• 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 »
Illinois Owner/Operator Acquires AL Community

Illinois Owner/Operator Acquires AL Community

Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Sterling, Illinois. Built in 2001, Avonlea Cottage Assisted Living comprises 30 assisted living units and was being sold as part of a receivership process. The facility has been well maintained physically, but was in need of operational adjustments.  Plains was engaged by the receiver, Mike Flanagan, to market and sell the facility. The buyer is Shepherd Senior Living, an Illinois-based owner/operator with a specialty focus on smaller, residential-feel assisted living communities with operations in Illinois and Wisconsin. Read More »
Majestic Care Acquires Ohio SNF Portfolio

Majestic Care Acquires Ohio SNF Portfolio

Jeffrey Vegh and Joe Schiff of Forest Healthcare Properties sold a skilled nursing portfolio in Ohio before the end of January. This brings the team’s total number of facilities sold in the month of January to 20. The portfolio features six SNFs comprising 536 beds, all built around the 1980s. Average occupancy hovered between 85% and 90%. The buyer was Majestic Care, which has an already-established footprint in Ohio but was looking to expand in the state. Both the seller and the buyer were repeat clients. The purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
Ensign Grows in Texas

Ensign Grows in Texas

The Ensign Group, through subsidiaries of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, acquired the real estate of five skilled nursing facilities in Texas, plus the operations of one of the facilities in Lubbock. That facility was Mesquite Post Acute Care, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility that was acquired effective February 1.  In a separate transaction effective January 31, Ensign announced that through Standard Bearer, it acquired the real estate of four other SNFs in Texas: Beacon Harbor Healthcare & Rehabilitation (190 beds in Rockwall), Pleasant Manor Healthcare & Rehabilitation (126 beds in Waxahachie),  Crestwood Health & Rehabilitation Center (112 SNF beds and 36... Read More »
Real Estate Investment Firm Purchases in NY

Real Estate Investment Firm Purchases in NY

Jason Punzel, Dave Balow and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Rochester, New York. Built in 2016, the all-private pay assisted living and memory care community features 78 units on 6.22 acres. Performance improved over the course of the transaction, which helped with securing financing. The seller is a public, non-listed REIT focused on seniors housing properties throughout the U.S. There were multiple offers, with SLIB recommending the ultimate buyer, a private real estate investment firm, due to their ability to navigate the complex New York CHOW process and transact on a desirable timeline (a sometimes-tough ask... Read More »
Regional Owner Acquires in Michigan

Regional Owner Acquires in Michigan

Daniel Geraghty, Bradley Clousing and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Saline, Michigan. The seller was a large, Michigan-based owner/operator. Built in 2012 and 2016, Linden Square Assisted Living Center comprises 109 assisted living and memory care units on 6.89 acres. Occupancy was around 72% and it was operating close to breakeven at the time of sale. The buyer is a regional owner looking to expand its portfolio across the state. The purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
Not-For-Profit Divests to Regional Provider

Not-For-Profit Divests to Regional Provider

Blueprint was engaged by The Trousdale Foundation, a not-for-profit owner/operator based in Cleveland, Tennessee, to handle the off-market sale of Westmoreland Health and Rehabilitation Center, a 222-bed skilled nursing facility in Knoxville, Tennessee. Westmoreland was originally built in 1959 and is situated near University Health System, Inc., which comprises the University of Tennessee Medical Center. Following the facility’s census drop due to the pandemic, occupancy and payor mix steadily rebounded year over year generating continuously improving cash flow and operating margin. While Westmoreland maintained a good reputation among its referral sources, the facility was listed on the... Read More »