• 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 »
Plains Commercial Sells Oklahoma SNF

Plains Commercial Sells Oklahoma SNF

Daniel Morris, formerly of CBRE but now Founding Partner of Plains Commercial Real Estate in charge of seniors housing investment sales and leasing, has arranged the sale of a small skilled nursing facility in Fairland, Oklahoma. Featuring 29 beds, the facility was built in the mid-1960s with a small footprint of just about 6,400 square feet. It was operating just around breakeven, and occupancy was historically close to 70%. In addition, the operator was able to keep the facility COVID-free throughout the pandemic.   This was the only facility of the long-term owner/operator seller, who bought the property in 2011 for $561,000, or $19,300 per bed, according... Read More »
Lessons Learned From 2020 & Looking to the Future: An Interview with Ryan Saul

Lessons Learned From 2020 & Looking to the Future: An Interview with Ryan Saul

Ben Swett, Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down (virtually) with Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to discuss what happened in 2020 for senior care M&A. What facilities were popular targets, how prevalent was price discounting, how did federal stimulus keep many owners on the sales sidelines? Mr. Saul also shared his thoughts on what we may be facing in 2021. Read More »
Trustwell Living Getting Started

Trustwell Living Getting Started

Earlier this week, Larry Cohen announced the formation of his new company, Trustwell Living, LLC. As most of you know, Larry was the CEO of Capital Senior Living (CSU) for about 20 years. What you may not know is that he was very popular with his team, from EDs to the C-suite. It looks like those relationships have held, as several former CSU employees are putting their trust in Larry and joining forces once again.  This includes Greg Boemer, who spent 15 years at CSU, the last four as VP of Operations, who will be SVP of Operations. Then there is Colleen Honnors who was with the company from 2013 to 2020 as National Quality and Clinical Director, and... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Pair of Massachusetts Communities

Blueprint Sells Pair of Massachusetts Communities

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors found a new owner for two seniors housing communities in Massachusetts, also introducing the buyer to a lending intermediary to help the deal close. Connor Doherty, Amy Sitzman, Ryan Kelly and Giancarlo Riso handled the sale, which was a rare one these days in that it featured two stabilized properties.   Combining for 195 units, the communities are located across the state in Fall River (built in 1997 with 90 units) and West Springfield, the latter being a former 1890s-era monastery that was converted to a 105-unit assisted living/memory care community in 2001. Occupancy was strong, exceeding 96%, and combined EBITDAR was approximately... Read More »
SLIB Sells Sacramento-Area Seniors Housing Community

SLIB Sells Sacramento-Area Seniors Housing Community

Eskaton, a California-based not-for-profit provider of senior care services, decided to sell its Sacramento-area seniors housing community, enlisting the help of Brad Goodsell, Jason Punzel and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to get the deal done. Built in 1981 with several renovations since then, the Orangevale community features 90 units and 136 beds of both assisted living and memory care services. Occupancy was 77%, and the facility reported negative EBITDAR on about $4.86 million of revenues.  Eskaton divested the facility after a 2019 verdict forced the company to pay $42.5 million in punitive and compensatory damages to the family of a woman who... Read More »
HealthPeak Sells 10 Aegis Living Communities

HealthPeak Sells 10 Aegis Living Communities

HealthPeak Properties continues its exit from the seniors housing business, both its sale/leaseback portfolio as well as its RIDEA assets. In a large transaction, HealthPeak has sold 10 assisted living and memory care communities to its tenant, Aegis Living, which partnered with Blue Moon Capital Partners in the deal. The purchase price for the real estate (to HealthPeak) was $350 million, but the total price for the entire transaction was closer to $440 million, or about $626,700 per unit. Not too bad during a pandemic.   The 10 properties are located in California (6), Washington (3) and Nevada (1). Average occupancy in the third quarter... Read More »