• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Fully-Occupied Assisted Living Community Sells

Fully-Occupied Assisted Living Community Sells

Joe Shallow of The Prestige Group was engaged by a family owner/operator in their divestment of a seniors housing community in Plymouth, Pennsylvania. Purpose-built in 1985 and well-maintained throughout the years, Metro Wilkes Barre features 20 assisted living units with 40 beds. The community has historically boasted a strong census, and at the time of sale it was 100% occupied. It sits on 1.15 acres and comprises 8,436 square feet. At the time of marketing, the asset was making $222,400 in EBITDA on $812,900 of revenues. Although the community is fully occupied, there is still upside potential for the incoming buyer, with monthly rents sitting below the current market rate. There is... Read More »
REIT Acquires Underoccupied Seniors Housing Portfolio

REIT Acquires Underoccupied Seniors Housing Portfolio

After acquiring a seniors housing portfolio through a joint venture in 2019, MedCore Partners and Trinity Private Equity Group have decided it was time to divest. Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Jake Rice of Blueprint brought the portfolio out to market, and at that time, it was generating $4.5 million in EBITDAR on around $21 million in annual revenue. It comprised a mix of 409 private pay and Medicaid units, and was purpose-built between 2014 and 2016. There is room for upside, with occupancy hovering just above 75%. The four assets sit in primary and secondary markets across Arizona and Utah.  After the joint venture seller’s 2019 acquisition, which it completed for $98 million, or... Read More »
Philadelphia AL/MC Community Trades Hands

Philadelphia AL/MC Community Trades Hands

Brett Gardner, Joshua Jandris and Jason Skalko of Cushman & Wakefield represented an undisclosed seller in its sale of The Terrace at Chestnut Hill, a 62,600-square-foot, 108-unit assisted living and memory care community in northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The buyer, MVJ Ventures LLC, was represented by Jason Stroiman and Brendan DeSilva of Evans Senior Investments.  The community was built in 1987 and renovated in 2012, and at the time of sale, it was 85% occupied. It will be operated by Viva Senior Living, and rebranded as Viva Senior Living at Chestnut Hill. While the asset carried existing agency debt, the buyer elected not to assume the loan and instead paid off the... Read More »
Clarion Partners Expands in Nashville MSA

Clarion Partners Expands in Nashville MSA

Clarion Partners, an affiliate of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc. acquired Vitality Living Franklin, a 126-unit seniors housing community in Franklin, Tennessee (Nashville MSA). The community was built in 2014, renovated in 2023 and faced little new competition in the area. It was nearly full as a result. The community sits three miles from Williamson Medical Center and offers both assisted living and memory care services. The community is operated by Vitality Living, a Nashville-based senior living operator with more than 35 communities across the Southeast and Texas. Read More »
Regional Buyer Acquires Community Adjacent to Its SNF

Regional Buyer Acquires Community Adjacent to Its SNF

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham recently sold a 42-unit assisted living community in Cashmere, Washington, near Wenatchee in the central part of the state. Epledalen Assisted Living was built in 1999 and was fully occupied, but its local owner/operator wished to exit the industry. So, a regional owner/operator looking to expand its Washington footprint stepped in to acquire the community for an undisclosed price. The buyer owns the skilled nursing facility that is adjacent to the community, so the acquisition should provide some operational synergies. Read More »
National Healthcare Properties and Discovery Buy Large Portfolio

National Healthcare Properties and Discovery Buy Large Portfolio

In an off-market deal, National Healthcare Properties acquired a portfolio of 13 seniors housing communities in eight states through a joint venture with Discovery Senior Living. The new SHOP assets total 592 units of assisted living and will be placed under a RIDEA structure with Discovery, which has been managing and will continue to manage the portfolio. The price was $64 million, or $108,100 per unit. In addition, NHP gained a right of first refusal and purchase option on an additional 13 senior living communities with approximately 500 assisted living units currently managed by Discovery. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026, subject to closing conditions... Read More »