• 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 »
Blueprint Closes Kerrville, Texas SNF Deal

Blueprint Closes Kerrville, Texas SNF Deal

Jacob Gehl and Humair Sabir of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors kicked off the firm’s 2021 M&A activity with a memory care sale in Kerrville, Texas. Built in 2001 with 36 units, the community was last acquired in 2014 by a private partnership for $2.4 million, or $66,700 per unit, according to our M&A deal database.   It was losing money at the time because of high staff turnover, but thanks to a good reputation in the local market and vastly increasing its staff tenure, the community was operating well, with occupancy regularly above 90% and the operating margin around 30%.   Still, a new owner could take advantage of scale to grow cash flow even more, and that... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Handles Oregon Sale

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Handles Oregon Sale

Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage worked together to sell a 70-unit independent living community in Medford, Oregon. Set amongst the Cascade and Siskiyou Mountains, the community was originally built in 1975 and renovated in 1980. Its operations could be improved, as occupancy fell just below 60%, and the operating margin was just 9% on more than $1.33 million of revenues.   The community’s vintage could make that task harder, but age isn’t everything. A local owner/operator bought the property and is planning to remodel and reposition the community. They paid $3.5 million, or $50,000 per unit, which should leave plenty... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates Family’s Exit From Seniors Housing Industry

SLIB Facilitates Family’s Exit From Seniors Housing Industry

Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage headed to Forest Grove, Oregon (Portland MSA) for their latest seniors housing sale. Previously owned by a family who is retiring from the industry, the property includes 92 units and 134 beds of assisted living and memory care.   The AL portion was first built in 1996, with the memory care added in 2000. The building was nearly full (occupancy was at 98%), and it brought in nearly $1.28 million of EBITDAR on about $5.63 million of revenues.   A regional owner/operator will be taking over that healthy cash flow and paid $15.7 million, or $170,650 per unit, for the... Read More »

Recent Senior Care M&A Deal Chart, Week Ending January 29, 2021

Senior care M&A continues to plod along, here is our recent deal chart! Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice Regional owner/operatorThe Grove and Gardens$15.7 million Peak Capital PartnersThe Estates at Arbor Oaks$18.75 million Not disclosedThe Handmaker Senior Living$15.5 million Owner/operatorRosewood Rehabilitation & Nursing... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Upstate New York Transaction

Blueprint Handles Upstate New York Transaction

Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the sale of an 80-bed skilled nursing facility in upstate New York, representing the private ownership group seller in the process.   Originally developed in the mid-1970s in Rensselaer, New York (across the Hudson River from Albany), the facility recently received significant capital investments that included interior renovations, operational equipment upgrades and technological enhancements. Ownership also made improvements to the majority of private rooms, which helped keep the quality mix very strong at around 50%. Operations were also solid (and improving before COVID-19), with... Read More »
JLL Sells A 55+ Community in Minnesota

JLL Sells A 55+ Community in Minnesota

The JLL Capital Markets team of Dan Linnell, Mox Gunderson, Josh Talberg and Adam Haydon represented the seller of a 66-unit active adult community near Minneapolis, Minnesota, with another JLL team financing the deal too.   Set on 12.5 acres in the town of Andover, this community consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, which are newly constructed with screened-in balconies, in-unit washer and dryers and full kitchens. Amenities include continental breakfast every morning, social and recreational programs, a bistro, salon, fitness center, underground parking and car wash station, pickleball court, outdoor patio with grills and fireplaces and an outdoor... Read More »