• 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 »
Sabra and Sienna Senior Living Join Up In Canada

Sabra and Sienna Senior Living Join Up In Canada

Sienna Senior Living has announced a strategic joint venture with Sabra Health Care REIT to purchase a $243 million (C$307.5 million) portfolio of eleven private-pay retirement residences in Ontario and Saskatchewan. This will be Sienna’s first venture into the Saskatchewan retirement market, with four of the 11 properties located in the province. The other seven properties are in various cities in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, where Sienna already maintains properties. Extendicare Inc. is the seller, and the portfolio represents all of its currently owned private-pay retirement properties in Canada. Both Sienna and Sabra will have 50% ownership of the high-quality, entirely... Read More »
Sabra Health Care REIT Resets With Major Tenant

Sabra Health Care REIT Resets With Major Tenant

The healthcare REITs and their triple net lease tenants, as well as their RIDEA managers, have had a tough two years. Some companies have been forced out of business completely, others have lost a portion of their portfolio, but many others have been able to work things out with their landlords. Such appears to be the case with Sabra Health Care REIT and Avamere Group. Our feeling has always been if you like your provider and do not think someone else could have done a better job, especially during this pandemic, then stick with them and work out a plan. Avamere is a substantial company, with 62 properties in eight states and a combination of skilled nursing facilities and... Read More »
Lloyd Jones Expands Senior Living Portfolio

Lloyd Jones Expands Senior Living Portfolio

Lloyd Jones announced the acquisition of River Bend Assisted Living and Memory Care, an 89-unit Class-A senior living community in Rochester, Minnesota (Minneapolis MSA). The Miami-based real estate investment firm will enlist their senior care management division, Lloyd Jones Senior Living, to manage the property under their proprietary AVIVA brand. The sale closed on January 31 at a purchase price of $26.5 million, or just shy of $300,000 per unit. The community sits on 2.8 acres and includes landscaped walking paths with direct access to scenic Zumbro River trails. Lloyd Jones plans to enhance the property through technology and amenity improvements. In addition, it will implement an... Read More »
Blackstone Sells Class-A Property in Florida

Blackstone Sells Class-A Property in Florida

Newmark recently announced a closing on Mangrove Bay in Jupiter, Florida, and while we’ve heard of some high per-unit prices over the last year, this purchase is rumored to set a new state record for per-unit price. Blackstone divested the Class-A community to an undisclosed buyer. The Mangrove opened in the early 2000s and has 160 assisted living, independent living, and memory care units in six stories. The community is reportedly in high demand among potential residents and was doing very well at the time of sale, with occupancy near 100%. We hope to disclose the purchase price soon, but we know that according to public records, the property originally sold for $49.5 million to Health... Read More »
Illinois-Based Owner/Operators Exchange Underperforming SNF

Illinois-Based Owner/Operators Exchange Underperforming SNF

An undisclosed Illinois owner/operator recently purchased Cotillion Ridge in Robinson, Illinois. Located three hours east of St. Louis and two hours west of Indianapolis, this smaller, 67-bed skilled nursing facility was an outlier for its previous owner, also an Illinois-based owner/operator. The property was built on two acres in 1972 with additions in 1982 and 2001, and was 54% occupied at the time of sale. The buyer plans to bring ancillary services into the facility and focus on building census. Whereas the seller was focused on quality mix (29% private pay and 24% Medicare), the buyer specializes in operating with all types of payors and should be able to improve occupancy though... Read More »
Lloyd Jones Buys Community in Nebraska

Lloyd Jones Buys Community in Nebraska

Lloyd Jones, a real estate investment firm, recently announced the acquisition of Woodlands at Hillcrest, an 89-unit/107-bed assisted living and memory care community in Lincoln, Nebraska. The property is the latest in the company’s growing portfolio of senior housing assets, with several additional senior housing acquisitions set to close in the coming weeks. Built in 2018, the Class-A community sports a cafe and bistro, activity rooms, fitness area and putting green, and has a separate wing for its memory care residents. The property will be operated by Lloyd Jones Senior Living, the firm’s senior housing management division, and rebranded as AVIVA Woodlands. AVIVA is Lloyd Jones’... Read More »