• Blueprint Sets Pricing Record in New York State

    Blueprint advised a repeat private equity client in a record-setting sale of two standalone memory care communities in high barrier-to-entry submarkets in New York State. Combining for 104 units, these assets were purpose-built in the late 1990s and were stabilized at the time of the deal. Not only that, they were generating cash flow in excess... Read More »
  • CareTrust Keeps Its Foot on the Gas

    CareTrust REIT has deployed nearly $1 billion in closed transactions so far this year, after closing around $1.8 billion in investment activity in 2025, and its pipeline includes $450 million of near-term, actionable opportunities, excluding larger portfolio transactions. The REIT announced that it closed a few separate transactions in mid-April,... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Announces Slew of HUD Closings

    VIUM Capital closed four HUD 232/223(f) financings in March totaling more than $63 million across a mix of skilled nursing and seniors housing communities. Two of the financings involved skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma totaling 176 beds. The assets were originally acquired as part of a larger portfolio and refinanced following a... Read More »
  • Lument Secures HUD Express Lane Transaction

    Lument closed a refinance through HUD’s Express Lane for a 120-unit seniors housing community in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built in 2017, Pemberly Place Senior Living features 132 licensed beds and offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It also has an on-site medical clinic to offer a range of other healthcare services. The... Read More »
  • CBRF Trades in Wisconsin

    A community-based residential facility in southern Wisconsin came under new ownership. The seller had acquired the facility a couple of years ago and brought it to stabilization. They also conducted renovations in 2025 on the physical plant, which was originally built in 2001. The ultimate buyer was a Midwest ownership group that was looking to... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Two SNFs and a CCRC 

Blueprint Sells Two SNFs and a CCRC 

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced a couple of deals this week, its seventh and eighth announcements of the month so far. First was a CCRC sale in Easley, South Carolina. Built in 1985 and now including 222 units of independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing, Easley Place was previously operated by Brookdale Senior Living before being acquired by Frontline Management and Onelife Investments in 2019 as part of a three-CCRC portfolio.   However, Frontline/Onelife’s turnaround plan was negatively impacted by COVID with operations experiencing a 30% reduction in occupancy which was further compounded by the labor shortage in the market. So, Elevation... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Tennessee Deal

Blueprint Closes Tennessee Deal

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors recently closed on the sale of a 132-unit retirement community outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Its claim to fame is that Johnny Cash built it in 1984 for his mother-in-law, Maybelle Carter, although we do not know how long she lived there. That age, however, had an impact on pricing, as apparently it is very limited as to what one can do with the current layout. It didn’t help that several years ago the operator of the community filed for bankruptcy protection. But this was before the pandemic. Surprisingly, occupancy was 80% before the pandemic struck, and then remained around 80% during the pandemic, but then skipped down to 70% for the three... Read More »
Grandbridge Closes ChampionsGate Community Sale 

Grandbridge Closes ChampionsGate Community Sale 

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Tampa-based Senior Housing Investment Sales team arranged the sale of a recently-constructed 223-unit senior living campus in the ChampionsGate submarket of Orlando, Florida. Opened in 2017, the community offers independent living, assisted living and memory care. Grandbridge’s David Kliewer and Jay Jordan facilitated the sale to funds managed by Fortress Investment Group for $45 million, or $201,800 per unit. Fortress will bring in Watermark Retirement Communities to manage the community.  The community was developed through a 142(d) bond issuance and opened in December 2017. However, following challenges in meeting the operating covenants of the bond... Read More »
PE Firm Divests Denver-Area Property 

PE Firm Divests Denver-Area Property 

An institutional private equity firm engaged Evans Senior Investments to sell its 120-unit independent living community in Arvada, Colorado (Denver MSA). The Kipling Meadows was built in 2008 and renovated in 2018. In the three months prior to its sale, the community averaged 86% occupancy (based on units) and was producing positive cash flow. Occupancy actually increased to 90% in the latest month, so Evans could forecast a 6% rental rate increase to a new owner, who was not disclosed.  Read More »
Plains Commercial Sells Oklahoma SNF Portfolio 

Plains Commercial Sells Oklahoma SNF Portfolio 

Plains Commercial announced the sale of three skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma. Dubbed the “Rucker SNF Portfolio,” they are located in Tulsa and Cushing, Oklahoma, totaling 243 licensed beds.  All of the facilities had high-quality physical plants, with two buildings opened in the 60s and 70s with more recent extensive renovations, and one facility purpose-built in 1997.   The seller is a local operator that Plains had been advising for a number of years about their planned exit from the industry. After a competitive bidding process, the seller chose one of the largest SNF operators in Oklahoma as the ultimate buyer. Daniel Morris handled the... Read More »
JLL Helps Finance Land Acquisition 

JLL Helps Finance Land Acquisition 

The seniors housing construction market has slowed, but plenty of projects are still being planned and opened across the country. Recently, JLL Capital Markets arranged $16.275 million in acquisition financing for two land sites totaling 12.73 acres for the development of seniors housing communities in Livermore and Soquel, California. The developer, Calson Management, secured $10.5 million and $5.775 million one-year, fixed-rate loans through Barnett Capital Limited.  The first site totals nine acres in Livermore and will be developed into a 128-unit assisted living/memory care community. On-site amenities will include designated dining rooms, a hobby room, spa/salon, movie theater,... Read More »