• 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 »
CareTrust REIT Acquires in California

CareTrust REIT Acquires in California

CareTrust REIT is on a tear this year, having acquired 33 senior care properties since the start of 2017 and bringing its portfolio to 184 total properties. In all of this activity, CareTrust has also not been limited to a specific geography, making acquisitions in 10 states across the country. Despite being headquartered in San Clemente, California, CareTrust waited until Halloween to make its first Golden State acquisition of the year, and entered into a new tenant relationship at the same time. The REIT announced it had bought three skilled nursing facilities, totaling 528 beds, in Southern California for approximately $69 million, or about $130,700 per unit. Operating the facilities... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Aces St. Augustine Sale

Cushman & Wakefield Aces St. Augustine Sale

An amenity-rich senior living community just sold in St. Augustine, Florida, with the help of Allen McMurtry, Paul Carr, David Kliewer and Megan Fetter of Cushman & Wakefield’s Tampa office. Built in 2001, the community sits on about 40 acres in the World Golf Village and features 87 cottage homes, 70 independent living units, 36 assisted living units and 30 private skilled nursing beds. In addition to access to two world-class golf courses, residents also enjoy a clubhouse, heated outdoor lap pool, putting green, bocce court, pub and fitness center. Life Care St. John’s Inc., an affiliate of Life Care Pastoral Services, sold the property to Westminster Communities of Florida for $27.5... Read More »
The JCH Group Shows Its Range

The JCH Group Shows Its Range

Nick Stahler and Jim Hazzard of The JCH Group had their work cut out for them but got the job done, selling a 97-unit assisted living community in Fulton, California on behalf of a family trust. There are some issues the new owner will have to address, however. Built in 1976, the community is in need of some renovations, over $3 million, in fact, estimated by the buyer. The payor mix could also significantly improve, as the community is almost entirely made up of SSI (Supplemental Security Income) residents, which doesn’t necessarily help the bottom line. Every room can be double occupied, with an 88% census based on the 194 beds at the time of the sale. Lastly, owned and operated by a... Read More »
Masonicare Feels The Squeeze

Masonicare Feels The Squeeze

After 34 years of ownership, Masonicare is selling its large skilled nursing facility in Newtown, Connecticut, citing many of the issues facing small SNF operators today as the reasons for its exit. The Connecticut not-for-profit currently operates a senior living community, a CCRC, a health center and a number of home health agencies throughout the state. But the skilled nursing facility in Newtown, which included 154 SNF beds and 55 assisted living units, had been losing money in recent years caused by declining census, rising patient acuity and tightening reimbursement. Athena Health Care Systems, a Connecticut-based specialty care provider with about 45 skilled nursing facilities in... Read More »
Care Investment Trust Partners With Phoenix Senior Living

Care Investment Trust Partners With Phoenix Senior Living

Care Investment Trust joint ventured with Phoenix Senior Living for the second time this year, acquiring a 68-unit assisted living/memory care community in Albany, Georgia. Built in 1999, the community was formerly owned by the Phoebe Putney Health System, a not-for-profit health network in southwest Georgia. It now brings Phoenix’s operating portfolio to eight communities across the Southeast, not including three projects currently under construction. Jay Miele and Brady Stern of Hammond Hanlon Camp LLC advised Phoebe Putney on the transaction. Earlier this year, Care Investment Trust and Phoenix Senior Living partnered to acquired a 64-unit memory care community in Fayetteville, Georgia... Read More »