• 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 »
Guardian Pharmacy Services Expands with Acquisition

Guardian Pharmacy Services Expands with Acquisition

One of the country’s largest long-term care pharmacy companies just broadened its reach in Ohio and eastern West Virginia with the acquisition of Hutcheson Homecare Pharmacy. Guardian Pharmacy Services, based in Atlanta, announced the deal in partnership with Mullaney’s, a pharmacy and medical equipment supplier (and locally-owned member of the Guardian family of companies) based in Cincinnati, Ohio.   The newly acquired pharmacy, which will operate as Hutcheson, A Guardian Pharmacy, will serve residents in assisted living and skilled nursing, as well as individuals with intellectual and development disabilities, inpatient and outpatient substance abuse rehabilitation facilities, and... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Texas Community

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Texas Community

Chicago Pacific Founders has added another Texas community to its portfolio, its first acquisition in the Lone Star State since announcing two separate deals in 2019. Opened in September 2019, this Houston community features 85,400 square feet and 100 units of assisted living and memory care.   Meridian Realty Advisors developed it, with Integral Senior Living coming in as operator. However, Chicago Pacific Founders’ subsidiary Grace Management will operate the community going forward. Additional terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Chicago Pacific will invest in capital improvements at the property.  Read More »
Marcus & Millichap Handles Senior Apartment Transaction

Marcus & Millichap Handles Senior Apartment Transaction

Greg Parker and Greg Price of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented a private investor in the sale of its low-income senior apartment community in Lakewood, Colorado. Built in 1999 under the low-income housing tax credit program, the community has 58 units with a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units. It also offers assisted living and independent living options. Community amenities include housekeeping services, activities, a library, beauty salon and restaurant-style dining.   An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $8.3 million, or $143,100 per unit. Phillip Gause of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing for... Read More »
SavaSeniorCare Sells a Couple of Illinois SNFs

SavaSeniorCare Sells a Couple of Illinois SNFs

SavaSeniorCare sold a couple of its Illinois properties, part of its plan to transfer the operations of some 48 facilities in its portfolio by the end of 2021. The deal represents the company’s last two properties in the Land of Lincoln.  First, it is handing over the keys of its 74-bed subacute/skilled nursing facility in Mount Vernon, Illinois, to a Midwest-based regional owner/operator. Built in the 1960s with additions throughout the 1970s, the facility provides a range of services from post-op rehab, stroke recovery and respiratory care to advanced therapy modalities like diathermy, heat and cold therapies and electrical stimulation, just to name a few. Lab and X-ray services are also... Read More »

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending May 14, 2021

Senior care M&A activity seems to have picked up a bit this month. Here is our latest deal chart. Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Bickford Senior Living6 seniors housing communities$52.9 million Fortress Investment Group, LLC5 assisted living communities$64 million Crest Healthcare GroupNature Trail Health Care Center & Odin Healthcare Center N/A Carlyle Senior CareFountain Inn Nursing & Rehabilitation... Read More »
Blueprint Capital Markets Closes First Transaction

Blueprint Capital Markets Closes First Transaction

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Capital Markets Group, which is led by Alex Florea, has the first closing under its belt, as it was revealed the group secured acquisition financing for Chicago Pacific Founders’ purchase of an assisted living/memory care community in Tucson, Arizona. In addition, Blueprint’s Amy Sitzman, Jacob Gehl and Humair Sabir represented the developer and owner in the transaction.  Opened in May 2018 and about 90% occupied by the time of the sale, the community features 87 assisted living and 20 memory care units. Willis Development, in partnership with Dekel Capital which provided $8.4 million of equity, developed the community, and Milestone Retirement... Read More »