• 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 »
Five Facility Portfolio Finds New Operator in Northern California

Five Facility Portfolio Finds New Operator in Northern California

A portfolio of five skilled nursing facilities in northern California found a new operating tenant thanks to Nick Stahler of The Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap. Located around the Sacramento area, the facilities feature more than 300 beds and are owned by a private family office. They were originally leased to a regional skilled nursing operator, but that operator was primarily focused on the Southern California market. Operations actually improved slightly during the pandemic due to a higher Medicare census and the three-day stay waiver. But occupancy and expenses did worsen over the last two years. At close, occupancy was 82% with a 28% quality mix. A new regional operator... Read More »
Lone Star Funds Acquires Minnesota Portfolio

Lone Star Funds Acquires Minnesota Portfolio

Lone Star Funds picked up a portfolio of five seniors housing communities in the Minneapolis, Minnesota MSA, representing the largest-ever seniors housing portfolio deal in the state, according to our database. Developed and owned by Minnetonka-based Roers Companies, a multifamily-focused real estate company, the “A” quality communities total 567 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. There are plenty of amenities, including golf simulators, indoor parking (a must in Minnesota) and fitness centers.   They were all completed between September 2019 and April 2021, and occupancy was generally strong at the more established locations. The pandemic affected occupancy at... Read More »
Walker & Dunlop Arranges Atlanta Active Adult Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Arranges Atlanta Active Adult Acquisition

Walker & Dunlop Investment Sales arranged the sale of a class-A active adult community in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. The W&D Seniors Housing team including Jordyn Berger and Joshua Jandris, as well as the W&D Atlanta Multifamily Team including Kris Mikkelsen, Pat Jones and Chris Goldsmith, collaborated on the transaction. Just built in 2020, Everleigh Halcyon Village features 160 units on 1.9 acres. It includes one-bedroom units with 848 square feet and two-bedroom units with 1,195 square feet.   The community is integrated within the mixed-use village, Halcyon, which has over 535,000 square feet of office and retail space and over 100 single-family homes selling at between... Read More »
MBK Adds Value-Add Community to Portfolio

MBK Adds Value-Add Community to Portfolio

Last week, MBK Senior Living acquired the second property of a two-site portfolio in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, and The Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap handled the deals on behalf of the seller, Texas-based McFarlin Group. Built in 2017 as the first Surpass Senior Living (McFarlin’s operating platform) in Arizona, the 83-unit assisted living community will be renamed from Mariposa Point of Gilbert to Sky Ridge. Located adjacent to an active adult community called The Aspens at Mariposa Point, it was developed at a cost of $18 million, or $217,000 per unit, with financing provided in part by Piper Jaffray & Co. The project was part of a four-property development plan for... Read More »
LTC Properties Announces Another Mezzanine Loan

LTC Properties Announces Another Mezzanine Loan

LTC Properties revealed in its fourth quarter earnings call that it originated a $25 million mezzanine loan for the recapitalization of five seniors housing properties in Oregon and Montana. The transaction is a continuation of LTC’s strategy focused on higher yield structured finance investments.   Coming with a term of five years and two months, with two one-year extension options, the loan bears an 8% interest rate and an IRR of 11%. The properties, which include independent living, assisted living and memory care, total 621 units and will be managed by The Springs Living, a new operator for LTC.   LTC revealed a few other investments and dispositions in its earnings. So far in... Read More »
Inland Real Estate Group Buys in Minnesota

Inland Real Estate Group Buys in Minnesota

Cushman & Wakefield represented a joint venture of The Waters Senior Living, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and North Rock Real Estate in arranging the sale of The Waters on Mayowood, a 175-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Rochester, Minnesota. The property was sold earlier in February for a total of $67.3 million, or just under $385,000 per unit.   Inland Real Estate Group, one of the nation’s largest real estate and finance groups, is acquiring Mayowood and will retain The Waters to manage the community. The property was originally constructed in 2015 and has performed well since opening, averaging over 96% occupancy since January 2018.... Read More »