• 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 »
New Seniors Housing Brokerage Firm Announces First Closing

New Seniors Housing Brokerage Firm Announces First Closing

A new senior living brokerage firm posted its first closing at the end of December, with several more on the way in the next couple of quarters. Andrew Montgomery is Co-Founder & Vice President of Montgomery Intermediary Group (MIG), part of a group of businesses run by the Montgomery family that include Americare Senior Living, Montgomery Bank and Montgomery Development, LP. With expertise in the Midwest, Southwest, and Southeast, particularly in the Missouri, Illinois, Kansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi markets, Andrew and MIG know about operations and investing in the industry. And now, they have their first closing under their belt.  The target was a 55-unit seniors housing... Read More »
Blueprint Advises SNF Portfolio Sale in Ohio

Blueprint Advises SNF Portfolio Sale in Ohio

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly and Christopher Hyldahl represented the seller of a five-facility skilled nursing portfolio. Located in northwest Ohio with one facility located southeast of Columbus, the facilities were constructed throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The private equity seller chose to strategically exit the facilities after purchasing them as part of a larger portfolio transaction in 2017. Their operating partner will also be exiting the portfolio. The facilities have struggled with occupancy recently but were ultimately purchased by an Ohio-based regional owner/operator looking to capitalize on the previously announced Ohio Medicaid rate... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Recap in Arizona

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Recap in Arizona

Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the recapitalization of Acoya Mesa, a seniors housing community in the Mesa suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. Developed in 2019 by Ryan Companies and Cadence Living, ACOYA Mesa is a 170-unit independent living, assisted living, and memory care community. Despite divesting the community, Ryan and Cadence Living will continue operating it.  The property, which was sold by EverWest Real Estate Investors, was acquired by a global real estate investment manager for $46.25 million, or $272,100 per unit. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Dan Baker and Jack Griffin represented the seller and procured the buyer. The team also... Read More »
H2C Advises Joint Venture in Illinois

H2C Advises Joint Venture in Illinois

At the end of 2021, H2C represented the joint venture of Randall Residence and CREC to sell a 107-unit senior living community in Decatur, Illinois. Built in 1999 and 2001, the community consists of two buildings, a two-story, 50-unit independent living building and a single-story, 57-unit assisted living/memory care community, that were 98% occupied at the time of sale. The existing operator, Randall Residence, acquired the community for $15.5 million, or $144,900 per unit, at a 6.25% cap rate.  The community last sold in March 2017 for $11.155 million, or $101,400 per unit, at a 7.5% cap rate. At the time, occupancy was 72%, so, it looks like operations have been improved in the... Read More »
Tryko Grows Garden State Portfolio

Tryko Grows Garden State Portfolio

Tryko Partners added to its New Jersey portfolio with the acquisition of one skilled nursing facility and one assisted living/memory care community in Little Egg Harbor on the Jersey Shore. Owned and operated by a husband-and-wife team for more than 30 years, the properties will receive immediate capital improvements under the new ownership. Built in 1985, Seacrest Village is a 171-bed, three-story skilled nursing facility that carries a five-star designation with CMS. It will be renamed The Terraces at Seacrest Village. The Terraces, built in 2013, is a two-story assisted living/memory care community with 88 units. Tryko’s affiliate Marquis Health Consulting Services will take over... Read More »
Blueprint Facilitates AL Sale in Florida

Blueprint Facilitates AL Sale in Florida

Ben Firestone, Lauren Nagel and Michael Segal at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors recently facilitated the sale of a Jupiter, Florida-based senior living community. Built in 2001, Village of Tequesta, Tequesta Terrace is a 100-unit assisted living/memory care community. It was previously owned by a New England-based owner/operator with a single community in Florida. They chose to strategically exit the state in order to focus on its New England operations. Over the next nine months, Alta Senior Living, the acquirer of the property, will invest another $2.5 million in capex to enhance the community. No purchase price was disclosed.  Read More »