• 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 »
Redwood Senior Living Doubles Its Golden State Portfolio

Redwood Senior Living Doubles Its Golden State Portfolio

Redwood Senior Living, a growing assisted living provider based in the Bay Area and run by Anthony M. Barbato, announced that it doubled its portfolio in one day, closing escrow on two properties at the start of February to bring its total portfolio to four communities. Redwood secured lease-option-to-purchase agreements from two separate mom & pop sellers in California.  The Santa Rosa property was built in the 1970s before being taken over by the current seller in the late-1990s. It features 22 beds in 11 units, including a hospice waiver on five beds. Another mom & pop acquired the 21/unit/41-bed Bakersfield community (also built in the 1970s) in the early 2000s. The... Read More »
Heavenrich & Company Sells Texas Memory Care

Heavenrich & Company Sells Texas Memory Care

Heavenrich & Company recently announced the sale of Pathways Memory Care, a 60-unit skilled nursing memory care facility that is licensed for 94 beds. It was built in 2014 on an 80-acre medical campus in Northwest Houston, Texas. The campus includes a 120-bed skilled nursing facility that Heavenrich sold in 2020.  As part of the current sale, the new owners will transition the community away from its skilled license to a private pay memory care setting. Some of the residents of Pathways Memory Care will be transferred to Villa Toscana, the adjacent skilled nursing facility on the campus. As part of the transaction, one wing of the Pathways building will be... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending February 5, 2021

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending February 5, 2021

A couple of brokerage firms reported a fast start to February, so check out our recent senior care M&A deal chart. Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Local owner/operatorBarnett Woods$3.5 million New York-based ownerAsbury Park$10 million Local owner/operatorThe SunRidge PortfolioN/A Regional owner/operatorPlantation Oaks of High Springs$9.15... Read More »
Omega Healthcare Investors Buys 24 Properties

Omega Healthcare Investors Buys 24 Properties

The fourth quarter earnings season is upon us, and Omega Healthcare Investors announced that it just closed a very significant acquisition. The REIT purchased 24 senior living communities for $510 million, or $199,840 per unit, from Healthpeak Properties. The acquisition included the assumption of an in-place master lease with Brookdale Senior Living for the properties, which are located in 11 states. The concentration is in Oregon (6 states), Texas (6) and Washington (4), with one each in the other eight states.  The annual lease payment is $43.5 million with a 2.4% annual escalator. That results in an 8.5% current lease yield, which is quite attractive,... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Fast February Start

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Fast February Start

Whoa, was it a week for Senior Living Investment Brokerage or what? Our inbox was peppered with closings from several SLIB teams, and the deluge doesn’t appear to be over, with a few more closings expected next week. And to think they would rest on their laurels after a strong second-place finish in terms of deals closed in 2020, according to our just-released Broker Rankings in February’s issue of The SeniorCare Investor.   Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito kicked off the week with an independent living community sale in Medford, Oregon, which we profiled here. But Nick Cacciabando and Jeff Binder soon announced their own sale... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells Florida Community

Evans Senior Investments Sells Florida Community

Fresh off three top-five finishes in our Broker Rankings (see the story in Februrary’s issue of The SeniorCare Investor), Evans Senior Investments represented the independent owner/operator of a 66-unit assisted living/memory care community in High Springs, Florida in the property’s sale. Originally built in 1988 with a 36-unit expansion in 2014, it currently features 46 assisted living and 20 memory care units. The community holds a Medicaid license on the 72 licensed beds, and 71% of the census was private pay residents. Based on beds, occupancy averaged 92% during the twelve months prior to the sale, and the operating margin was a strong 28% on nearly... Read More »