• 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 »
Chartwell Retirement Residences Completes Portfolio Acquisition

Chartwell Retirement Residences Completes Portfolio Acquisition

Chartwell Retirement Residences completed its previously announced purchase of six seniors housing communities spread throughout London (three), Dorchester, Waterloo and Mississauga in Ontario, Canada. The purchase price at closing totaled approximately CAD$416.2 million, or US$30 million. An additional CAD$15.8 million, or USD$11.36 million, is payable upon completion of Dorchester Terrace, which is expected in the fourth quarter. The transaction was funded through the assumption of approximately CAD$232.7 million, or USD$167.4 million, of in-place debt, the majority of which is CMHC-insured, and cash on hand.  The six purpose-built seniors housing communities present strong... Read More »
Class-A AL/MC Communities Trade on Long Island

Class-A AL/MC Communities Trade on Long Island

BWE Investment Sales’ Seniors Housing Team announced its involvement in the sale of Village Green Senior Living and Village Walk Senior Living, both in high barrier-to-entry locations on Long Island. BWE represented the seller, The D&F Development Group, in the disposition of the Class-A assets, which had the goal of building, leasing up and selling the communities. The buyer was a joint venture between Atria Senior Living, Fundamental Advisors and Scribner Capital.  Built in 2020, Village Green is in Levittown and offers 57 units of assisted living and 46 units of memory care across three levels. Village Walk is in Patchogue and was completed in 2018. It totals 146 beds,... Read More »
SLIB Tops $1 Billion in Texas Transactions

SLIB Tops $1 Billion in Texas Transactions

Senior Living Investment Brokerage and Matthew Alley topped $1 billion in transaction volume in the state of Texas following the sale of a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities. The Cascades Portfolio features a combined 647 beds and locations in Port Arthur (two), Houston and Galveston. The facilities were built from 1955 to 1993, with various renovations over the years.  Performance could be improved, since occupancy sat at just 42%, and the portfolio was generating little cash flow on $24.24 million of revenues. It may not have helped that these were the only Texas facilities owned by the Utah-based operator/seller. A Texas-based real estate owner bought the portfolio for... Read More »
SLIB Handles High-Quality SNF Sale in Texas

SLIB Handles High-Quality SNF Sale in Texas

Matthew Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a high-quality skilled nursing facility in Lubbock, Texas. Built in 2010 and 2013, Crown Point Health Suites features 108 beds and is well maintained. It also performed strongly, with a 20% margin on nearly $14.5 million of revenues, and an 86% occupancy rate. Its independent owner/operator decided to sell to a Texas-based regional operator for $23 million, or $213,000 per bed, at a 12.8% cap rate. The buyer emerged from multiple competitive offers. Read More »
Jaybird Senior Living Acquires Multi-State Portfolio

Jaybird Senior Living Acquires Multi-State Portfolio

An affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, Jaybird Capital, acquired five senior living communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Jaybird assumed management of the communities in October and stabilized them before executing on the purchase. The company is currently targeting the addition of 15 more communities to its portfolio throughout the year, and it plans to grow its portfolio to over $1 billion in value within five years. Berkadia represented the seller in the deal. Read More »
Newly Formed Investment Firm Enters Senior Care

Newly Formed Investment Firm Enters Senior Care

An 84-unit assisted living/memory care community in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, recently traded with the help of Continuum Advisors, which represented the institutional joint venture seller. Built in 2014, Beach House has 64 assisted living and 20 memory care units, with 100 licensed beds. It is situated on a barrier island near some of the most affluent coastal communities in Northeast Florida. The community also benefits from its proximity to Baptist Medical Center Beaches and Mayo Clinic’s Jacksonville campus.  It was last acquired in 2021 by a partnership between Florida-based Foundry Commercial and New York-based Fundamental Advisors LP. Foundry’s seniors housing management... Read More »