• 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 »
Newmark Closes Active Adult Portfolio Deal in Texas

Newmark Closes Active Adult Portfolio Deal in Texas

As the active adult market has grown considerably in the last couple of years, so has Newmark’s involvement in the sector, having closed a number of transactions in 2021, including one recent three-property portfolio deal. The three Texas communities are on the higher end and were sold by a joint venture between two developers –  Sparrow Partners and Entrepreneurial Properties Corporation. The Carlyle Group purchased the entire portfolio.  Built in 2017, Solea Copperfield is a 129-unit active adult community in Houston. It sold for $25.25 million, or $195,700 per unit. Solea Cinco Ranch, also located in Houston, was sold for $38 million, or $251,700 per unit. It was built in 2018... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates IL Sale in Idaho

SLIB Facilitates IL Sale in Idaho

Senior Living Investment Brokerage recently facilitated the sale of a successful independent living community in Chubbuck, Idaho. Comprising 82 units and one single-family home, the community was built in 1987 and has 117,828 square feet on five acres. The community, named Cottonwood Cove, was purchased for $3.75 million, or $45,000 per unit, at an 8.75% cap rate. It earned annualized revenues of $1 million and an EBITDA of $328,000. Cottonwood Cove has a 99% occupancy and also has a surplus of land, allowing the new owners to capitalize on their success and expand into this extra space. In fact, the property has consistently performed over the years, even through the pandemic, with an... Read More »
Portfolio of 15 AL Communities in Wisconsin Sells

Portfolio of 15 AL Communities in Wisconsin Sells

Senior Care Realty is finishing the year strong with the sale of 15 assisted living communities in Wisconsin for $13.35 million, or about $60,000 per unit and $54,700 per licensed bed. Most of the communities are located in rural, northern Wisconsin towns and were built from the mid-1990s to the early-2000s, with a few newer communities in the mix too. Occupancy was in the low-80s before the pandemic but dropped to around 70%, with a roughly 85% Medicaid census. Nevertheless, the portfolio produced a healthy amount of cash flow, or nearly $1.27 million on $7.4 million of revenues, for a 17% margin. That results in a 9.5% cap rate. The seller owns a number of other communities in the state... Read More »
Former Hospice Facility to Transition to Seniors Housing

Former Hospice Facility to Transition to Seniors Housing

After an owner/operator and a group of investors bought a 24-unit hospice facility in Georgetown, South Carolina from a local hospital, then gutted, expanded and converted it to a two-story, 62-unit assisted living/memory care community, the group decided to sell before opening day. There are now all studio units ranging from 255 to 471 square feet, split between 44 assisted living and 18 memory care units.  Patrick Burke, Bradley Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage marketed the property, which received a certificate of occupancy and Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) construction approval prior to the sale. A regional operator with a... Read More »
SLIB Sells Struggling SNF in Pennsylvania

SLIB Sells Struggling SNF in Pennsylvania

The owner of a struggling skilled nursing facility in northwestern Pennsylvania looking to sell has decided to add another performing facility to the deal in order to sweeten the pot. In the end, both sold to a New York-based investor with a growing presence in the Keystone State. Toby Siefert and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.  The first facility in Erie features 80 beds and was deemed to be non-core due to occupancy being below 50% and cash flow being negative. It was built in 1963 and 1968 and had a union in place. The other facility, located about two and 1/2 hours away in Clearfield, had 240 beds, but only 180 were functional because one floor... Read More »
Bon Secours Exits Senior Care Industry in Virginia

Bon Secours Exits Senior Care Industry in Virginia

Bon Secours Mercy Health decided to exit the skilled nursing and assisted living business in Virginia, and we learned that they hired Healthcare Transactions Group (HTG) to serve as exclusive M&A advisor. The portfolio includes two nursing facilities located in Suffolk, Virginia (Maryview Nursing Care Center, 120 beds) and Newport News (St. Francis Nursing Center, 115 beds). The acquisition also includes two assisted living communities, consisting of Province Place of DePaul in Norfolk (97 beds) and Province Place Maryview in Portsmouth (78 beds). This represents a nice little cluster for the buyer, a private equity investor based in New Jersey that wanted to expand its existing... Read More »