binder and Nick Cacciabando first represented a local owner/operator in their exit from the skilled nursing industry by selling their 130-bed facility in Hollister, Missouri, near Branson. The facility was built in 1984 on top of a hill and offers views of Lake Taneycomo. It maintained consistent revenue and occupancy throughout the last three years, most recently (in 2022) generating about $6.45 million of revenue, with an 8% margin and 75% occupancy.    Emerging from multiple offers, the eventual buyer was a Missouri-based owner/operator of skilled nursing facilities with one of... Read More »
Grandbridge Completes REIT’s Non-Core Portfolio Disposition

Grandbridge Completes REIT’s Non-Core Portfolio Disposition

Grandbridge was brought on to sell three older seniors housing communities in Florida that were distressed: The Grande, Balmoral and Forest Oaks. The Grande is a 144-unit community in Brooksville with independent living, assisted living and memory care services, and Balmoral is a 125-unit AL/MC community in Lake Placid. Forest Oaks is an 80-unit AL/MC community in Spring Hill.  The Grande and Balmoral sold in June to TJM Properties, a regional Florida-based owner/operator. In a separate transaction in August, Forest Oaks sold to a Florida-based buyer that was not disclosed. A national REIT sold the communities, and this sale completed its disposition of a portfolio that consisted of... Read More »
Foundry Commercial Acquires White Springs Senior Living

Foundry Commercial Acquires White Springs Senior Living

White Springs Senior Living, a 90-unit assisted living/memory care community built in 2020 in Warrenton, Virginia, was acquired by Foundry Commercial, marking Foundry’s 30th senior living community purchased since its establishment in 2020. Spring Arbor Senior Living, Foundry’s in-house seniors housing operating company, will manage the community going forward. White Springs Senior Living is the newest community in the operator’s portfolio. Acquisition financing was arranged by Capital Funding Group, but no other details were disclosed. Read More »