• ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

    Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings,... Read More »
  • Optimism across the Board in BBG’s Investor Survey Results

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee, Senior Managing Director – Seniors Housing & Healthcare National Practice Leader of BBG Real Estate Services, to discuss the biggest takeaways of BBG’s fifth Annual Investor Survey. Read More »
  • Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

    Lument closed a $26.8 million Freddie Mac refinance for Treeo South Ogden, a 143-unit independent living community in Ogden, Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ, all managing directors with Lument, led the transaction. Treeo South Ogden was purpose-built in 2015, and has been owned and... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

    Berkadia closed the sale of Oakleigh of Macomb, an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Macomb, Michigan (Detroit MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 55 assisted living and 30 memory care units. It was 91% occupied, so given its vintage and performance, we imagine it attracted significant investor interest. Berkadia represented the... Read More »
  • Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

    G Capital helped facilitate the sale of two memory care communities in Silicon Valley in an off-market transaction. Calson Management, a developer/operator based in Vacaville, California, had acquired Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park and Crescent Oaks Memory Care in Sunnyvale several years ago as value-add opportunities. The firm... Read More »

Another Amira Choice Community Sells

The Goodman Group made another seniors housing purchase, acquiring Amira Choice Sarasota in Florida. Built in 2020, this community has 198 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care on 11 acres. It has luxury amenities, including an outdoor heated pool, fitness studio, piano lounges, art studio and gallery, yoga space, a pet park, therapy gym, salon and spa. The seller was United Properties, and the community will be renamed Legends of Sarasota. Brooks Blackmon and Lauren Nagle of Blueprint handled the transaction. In August 2025, Blueprint had also sold the 128-unit Amira Choice Naples to REDICO and American House. Details of that... Read More »
Large Portfolio Trades in Upstate New York

Large Portfolio Trades in Upstate New York

We heard rumblings of a large portfolio of upstate New York independent living communities selling, and the deal closed right before Christmas. Jeff Binder, Ryan Saul and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction, working on behalf of the receiver.  Located in the Rochester MSA, the five communities were built between 2000 and 2008 and consisted of 701 units on 15 total acres. After procuring multiple offers from national and regional buyers, SLIB sold the portfolio to an out-of-state private equity group that partnered with a New York-based operator.  On December 23, Cougar Capital Management announced on LinkedIn that it closed the $71... Read More »
Property/Asset Management Firm Buys SH Community

Property/Asset Management Firm Buys SH Community

JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale of Laguna Estates Senior Living, a 168-unit assisted living/memory care community in Carlsbad, California. JLL’s Senior Housing Capital Markets team, led by Aaron Rosenzweig and Dan Baker, represented the seller in the transaction. Sunny Hills Management Company purchased the asset for an undisclosed amount. Laguna Estates Senior Living features four single-story and three-story buildings. Amenities include an activities room, beauty salon, billiards room, dining room, fitness center, movie room, piano room, putting green and swimming pool with hot tub. Services are also available for transportation, housekeeping and support... Read More »
CareTrust REIT Makes a Portfolio Acquisition in Texas

CareTrust REIT Makes a Portfolio Acquisition in Texas

Three Orchard Park assisted living communities in Texas sold with the help of CBRE National Senior Housing. The portfolio consisted of 270 assisted living and memory care units. Orchard Park at Victory Lakes and Orchard Park at Southfork are located in Houston, while Orchard Park of Kyle is located within the Austin MSA. Occupancy was around 86%. CareTrust REIT paid $39.85 million, or $147,600 per unit, funding the deal with cash on hand. The REIT expects the portfolio to deliver a going-in yield of approximately 7%. The seller was represented by the CBRE National Senior Housing team led by John Sweeny and Aron Will. Sinceri Senior Living took over the... Read More »
American Healthcare REIT’s 2025 Investment Highlights

American Healthcare REIT’s 2025 Investment Highlights

American Healthcare REIT closed over $950 million of new acquisitions in 2025, with no further acquisitions expected to close before year-end. All of the new acquisitions are concentrated in its operating portfolio, which consists of the Integrated Senior Health Campuses and Senior Housing Operating Properties segments, which have driven AHR’s strong operating momentum and growth in 2025. Entering the new year, these segments remain the company’s main focus for new external growth as it looks to further expand with its operating partners. In 2025, approximately $370 million of acquisitions were completed within its ISHC segment, and approximately $590 million within its SHOP... Read More »
National Health Investors’ New Investments

National Health Investors’ New Investments

A publicly traded REIT based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, acquired two assisted living and memory care communities and closed two loan agreements, investing $89.2 million, including transaction costs, across the four separate deals at an average initial yield of 8.02%. National Health Investors purchased a 107-unit AL/MC community in Jamison, Pennsylvania, that is operated by Priority Life Care. It appears to be The Bridges at Warwick, and Priority will remain in-place, marking a new relationship with NHI. The sales price was $52.1 million, or $486,900 per unit, including transaction costs. The community is leased pursuant to a five-year term with an initial lease rate of 8.00%... Read More »