• 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 »
Colliers Handles Two AL Sales in Pennsylvania

Colliers Handles Two AL Sales in Pennsylvania

Two assisted living communities in Allentown, Pennsylvania just sold with the help of Bob Gaines at Colliers International. The first community, called Victoria’s Place, includes 80 one-bedroom & studio assisted living apartments. Victoria’s Place was recently constructed and features 59,500 square feet but currently sits vacant. Amenities include common areas, a dining room, bistro, private family dining room, courtyards for assisted living and memory care, an entertainment area, multiple seating areas, movie theater, physical therapy and a salon. Built in 1991, Mountain View is operational and features 115 licensed beds, although occupancy was not disclosed. Across 54,693 square... Read More »
Owner Divests Eight-Property Ohio Portfolio

Owner Divests Eight-Property Ohio Portfolio

The team at Evans Senior Investments ended their 2021 with a bang, closing the sale of an eight-property senior care portfolio in Ohio for $70 million, or about $90,000 per functional bed/unit. Across the eight properties, there were 623 licensed skilled nursing beds, of which 614 were functional, 176 licensed assisted living beds (140 functional) and 22 independent living units. Located in tertiary markets, they were determined to be non-core by the Ohio-based owner/operator seller, which decided to strategically divest the entire portfolio. While under contract, however, the portfolio received a large Medicaid rate increase of almost $30 per patient day, which was projected to add an... Read More »

Carlyle Exits High-Quality Portfolio

The Carlyle Group is finishing the year by exiting seven properties that it held with several joint venture partners for proceeds totaling nearly $474 million, or more than $385,000 per unit. Carlyle also grew its active adult holdings, acquiring three newly-built properties under the Solea brand for more than $103 million, or $222,000 per unit. Newmark helped arrange the transactions. Starting with the Carlyle sales, the seven properties are located in Pennsylvania, Washington, Texas, Florida and Virginia. They were jointly owned by a number of separate partners, including Bozzuto, Alliance Residential, Greystar, United Group and EPOCH Residential. Several investors emerged as buyers of... Read More »

2021 Ends With Another Owner Exit From Senior Care

Whether it is increased complexity, falling margins, staffing problems or just fatigue from dealing with the last two years, senior care owners hit the exits in droves in 2021. Plenty had already planned to get out before the pandemic ever struck, and this was just the last straw, but there are still many waiting to leave until values rise again, or federal and state aid ends. So, we can expect smaller owners and mom & pops to continue seeking exits in 2022. Ending their 2021, Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage have spent the last 12 months helping a Portland, Oregon-based group exit the seniors housing industry, wrapping up the... Read More »

Two CCRCs Sell in Great Lakes Region

Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap reported a strong second half of 2021, with a couple more deals to report on. First, he sold a 110-bed CCRC in Ladysmith, Wisconsin. Called Ladysmith Care Community, the property was built in stages from the 1950s and 60s to 1991 and most recently in 2012. It features 62 skilled nursing beds and 20 residential care (assisted living) units with 48 beds. Occupancy was good at closing, helped in part by the community’s proximity to Marshfield Clinic, part of the regional Marshfield Clinic Health System. The original owner sold the community for $6 million, or $54,500 per bed. Then before New Years Eve, Mr. Giannini sold a CCRC in Gaylord, Minnesota... Read More »
Ten-Property Portfolio Sells in the Southeast

Ten-Property Portfolio Sells in the Southeast

As the year comes to an end, many companies are announcing big portfolio deals, including Evans Senior Investments representing a regional owner/operator in their sale of a ten-property seniors housing portfolio located in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. The communities, which were built between 1972 and 2016 with a median year-built of 2007, comprise 590 seniors housing units (117 independent living, 293 assisted living and 180 memory care) and 666 functional beds. All of the communities have undergone significant renovations and capital improvements over recent years. The portfolio had an average bed occupancy of 91% in 2019 and produced a net operating income margin of 34%.... Read More »