• NHI and National HealthCare Corporation Ending Master Lease

    In a move to concentrate its portfolio on private pay seniors housing, National Health Investors divested a large skilled nursing portfolio for $560 million, before estimated transaction costs between $6 million and $8 million. The buyer was the current lessee, National HealthCare Corporation, whose legacy master lease was established in 1991 and... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Communities Sell in Southwest Florida

    Berkadia has announced a couple of closings in southwest Florida. First, Brooks Minford headed to the Tampa, Florida area to sell a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community on behalf of a local developer that was looking to exit the seniors housing business. They had built Tessera of Brandon in 2017 to feature a mix of 98 assisted living... Read More »
  • Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

    Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has re-entered the seniors housing sphere after its exit in 2008. The company has acquired three communities in Massachusetts, California, and New York, all within a short period.  The Massachusetts community is in Boston, and it offers both independent living and affordable seniors housing... Read More »
  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

    Stone Brook Assisted Living in the Dallas, Texas MSA, has traded hands from a single-community owner/operator to a regionally-based investor. The seller was looking to enter retirement, and the investor wanted to make their first investment in the seniors housing space. Both seller and buyer agreed to pause the process in Fall 2025 to allow the... Read More »
  • Public Company Divests in Arizona

    A publicly traded company focused on seniors housing recently divested a community in Mesa, Arizona. The asset features 68 assisted living and memory care units, and offered meaningful upside potential. Amy Sitzman, Kyle Hallion and Jake Rice of Blueprint handled the deal, which saw a competitive process with multiple offers from groups looking... Read More »
Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community features independent living, assisted living and memory care services, and it reached 90% occupancy just nine months after opening. Today, it is fully occupied with an extensive waiting list.  The transaction advances Clarion Partners’ strategy of investing in high-end seniors housing communities alongside high quality operating partners. MorningStar... Read More »
Public REIT Acquires New England Seniors Housing Portfolio

Public REIT Acquires New England Seniors Housing Portfolio

Blueprint announced that it handled the sale of a three-community private pay seniors housing portfolio in Rhode Island. A Dallas-based private equity firm engaged Blueprint in 2025 to sell the portfolio, which it acquired with Capital Health Group in 2019. The assets comprise 367 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in the Providence, Rhode Island MSA.  The East Providence, Johnston and East Greenwich communities included a highly stabilized, cash-flowing AL/MC community, a large IL/AL/MC community with stable cash flow but meaningful occupancy upside, and a value-add turnaround community. After they were acquired in 2019, ownership brought it a new manager,... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Exits Senior Care Industry

Regional Owner/Operator Exits Senior Care Industry

Senior Living Investment Brokerage completed a regional owner/operator’s exit from the seniors housing industry with a third and final disposition. The asset was The Homestead in Fallon, Nevada, about one hour east of Reno. It was originally built between 1972 and 1980 and has undergone significant renovations in 2007 and 2018. Most recently, in 2025, ownership converted leased office space into four new independent living units. It now comprises 56 units of IL, assisted living and memory care. It was well occupied at 94%, and operated near a 20% margin on $3.05 million of revenues. That is strong performance in such a rural location. Adding to its appeal was the meaningful improvement in... Read More »
Well-Performing SNF Trades in Iowa

Well-Performing SNF Trades in Iowa

A skilled nursing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that boasted strong occupancy levels and consistent cash flow traded hands. The facility had long-standing referral relationships and a reliable census pipeline. But, there is still room for upside.  Ownership was intentional in selecting a buyer that would preserve and build upon the facility’s culture and reputation. Ultimately, a regional owner/operator with a proven track record in the skilled nursing sector aligned with the seller’s culture acquired the community. Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly and Will Roberts of Blueprint handled the sale. Read More »
Class-A Active Adult Community Trades

Class-A Active Adult Community Trades

An active adult community north of Houston, Texas, sold with the help of Cody Tremper, Mike Garbers, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare. Alders Magnolia encompasses 184 units in Magnolia, and was built in 2021. The seller was Capitol Seniors Housing, and the buyer was Texas-based active adult development and investment firm, Aspens Senior Living.  Situated just northwest of The Woodlands, one of the nation’s largest master-planned communities, Alders Magnolia features an amenity package that offers a heated resort-style pool and spa, theater, fitness center, demonstration kitchen, private wine lockers, putting green, bocce ball court and... Read More »
Not-for-Profit Divests to For-Profit Owner/Operator

Not-for-Profit Divests to For-Profit Owner/Operator

Senwell Senior Investment Advisors announced the closing of two separate senior care sales. First, Brandon Bohland and Collin Hempfling handled a faith-based not-for-profit organization’s divestment of a senior care campus in the Charlotte, North Carolina MSA. The campus has a 50-bed skilled nursing facility and a 96-bed assisted living community.  The seller had owned the campus for multiple decades, but a long-term tenant/operator lease was approaching expiration and it wanted to evaluate options. Senwell explored both a lease and a sale of the campus, ultimately advising a divestment.  There were multiple competitive offers, with the winning bidder being a for-profit regional... Read More »