• 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
  • Two Seniors Housing Sales Close

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage is continuing on its hot streak this month, closing two additional deals in Alabama and Florida. In the Alabama transaction, Dan Geraghty and Brad Clousing represented a large national owner/operator that was resizing its portfolio to concentrate on its core market. So, the company divested an assisted... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Exits Georgia

    Selectis Health, Inc. has completed its exit from Georgia with the help of Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint. In the beginning of the year, Selectis Health divested Providence of Sparta Health and Rehab and Warrenton Health and Rehab to Journey, also with the help of Segal and Waldhorn (more on that deal can be found here). The... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Divests Third Class-A Asset

    Caddis Partners and Singerman Real Estate have divested another seniors housing community, Heartis Fayetteville. This comes shortly after the joint venture’s sale of Heartis Venice and Heartis Longview. Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare represented the seller in all three... Read More »
  • Bonds Issued for Independent Living Expansion

    Ziegler closed John Knox Village’s $47.85 million Series 2026A, B-1, B-2 and B-3 bonds issued through the City of Lee’s Summit, Missouri. John Knox Village (JKV), a Missouri not-for-profit corporation, is a CCRC consisting of 1,038 independent living units, 180 assisted living units and 121 skilled nursing beds. This transaction marks JKV’s... Read More »
Saul And Clousing Close On Cleveland Campus Sale

Saul And Clousing Close On Cleveland Campus Sale

A healthcare campus in Cleveland, Ohio with both skilled nursing and Medicaid-waiver assisted living beds just sold to its in-place operating group. Ryan Saul and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage represented the private partnership seller, which was divesting the property to focus on other investments and areas of the country. Originally built in 1978, with improvements made in 1991 and 2014, the community’s independent living units were converted to assisted in 2014. Operations could improve, as the 66-unit assisted living community was 59% occupied and the 99-bed SNF was 79% occupied. However, one AL wing with 24 units was being renovated at the time of the sale,... Read More »
SLIB Sells Value-Add Skilled Nursing Facility In Texas

SLIB Sells Value-Add Skilled Nursing Facility In Texas

Certainly having seen better days, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Bastrop, Texas with occupancy just below 50% sold for $3.5 million, or $40,700 per operating bed. Originally built in 1987, the facility is licensed for 120 beds, but operated at just 86 beds at the time of the sale, with EBITDA around breakeven. A publicly traded REIT was the previous owner, with a Texas-based group looking to lessen its exposure to the central Texas market as the outgoing operator. The new owner is a self-advised real estate company with a focus on seniors housing, and will look to add value in the asset. Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction. Read More »
ESI Closes Easley Transaction

ESI Closes Easley Transaction

Evans Senior Investments found a new owner for a well-operating independent/assisted living community in Easley, South Carolina. Previously independently owned and operated, the community was built in 1997 and expanded in 2004. At the time of the sale, it was 96% occupied with a 100% private pay census and operated at a 36% EBITDAR margin. Nevertheless, the buyer, a Chicago-based private equity firm, will attempt to use the scale from its portfolio to further improve profitability. They paid $14.5 million, or $145,000 per unit, for the opportunity. Read More »
Sitzman Sells Vacant Senior Living Assets

Sitzman Sells Vacant Senior Living Assets

No residents? No problem for Amy Sitzman of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, who recently sold two vacant assisted living communities in Arizona for an undisclosed price. These were not recent vacancies, however, that the incoming owner can just open the doors and get along with business as usual. One asset, located in Peoria with 50 units, closed in 2008, while the second building in Mesa, also with 50 units, had been vacant since 2013. The seller looked to divest the assets, and ended up selling to two separate buyers. The purchaser of the Peoria property is a regional operator looking to expand its presence. Meanwhile, the Mesa buyer is a growing behavioral health group that... Read More »
MidCap Financial Arranges Acquisition Financing For Southwest Senior Living

MidCap Financial Arranges Acquisition Financing For Southwest Senior Living

MidCap Financial worked on behalf of Palatine Capital Partners Management to arrange financing for the purchase of a senior living community in the Southwest. Palatine, an investment firm focused on small- and mid-cap real estate assets, acquired a 145-unit senior living community that is roughly split evenly between independent living and assisted living. Well-located and purpose-built in the late 1990s, the community was in need of significant renovations. So, in addition to funding the acquisition, the $9.0 million floating rate loan will enable Palatine to implement a $2.5 million capital improvement plan at the community to renovate the exteriors, common areas and unit... Read More »
Tellatin, Inc. Joins Integra Realty Resources

Tellatin, Inc. Joins Integra Realty Resources

Tellatin, Inc. and its six offices with 16 professionals has joined Integra Realty Resources (IRR), significantly expanding IRR’s national coverage in the seniors housing and care appraisal and feasibility business. Coming on board as new shareholders of IRR include Jim Tellatin, MAI, Victor Cremeens, MAI, Bradley Schopp, MAI and Mark Tracy. The professionals at Tellatin have completed assignments on more than 6,000 nursing facilities, 3,300 assisted and independent living communities, and 200 hospitals in every state with a total value in excess of $75 billion. Founder Jim Tellatin authored the book, The Appraisal of Nursing Facilities, which has become the bible of skilled nursing... Read More »