• Ensign Makes a Splash in Texas

    The Ensign Group closed out April with a bang, announcing the acquisition of the real estate and operations of 17 skilled nursing facilities spread across Texas, plus the real estate of two seniors housing communities in Wisconsin.  The Texas portfolio is majority-SNF, with 2,080 skilled nursing beds. There are also some seniors housing... Read More »
  • Public REIT Sells Value-Add Community to Joint Venture

    Kandu Capital, a family office specializing in real estate and healthcare, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Ohio after strategically divesting a number of skilled nursing, behavioral health and seniors housing assets at healthy valuations. Those dispositions were initially... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests Its CCRC Portfolio to Another Not-for-Profit

    A portfolio of CCRCs in South-Central Pennsylvania changed hands from one faith-based not-for-profit organization to another, with Toby Siefert and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the process. The pair represented the seller, SpiriTrust Lutheran, an 80-year-old operator based in York, Pennsylvania, in the sale of six... Read More »
  • AL/MC Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells

    Blueprint’s suite of services was on display in the sale and financing of an assisted living/memory care community in Fredericksburg, Texas. Built in 2018, The Villages of Windcrest was performing well at the time of marketing, and was trending towards stabilization. Newer, performing properties are getting the most interest in the M&A market... Read More »
  • Montgomery Intermediary Group Brings on New Advisor

    Continuing its momentum in 2026, Montgomery Intermediary Group (MIG) announced that it hired Colin Thomas, CFA as an investment sales advisor. In this role, Thomas will lead seniors housing and skilled nursing transactions across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, expanding MIG’s coverage and capabilities in these markets. Thomas’s... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates SNF Closing in Florida

SLIB Facilitates SNF Closing in Florida

A few months after selling a an 87-unit assisted living community in Lakeland, Florida, Brad Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to the campus to represent the same buyer of the adjacent skilled nursing facility. The buildings are actually only separated by a set of fire-rated doors. The campus, which previously had two different real estate owners and two different operators, will now be owned by one company, Mainstay Senior Living.   The skilled nursing facility has 120 beds and was delicensed by the state in 2017. However, with the onset of the pandemic, the facility was allowed to reopen in early 2020 to accommodate... Read More »
National Church Residences Adds to Georgia Portfolio

National Church Residences Adds to Georgia Portfolio

National Church Residences, a not-for-profit organization that serves more than 42,000 seniors through an array of housing and healthcare services, acquired an affordable senior housing apartment building in southeast Georgia. The property, called McFadden Place, is located in Pembroke and features 30 units. It was built in 2004 and was previously owned and operated by Mercy Housing, Inc. Amenities also include a community room, recreational facilities and service coordination, which assists residents with medical needs and connects them to community services available in the area.   It joins NCR’s existing network of more than 1,600 senior apartments across 13 communities... Read More »
SilverPoint Senior Living Enters Oklahoma Market

SilverPoint Senior Living Enters Oklahoma Market

SilverPoint Senior Living has assumed operations of Fountainbrook Assisted Living, a 74-unit community in Midwest City, Oklahoma. SilverPoint currently operates six other communities throughout Texas, so this assumption represents its entry into the Sooner State. SilverPoint will implement their Engaged Life program at Fountainbrook, which encourages residents to become members of the outside community and impact the lives of others. Personalized care plans will also be developed for each resident.  Read More »
Brookdale and Welltower See Occupancy Gains

Brookdale and Welltower See Occupancy Gains

Brookdale Senior Living and Welltower continue to show occupancy gains in their senior living portfolios. For both companies, the peak increase was from May to June, with Welltower’s SHOP portfolio posting a 120-basis point increase, while Brookdale was slightly lower at 100 basis points, based on month-end census numbers. Brookdale ended August at 73.7% while Welltower’s U.S. portfolio ended the month at 75.9%.  While Brookdale has posted six straight months of occupancy increases, the rate of growth has been slowing since its peak increase. From June to July, month-end occupancy grew by 70 basis points, but from July to August the increase was just 40 basis points. In... Read More »
DigitalBridge Sells Healthcare Real Estate Assets

DigitalBridge Sells Healthcare Real Estate Assets

The seniors housing and care M&A market was hit with another major deal announcement a couple of days ago when DigitalBridge Group, formerly known as Colony Capital, disclosed that it was selling its healthcare real estate assets for approximately $3.21 billion. The decision is part of DigitalBridge’s strategy to focus solely on “digital infrastructure,” a strategy that has so far yielded a number of dispositions of “non-core assets” in the last two years and concludes with this deal.   The healthcare assets include MOBs, senior care facilities and hospitals. There are 106 managed MOBs with 3.8 million square feet that were 82.6% occupied as of the end of March 2021. The senior care... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates Sale of Pennsylvania SNF

SLIB Facilitates Sale of Pennsylvania SNF

The owner of a large skilled nursing facility in Scranton, Pennsylvania decided to sell the property when its tenant announced that it desired to exit operations in the Keystone State. Another Pennsylvania-based skilled nursing owner emerged as the buyer, for an undisclosed purchase price. Built in 1974, the facility is licensed for 272 beds and underwent an addition in 1997. It has been well maintained over the years.  Bradley Clousing and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage procured 12 offers in early 2021 and closed the sale on September 1. Read More »