• 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 »
Lument Arranges ESOP Transaction

Lument Arranges ESOP Transaction

Lument Securities recently assisted one of the largest skilled nursing operators in the Midwest with the sale and transition of around 36 operating affiliates to a newly formed employee stock ownership plan, or ESOP. As a result, the company is now 100% employee-owned through its employee stock ownership trust. Laca Wong-Hammond and Dominic Porretta of Lument Securities served as investment banker and exclusive financial advisors in providing structuring and valuation services to the client in its negotiations with the Trustee.  Across its more than 30 skilled nursing facilities (and some assisted living communities) across the Midwest, the company has over 4,000 licensed beds in its... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending April 23, 2021

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending April 23, 2021

Senior care M&A is still chugging along this quarter, check out our recent deal chart. Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Symmetry Healthcare ManagementSouth Island Assisted Living$2.4 million Standard CompaniesBaltic Plaza Apartments$28 million Local buyerBrittany Manor$850,000 Avanath Capital ManagementOverlook at Anaheim Hills$87.5... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Announces Arizona Acquisition

Chicago Pacific Founders Announces Arizona Acquisition

After three straight acquisitions in Florida, Chicago Pacific Founders has added another Sunbelt property to its portfolio, this time in Arizona. The Tucson community features 107 units of assisted living and memory care and a host of amenities, including a movie theater, bistro, sunrooms, sports lounge, hydro massage therapy, putting green, resident garden and dog park, to name just a few. It also boasts views overlooking the Catalina Mountains.   Willis Development, in partnership with Dekel Capital, opened the community in mid-2018. Dekel Strategic Investors provided $8.4 million in equity and East West Bank provided a $17 million... Read More »
Avanath Capital Management Adds Another Orange County Community

Avanath Capital Management Adds Another Orange County Community

Private investment firm Avanath Capital Management made its second acquisition of the year in the senior apartments sector, adding another Orange County, California property to its roster. The deal included a 261-unit community in Anaheim that was built in 2001 with seven garden-style buildings. Occupancy was near 100%.   Seattle-based Security Properties purchased the property in 2015 for $52 million, or $199,200 per unit, and 2020 financial documents show net operating income of $3.4 million. Now, they are selling the community for $87.5 million, or $335,250 per unit. Avanath plans on investing in capital improvements, including renovating the clubhouses and community... Read More »
Centra Health Sells Virginia Senior Care Portfolio

Centra Health Sells Virginia Senior Care Portfolio

After deliberation by its board and senior leadership, Centra Health plans on selling its five Virginia senior care facilities. The Lynchburg, Virginia-based not-for-profit healthcare system decided it was time to focus on its core services and hand over its senior care operations to a more senior care-focused operator. Cascade Capital Group agreed to purchase the four skilled nursing facilities and have its subsidiary, Hill Valley Healthcare, operate them going forward. Then, Centra Health sold its CCRC to not-for-profit LifeSpire of Virginia, which owns and operates four CCRCs in Virginia. All parties have signed letters of intent and plan to close the sale around August... Read More »
Standard Companies Acquires Again

Standard Companies Acquires Again

Standard Companies, an apartment and affordable housing real estate investment firm, has been on an acquisition roll lately in the low-income senior apartments sector. The company followed up its acquisition of a large senior apartment building in Chesapeake, Virginia with the purchase of another community located up the coast in Atlantic City, New Jersey.  Built in 1982, the community’s 169 units are supported by Section 8 Housing Assisted Payment (HAP) contracts. Standard paid roughly $28 million, or $165,700 per unit, for the property and plans to spend an additional $10 million to renovate it. The project will update the residents’ units, upgrade the common areas and amenity spaces,... Read More »