• NHI and National HealthCare Corporation Ending Master Lease

    In a move to concentrate its portfolio on private pay seniors housing, National Health Investors divested a large skilled nursing portfolio for $560 million, before estimated transaction costs between $6 million and $8 million. The buyer was the current lessee, National HealthCare Corporation, whose legacy master lease was established in 1991 and... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Communities Sell in Southwest Florida

    Berkadia has announced a couple of closings in southwest Florida. First, Brooks Minford headed to the Tampa, Florida area to sell a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community on behalf of a local developer that was looking to exit the seniors housing business. They had built Tessera of Brandon in 2017 to feature a mix of 98 assisted living... Read More »
  • Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

    Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has re-entered the seniors housing sphere after its exit in 2008. The company has acquired three communities in Massachusetts, California, and New York, all within a short period.  The Massachusetts community is in Boston, and it offers both independent living and affordable seniors housing... Read More »
  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

    Stone Brook Assisted Living in the Dallas, Texas MSA, has traded hands from a single-community owner/operator to a regionally-based investor. The seller was looking to enter retirement, and the investor wanted to make their first investment in the seniors housing space. Both seller and buyer agreed to pause the process in Fall 2025 to allow the... Read More »
  • Public Company Divests in Arizona

    A publicly traded company focused on seniors housing recently divested a community in Mesa, Arizona. The asset features 68 assisted living and memory care units, and offered meaningful upside potential. Amy Sitzman, Kyle Hallion and Jake Rice of Blueprint handled the deal, which saw a competitive process with multiple offers from groups looking... Read More »
Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in the state. Evans Senior Investments handled the sale, representing the out-of-state seller in the deal. Read More »

CFG Hit the Ground Running in Q1

Capital Funding Group wasted no time in the first quarter, closing $428.9 million in total financing. The transactions spanned skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, memory care, behavioral health, multifamily and commercial lending on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. Some highlighted transactions include: ● A $17.6 million acquisition bridge loan for the financing of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Nevada, for an existing client. Patrick McGovern and Ryan Hunsicker originated the deal. ● A $9.0 million HUD loan for the refinancing of a 70-bed skilled nursing facility in Montclair, New Jersey. Tommy Dillon originated the deal. ● $42.9 million in financing for... Read More »
High-Priced Sale Closes in Chicago

High-Priced Sale Closes in Chicago

The bar keeps getting raised for pricing in the seniors housing industry, and we believe a new record has been set for a property sale in Chicago, Illinois. It was revealed that the seven-story Belmont Village Lincoln Park was bought by CBRE Investment Management for approximately $151 million, according to property tax records. Based on a lower unit count than the original 149 units that were developed, after some unit combinations over the years, that equates to around $1.2 million per unit, or possibly even higher than that. In addition to its prime location adjacent to a mixed-use development in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, the community was relatively new (built in 2019), and... Read More »
Developer Sells Its AL/MC Community to a Public REIT

Developer Sells Its AL/MC Community to a Public REIT

Affiliates of Triple Crown Senior Living divested Bridgepointe Gardens, a seniors housing community in Jeffersonville, Indiana, that the company developed, owned and operated. This was the first ground-up development and full-cycle realization the group has completed. The Class-A purpose-built assisted living/memory care community was built in 2022 and demonstrated a compelling lease-up and margin expansion story.  Kyle Hallion, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint launched the marketing process in the third quarter of 2025, generating multiple offers within the initial 30-day marketing window. The seller ultimately selected a public REIT as the buyer, based on its pricing and a... Read More »
Senior Living Portfolio Trades in Colorado

Senior Living Portfolio Trades in Colorado

Ownership of a well-performing senior living portfolio in Colorado recently transferred. Bonaventure Senior Living, a Pacific Northwest senior living provider, sold four of its communities to Oakmont Senior Living, a California-based operator with a growing national footprint. Bonventure decided to divest in order to concentrate its operational resources and capital on the Pacific Northwest. The company’s portfolio now encompasses 24 communities, all of which are located across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read More »
Public REIT Lands Portfolio in Competitive Sale

Public REIT Lands Portfolio in Competitive Sale

A portfolio of Class-A seniors housing communities sold in the Southeast to an undisclosed publicly traded REIT. Featuring six assets in Georgia and South Carolina, the portfolio totaled 156 independent living, 200 assisted living and 70 memory care units. The communities were built between 2017 and 2022 by a Southeast-based developer. Occupancy was around 83% across the portfolio. The bidding environment was very strong for the deal (Class-A portfolios are certainly in vogue these days, particularly when they have a full continuum of care), and a publicly traded REIT that primarily focuses on seniors housing and healthcare assets emerged from the pack, beating 20 other bids. Dan Geraghty,... Read More »