• 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 »
Cushman & Wakefield Sells Two Massachusetts Communities

Cushman & Wakefield Sells Two Massachusetts Communities

Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets team arranged the sale of Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, a 48-unit assisted living community, and Wingate at Chestnut Hill, a 135-bed skilled nursing facility on a campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.  C&W represented the institutional seller, a pension fund investor who is exiting the senior living space. They selected a joint venture between Harrison Street and LCB Senior Living, LLC as the buyer. LCB plans to upgrade the existing assisted living building and convert the existing skilled nursing portion to additional assisted living space, memory care and common areas.  This is the fifth closing in a series of... Read More »
JCH Senior Housing Closes SNF Sale in California

JCH Senior Housing Closes SNF Sale in California

JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage has closed a skilled nursing facility sale in Fresno, California. An owner/operator sold the facility for $6.42 million after needing an immediate buyer to keep the facility afloat, and an experienced regional owner/operator looking to expand its presence in the Fresno area ultimately purchased it. The facility was under LOI within two weeks, so it sounds like mission accomplished. Cindy Hazzard and Jennifer Contreras of JCH handled the transaction.  Read More »
Radiant Senior Living Sells AL Community in Washington

Radiant Senior Living Sells AL Community in Washington

Ziegler announced its role as exclusive sell-side advisor to Radiant Senior Living in the sale of South Pointe Assisted Living, a 42-unit independent living and assisted living community located in Everett, Washington. Radiant, a West-Coast-based family-owner and operator of senior care communities, acquired the community in 2020 as part of a larger portfolio transaction including one other community in the Greater Seattle area as well as another community in Bozeman, Montana. The portfolio, which featured a majority of assisted living units, reportedly sold for just under $200,000 per unit.   Prior to acquiring the community from the previous lessor, Radiant... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Sale of Rural Washington Community

Blueprint Closes Sale of Rural Washington Community

Blueprint Real Estate Advisors is closing 2021 with a slew of deals, including Blake Bozett’s sale of a 40-unit assisted living community in Prosser, Washington. Built in 1999, Amber Hills Assisted Living underwent a $2 million expansion in 2016. It has a nearly 30% Medicaid census, and the community was positioned as a value-add opportunity, with occupancy fluctuating during the transaction process.   The seller is a local group who has been in the senior living industry for decades but will focus their energy on different business endeavors, and the buyer is a regional owner/operator, which will look to increase the assisted living unit count through a... Read More »
AL Sale in Arizona Closed By The Knapp-Stahler Group

AL Sale in Arizona Closed By The Knapp-Stahler Group

Nick Stahler and Hap Knowles of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap recently closed on the sale of an 83-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA. Built in 2017, the property includes more than 120 beds. A national private equity firm that originally developed the community also managed the property, but ran into challenges throughout the pandemic. They selected an experienced, western-based owner/operator to acquire the community, with a closing price falling significantly below replacement cost. No other details were disclosed.  Read More »
Portfolio Sale in the Carolinas Receives Financing

Portfolio Sale in the Carolinas Receives Financing

LTC Properties has more than doubled its loan origination volume for the year with a unitranche loan provided to fund the purchase of 13 seniors housing communities in the Carolinas. The $52.5 million loan bears interest at 7.25% for a term of four years, with an IRR of 8%. It also provides for additional commitments of $6.1 million for capital improvements and $650,000 for working capital needs, bringing the total investment commitment to approximately $60 million.   We learned that Patrick Burke of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the portfolio sale. Totaling 523 units and 967 beds, the properties include a mix of independent living (2%), assisted... Read More »