• 60 Seconds with Swett: Senior Care’s PR Problem

    Recently, we have seen stories circulating about the connection between REIT ownership and the way skilled nursing facilities provide care, stemming from a study written by the nonprofit journalism outlet KFF Health News. We’ve seen this before, headlines like “real estate investors profit while patients suffer,” usually with graphic cases of... Read More »
  • 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 »
Local Georgia Teaching Hospital Acquires SNF 

Local Georgia Teaching Hospital Acquires SNF 

As investor interest and bidding wars have grown in the skilled nursing industry in the last year, some unusual buyers have emerged to help spur that activity. In a recent Georgia SNF sale, Colquitt Regional Medical Center, a local community-based teaching hospital, submitted the most compelling offer for a 59-bed skilled nursing facility in the town of Moultrie. Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Michael Segal and Ben Firestone were engaged by the New York-based investment firm seller following the operator’s recent bankruptcy filing.   Upon completing the transaction in early March, the buyer plans to make substantial upgrades to the facility’s patient rooms, common areas, and... Read More »
Multifamily Investor Enters Active Adult Arena  

Multifamily Investor Enters Active Adult Arena  

Castle Lanterra, a New York-based national real estate investment firm which had $750 million in transaction volume during 2021, acquired Diamond Oaks Village, a 160-unit active adult community in Bonita Springs, for its first acquisition in the seniors housing space. Built in 2017 by the United Group of Companies, the gated community offers one- and two-bedroom units averaging 1,036 square feet. Unit amenities include open-floor concept living spaces, full kitchens with granite counters, in-unit washers and dryers and screened-in private balconies. Community amenities include a covered parking garage, fitness center, outdoor pool and spa, dog park, putting green and bistro, bar and a... Read More »
CBRE Refinances Costa Mesa, California Community 

CBRE Refinances Costa Mesa, California Community 

CBRE National Senior Housing arranged financing for Coastal Heights Senior Living, a 148-unit independent living community in Costa Mesa, California (Orange County). Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Adam Mincberg secured the debt through Stone Beach Capital, a New York-based investment fund focused on credit opportunities in the United States and Europe. The owners, a joint venture between Capitol Seniors Housing and an institutional equity partner received a three-year, $15.5 million loan with a floating rate and a full term of interest only.   Opened in 1990, the community will continue to be third-party managed by Integral Senior Living. It was acquired by the current owners in 2016 and... Read More »
Hackensack Meridian Health Divests Majority of SNF Portfolio 

Hackensack Meridian Health Divests Majority of SNF Portfolio 

Not-for-profit health system Hackensack Meridian Health announced plans to sell a majority of its skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities to Complete Care Management. The agreement involves 11 of Hackensack Meridian’s 14 skilled nursing facilities, with approximately 1,630 beds and 2,100 employees. Terms of the deal, which still must be approved by the state Department of Health, were not disclosed. The facilities are located in Brick Township, Ocean Grove, Shrewsbury, Wall, Holmdel, North Bergen, Plainfield, Edison and Hackensack.  The locations would join Complete Care’s 41-facility portfolio in the Garden State, which it has grown since launching in 2015.... Read More »
Summit Healthcare REIT Sells Oregon Community 

Summit Healthcare REIT Sells Oregon Community 

Summit Healthcare REIT exited its memory care community in Corvallis, Oregon, selling the property for $11 million, or about $344,000 per unit. Featuring 48 beds in 32 units, Regent Court Senior Living was originally built in 2000. Operations were strong, with the community taking advantage of the favorable Medicaid rates in Oregon.  In 2016, Summit bought the community plus a 39-unit assisted living community in Citrus Heights, California in a joint venture with Fantasia Investment III LLC and a U.S.-based affiliate of Fantasia Holdings Group Co. Limited, a Chinese corporation listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange, for a combined $23 million, or $365,100 per unit. Summit held 20% of the... Read More »
Two Years of COVID: What Now, and What’s Next?

Two Years of COVID: What Now, and What’s Next?

On March 17th, 2022, Steve Monroe, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, spoke with three expert panelists on the state of the senior housing and care industry now two years into the pandemic. Steve was joined by three association heads: David Schless, president of American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA), Mark Parkinson, President and CEO of American Health Care Association (AHCA/NCAL) and James Balda, President and CEO of Argentum. In the hour-long discussion, they covered a wide range of topics, including consumer education, labor, census, affordability and how to prepare for the future should any emergencies arise.  Mr. Monroe kicked off the webinar by asking the... Read More »