• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »

Fortress Investment Group Divests Arizona Asset

JLL Capital Markets has closed the sale of Inspira Arrowhead, a 165-unit seniors housing community in Glendale, Arizona. The community was under the ownership of Fortress Investment Group funds for just 18 months, but in that time occupancy rose from 89% to 94% and NOI improved by 35%. Fortress bought the asset in April 2024 in a joint venture with Cogir Senior Living, so Cogir clearly did a great job (and will be continuing as manager). Alanna Ellis and Alex Sheaffer of JLL had arranged acquisition financing for that deal, and Nick Stahler, Hamid Panahi and Steve Gebbing with Institutional Property Advisors of Marcus & Millichap had handled the 2024 sale. Built in 2019, the community... Read More »

Stacked Stone Makes Another Acquisition

Stacked Stone Ventures, a real estate investment firm founded by Kent Eikanas, followed up on its October acquisition in Oklahoma with the purchase of two assisted living/memory care communities in Illinois, near the St. Louis MSA. Similar to the Oklahoma deal, Stacked Stone has made an Illinois acquisition in a joint venture with the private equity firm Praxis Capital.  Totaling 159 units, the communities were built in 2000 and 2004. Occupancy was in the high-60% range, so there was room to grow for the incoming operator, Longevity Senior Living. The operating margin stood close to 5%, with full financials available on LevinPro LTC. Stacked Stone can also significantly increase... Read More »

Blueprint Handles Large SNF Deal in Pennsylvania

Not-for-profit to for-profit are not easy, and it took a two-year process for Blueprint to successfully close the sale of a 250-bed skilled nursing facility in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The property appears to be Cheltenham Nursing & Rehabilitation, one of three skilled nursing facilities owned by Dublin, Ohio-based American Health Foundation (AHF) that had agreed with the United States Department of Justice in June 2025 to pay $3.61 million to resolve claims related to billing Medicare and Medicaid for “grossly substandard skilled nursing services between 2016 and 2018.” The facilities were sued by the DOJ in June 2022 when the United States alleged that each facility failed to... Read More »

JDI Realty Buys Alpharetta Asset

A partnership recently acquired Chapters Living of Alpharetta, a 79-unit assisted living/memory care community in Alpharetta, Georgia (Atlanta MSA). Built in 2013, the high-quality community was previously known as Addington Place of Alpharetta. JDI Realty, in partnership with Purity Strategies and Chapters Senior Living, bought the community for an undisclosed price.  Chapters operates two nearby communities and looks to continue expanding in the greater Atlanta area. The community will be renamed Chapters Living of Alpharetta. The deal brings JDI Realty’s seniors housing portfolio to eight properties and approximately 1,000 units across the country. Read More »
Public REIT Divests to Owner/Operator

Public REIT Divests to Owner/Operator

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Massachusetts skilled nursing facility on behalf of a public REIT in the senior care sector. The REIT determined that the facility was a strong candidate for sale due to its location. Plus, the former operator was switching focus to other assets in its mutual portfolio.  Purpose-built in 1982 with significant renovations in 2006, the 78-bed facility is in Brighton, a neighborhood of Boston. The 91%-occupied building benefits from its proximity to Boston Medical Center – Brighton, just one mile away. At the time of sale, revenues exceeded $10 million annually.  Blueprint targeted both skilled nursing and behavioral health buyers. There were... Read More »
Development Company Acquires Through Membership Buyout

Development Company Acquires Through Membership Buyout

A Missouri-based real estate developer engaged Blueprint to facilitate its membership buyout of a joint venture partner. Brooks Blackmon, Ben Firestone and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Four years ago, the firm was brought on to raise capital, ultimately sourcing an institutional capital partner to develop a private pay seniors housing community in the St. Louis, Missouri MSA. The Class-A community, with more than 150 independent living, assisted living and memory care units, opened its doors in January 2024, stabilizing after the lease-up period. At the time of recapitalization, the asset was generating approximately $3.7 million of annualized EBITDAR with an operating margin over... Read More »