• 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 »
New England SNFs Struggling to Breakeven Sell

New England SNFs Struggling to Breakeven Sell

Blueprint represented a private equity investor in its divestment of a 302-bed skilled nursing portfolio in New England. The three facilities had challenged occupancies, however, they generated approximately $27 million in revenue. Inflated operating costs took its toll on EBITDAR, with the asset struggling to breakeven. Dubbed Project Red Coats, the buildings are located in the Boston, Massachusetts MSA, a strong market.  Steve Thomes, Ryan Kelly, Kory Buzin and Connor Doherty emphasized the opportunity for a new owner to focus on rate and occupancy optimization, while managing expenses and maintaining the facilities’ in-place referral network. The result was several written letters of... Read More »
Diversified Healthcare Trust’s SHOP Delivers Strong Results

Diversified Healthcare Trust’s SHOP Delivers Strong Results

Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) announced fourth-quarter earnings and full-year 2025 results, and its SHOP segment delivered. Same-property SHOP NOI in the fourth quarter jumped 27.6% year over year to $38 million, and full-year SHOP NOI climbed 31.3% to $129.3 million. Same property SHOP occupancy reached 82.4% in Q4, up 90 basis points from the prior year. Momentum should continue into 2026, particularly following DHC’s transition of 116 SHOP properties previously managed by AlerisLife to a roster of seven new operators.   Sinceri Senior Living and Discovery Senior Living assumed the largest shares, 38 communities with 7,299 units and 44 communities with 5,338 units,... Read More »
Lease Option Closes for High-Performing CT SNFs

Lease Option Closes for High-Performing CT SNFs

A long-time regional owner/operator looking to secure capital for future redeployment into the skilled nursing sector approached Blueprint to market two skilled nursing facilities. The high-performing assets sit 40 miles apart in southern and western Connecticut with 301 total beds. The non-union facilities were generating $4.4 million of EBITDAR on $36 million of revenues, with a combined 86% occupancy. The physical plants present well.  The offering was initially brought to market as a sale, however, the optimal offer was a lease with a purchase option. Steve Thomes, Michael Segal, Kory Buzin and Daniel Waldhorn handled the deal, which allows for assumption of the existing HUD loan if... Read More »
Not-for-Profit Acquires North Carolina Seniors Housing Portfolio

Not-for-Profit Acquires North Carolina Seniors Housing Portfolio

A few seniors housing communities in North Carolina were recently divested by a North Carolina owner/operator. The three assets total 61 independent living units and 173 assisted living and memory care beds. The independent living component was developed by the seller. The buyer, a not-for-profit with more than 30 years of experience acquiring and operating assisted living and memory care communities, is expanding its presence in the portfolio’s region. Brandon Bohland and Collin Hempfling of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors handled the deal. Read More »
Logos Living Capital Acquires Invesque Assets

Logos Living Capital Acquires Invesque Assets

Back in December, Invesque announced that it completed the sale of four seniors housing communities for $57 million. The assets sit in New Jersey and Pennsylvania and were previously part of a joint venture with Heritage Senior Living, which managed the portfolio. Invesque did not include any additional details at the time of the announcement, but it was later disclosed that Logos Living Capital was the buyer and would bring on one of its operating partners, Viva Senior Living, to manage the buildings.  The portfolio includes Heritage Hill Senior Community in Weatherly, Pennsylvania, Belle Reve Senior Living in Milford, Pennsylvania, Cardinal Village in Sewell, New Jersey, and Viva... Read More »
Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living communities and two long-term acute care hospitals totaling more than 15,600 beds in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.  FFO totaled $79.6 million in 2025, up 32.2% from 2024’s $60.2 million. Net income also increased, rising $6.8 million year over year, driven largely by a 32.4% increase in... Read More »