• Sabra Health Care REIT Picks Up the Transaction Pace

    Sabra Health Care REIT is ramping up its senior care M&A activity and its SHOP exposure, set to exceed the $1 billion in investments it spent in 2025. The REIT completed several transactions during the first quarter, with investments closed year to date totaling $206.1 million, with an estimated initial cash yield of 8.0%. The pipeline... Read More »
  • Clarion Partners Continues Growing

    Clarion Partners is continuing on its acquisition streak, adding Legacy House of Avondale to its portfolio. The 169-unit Class-A assisted living/memory care community is in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, with a strong operational footing. Clarion Partners further expanded its relationship with MorningStar Senior Living through the deal, partnering... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Virginia Deal

    A publicly traded company engaged Blueprint to sell a value-add independent living community in a growing submarket of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1987, the 122-unit community could benefit from investments in the physical plant. It was also not stabilized.  A competitive market generated multiple bids in multiple rounds and improved... Read More »
  • Public REIT Acquires Full-Continuum Communities

    A pair of full-continuum seniors housing communities that sit approximately 10 miles apart traded in Northwest Arkansas. Village on the Park Bentonville in Bentonville and Village on the Park Rogers in Rogers offer a total of 208 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Each community also offers contiguous land for further... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Leads HUD LEAN Mid-Year Rankings

    HUD’s fiscal year 2026 hit the halfway point on March 31, and so far VIUM Capital is leading the way in closed 232 loans and by total loan volume with 41 transactions and $598.0 million in volume, respectively. That represents 22% of the program’s closed loans in the first half of the fiscal year and 19% of the total volume. And 32 of VIUM’s HUD... Read More »
Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

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 units. It appears to be The Woods at Merrimack in Methuen, which was built in 2018 and includes 102 market-rate units with a separate three-story building that encompasses 38 affordable units. The seller, Sunshine Retirement Living, developed the buildings and will continue to operate them. Investcorp purchased the asset in a joint venture with Capitol... Read More »
Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

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 seller to make some final adjustments, and after picking back up, the transaction moved quickly towards closing. The process was handled by Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate. The physical plant sits in Denison, Texas, and presents well. It totals 44 assisted living units with 60 beds. Read More »
Public Company Divests in Arizona

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 to expand in the East Valley. The public company ultimately selected a buyer with an established footprint in the market. Read More »
Owner/Operator Grows Its Seniors Housing Portfolio

Owner/Operator Grows Its Seniors Housing Portfolio

1019 Senior Living acquired its second seniors housing community in Ohio, bringing its growing portfolio to six assets. The seller of The Cottages of Clayton was a Tennessee-based skilled nursing provider. Located in Dayton on seven acres, the community consists of six assisted living cottages with 15 units each, totaling 90 beds, and is Medicaid waiver approved. The physical plant presents well, originally built in 2000 with renovations completed in 2024 and 2025. 1019 Senior Living plans to implement light refreshes across the individual cottages.  At the time of the sale, the community was 97% occupied, supported by a strong local reputation and steady referral sources, and was... Read More »
Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior Investments was able to identify over $250,000 in potential annual savings on rehabilitation expenses and $87,000 in pharmacy savings. And the firm drove a competitive bidding process that successfully secured a record price of $20 million, or $156,250 per bed, based on the facility’s future stabilized potential rather than its current performance. The deal... Read More »
Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than skilled nursing. Occupancy was nearly full, and the facility was profitable but operated below a 10% margin. The local owner, Steve Dashevsky, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on the facility in December 2024, around 16 years after he originally purchased the rest home. And SLIB was engaged by the seller and bankruptcy counsel to market... Read More »