• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires in Florida

Joint Venture Acquires in Florida

Bradley Clousing, Daniel Geraghty and Patrick Burke of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of Promise Pointe at Tampa Oaks. The seller was a local developer, and this was its only seniors housing asset. Built in 2018, Promise Pointe is an 108-unit assisted living and memory care community in Tampa, Florida. This Class-A property sits on 7.18 acres and was breaking even at the time of the sale, with occupancy around 85%. The community was developed as an EB-5 program but never stabilized.  The buyer is a regional operator that partnered with an institutional capital provider. The joint venture intends to complete a cosmetic update and focus on marketing efforts to... Read More »
Texas MC Portfolio Changes Hands

Texas MC Portfolio Changes Hands

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a portfolio of standalone memory care communities in Texas on behalf of a real estate investment firm that predominantly invests in skilled nursing facilities. The three memory care communities, totaling 108 units, featured all private units in Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio. These were the seller’s only memory care assets. The deal was positioned as an opportunity for an incoming owner/operator with regional expertise to integrate the communities into an existing platform, implement key cost control measures and execute on a capex investment plan to elevate each community’s profile and drive private pay rents. Blueprint secured three competitive... Read More »
Meridian Senior Living Acquires CO Property

Meridian Senior Living Acquires CO Property

Meridian Senior Living acquired a seniors housing community in Parker, Colorado, through a joint venture with a state pension fund investor. This transaction represents the 11th acquisition within the partnership and introduces Meridian to the Colorado market. Meridian’s portfolio now comprises more than 46 communities in 16 states.  Built in 2018 with a strong rebound in occupancy post-pandemic, Pine Grove Crossing comprises 100 assisted living and 27 memory care units on 4.41 acres. Meridian intends to implement capital improvements to enhance resident amenities, including upgrading dining areas and outdoor spaces. Read More »
National Owner/Operator Acquires in Texas

National Owner/Operator Acquires in Texas

Matthew Alley and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by a local independent owner in Texas in the divestment of its only skilled nursing facility, as he looks to exit the industry. He was leasing the property to a regional operator. Built in 1961 and renovated in 1994, Bender Terrace is in Lubbock, with 120 beds. It sits on 2.65 acres and comprises 45,664 square feet. It was 43% occupied at the time of sale. Under the previous ownership, the facility was making $4.19 million in revenues and $270,000 of EBITDAR, not including additional QIPP revenue. The buyer, a national owner/operator that operates several Texas SNFs, paid $5.85 million, or $49,000 per bed. ... Read More »
MIG Closes Five Separate Transactions

MIG Closes Five Separate Transactions

Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group has reported a strong start to the year, closing four separate transactions, so far, and announcing an additional deal from October of last year. That one involved a 130-bed skilled nursing facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Built in the early 1900s, the facility was cash flowing with occupancy trending around 60% to 65% at the time of sale. The seller was an owner/operator that had been in the business for decades. Medicaid rates in Missouri are still on the lower end, but it was performing well for some time. The buyer was an owner/operator with SNFs across Missouri.  Next were three transactions in rural Missouri that closed in late... Read More »
Sunny Hills Management Purchases in California

Sunny Hills Management Purchases in California

A couple of California seniors housing communities changed hands as part of a larger divestment strategy for the national developer/investor seller. Before the pandemic, that entity had purchased more than a dozen geographically disparate, older-vintage communities. But operational headwinds prompted a portfolio re-prioritization and de-levering effort. The owner engaged Kevin Lukehart, Alex Florea and Scott Frazier of Blueprint to create an exit strategy for the assets.  The latest two communities to sell consisted of a 1986-vintage, 157-unit assisted living community in Corona, California, and a 1998-vintage, 101-unit assisted living and memory care community in Roseville,... Read More »