• Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Minnesota

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a seniors housing community that comprises 288 units in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Located 12 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis, the community, SilverCreek on Main, was built in three phases between 2015 and 2024 by Ryan Companies.  The original independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Harborside CCRC Sale Approved

    Focus Healthcare Partners’ purchase of a struggling CCRC on Long Island has gone through the ringer, but Chief Judge Alan S. Trust of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York just approved the sale under modified terms, which should close within the next two months. The property attracted some attention in late 2024 when New... Read More »
  • Imagine Senior Living Acquires in Texas

    An owner/operator of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities acquired a seniors housing community in Amarillo, Texas. Built in 2000, The Reserve at Amarillo features assisted living and memory care units. The buyer, Imagine Senior Living, has an established footprint with communities in Texas, Idaho, Oregon, Washington,... Read More »
  • Brookdale Senior Living: Slow and Steady

    Brookdale Senior Living released its fourth quarter and full-year earnings results this week, and all we can say is that the improvements, while welcomed, are slow and steady. Management has had a lot on its plate the past 18 months or so in a post-pandemic environment, but things like occupancy are moving up, but not as fast as for others. The... Read More »
  • Three Communities Trade Hands in Pacific Northwest

    Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group shot out of the gates in 2025, closing three separate transactions in the Pacific Northwest so far this year. The largest was for an 88-unit seniors housing community in central Washington which closed this week. Owned by a regional operator based in Washington, this community consists of 36... Read More »
Behavioral Health Buyer Takes Over Georgia Community

Behavioral Health Buyer Takes Over Georgia Community

Bull Realty, a commercial regional real estate company, was engaged by Gryphon Senior Living in its divestment of a seniors housing community in Dacula, Georgia. Built in 2011, Hope Memory Care Community features 64 memory care units across 37,432 square feet on 3.44 acres. Gryphon originally bought the community a few years back for around $9.5 million, or $148,000 per unit.  The community struggled with occupancy, despite good demographics. After Bull Realty was brought on to market the property, the bank sold the note. A potential CON sale was explored but did not pan out. When the note holder had control of the property, a separate potential buyer was brought in. The noteholder... Read More »
Joint Venture Divests to Private Owner/Operator

Joint Venture Divests to Private Owner/Operator

Blueprint was engaged by a joint venture between two national investors in the divestment of its seniors housing community in Pickerington, Ohio, that was acquired as part of a larger transaction. The buyer, which intends to reposition the asset as affordable seniors housing, was a well-capitalized private owner/operator seeking to expand and increase operational leverage in the Midwest.  Built in 2009, the community comprises 86 assisted living and memory care units in a growing, but supply-constrained, suburb of Columbus. The community’s occupancy challenges post-COVID, in combination with its outlier geography and care mix, made it a non-core component of the broader transaction... Read More »
Minnesota AL/MC Community Changes Hands

Minnesota AL/MC Community Changes Hands

An assisted living/memory care community in rural southern Minnesota found a new owner with the help of Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Built in 2017, Bridgwater at Janesville features 24 units. It featured a 90% waiver census and was fully occupied at the time of closing, generating strong cash flow, as well. The undisclosed buyer paid $4.2 million, or $175,000 per unit, for the asset.  Read More »
SNF Operator Makes First Purchase in MA

SNF Operator Makes First Purchase in MA

An institutional owner decided to divest its skilled nursing facility in East Boston, Massachusetts, in order to recycle capital and shift its investment focus. Evans Senior Investments marketed the facility to a group of regional and national buyers before an experienced regional operator stepped in to make its first purchase of a facility, for an undisclosed price. Evans helped the new owner by facilitating a regional capital partner for the deal. Built more than 50 years ago, the facility featured 165 beds, including a number of three-bed wards. It was 83% occupied but held a two-star CMS rating with an abuse icon from CMS. Other operational challenges included high agency staffing... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in Arizona

Regional Owner/Operator Acquires in Arizona

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Phoenix, Arizona. Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso, Jacob Gehl and Dillon Rudy handled the transaction, which closed 112 days from LOI signing. Developed in phases between 2015 and 2017, the community encompasses nine residential homes arranged in a neighborhood setting in Litchfield Park. There are 89 total assisted living/memory care units. The community accepts private pay and ALTC (Arizona Medicaid) residents and was approaching stabilized occupancy at the time of marketing. It is projected to experience favorable year-over-year rate growth given the lack of new or planned competing developments within the local market.... Read More »
Third Luther Manor Home Campus Sold

Third Luther Manor Home Campus Sold

A Senior Living Investment Brokerage team comprising Jeff Binder, Jason Punzel, Nick Cacciabando and Jake Anderson handled the receivership sale of a senior care campus in Dubuque, Iowa. Affiliated with the two Grand Meadows campuses in Asbury, Iowa, that SLIB had facilitated the sale of in October, Luther Manor – Hillcrest Campus was previously owned by the not-for-profit Luther Manor Home, before it fell into receivership. It opened in 1969 and went through several additions through 2012 to now include 32 independent living units and 86 skilled nursing beds. The IL portion was just 59% occupied, while the skilled nursing portion was nearly full, at 98%. And the campus operated at a... Read More »