• ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

    Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings,... Read More »
  • Optimism across the Board in BBG’s Investor Survey Results

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with R.J. DeBee, Senior Managing Director – Seniors Housing & Healthcare National Practice Leader of BBG Real Estate Services, to discuss the biggest takeaways of BBG’s fifth Annual Investor Survey. Read More »
  • Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

    Lument closed a $26.8 million Freddie Mac refinance for Treeo South Ogden, a 143-unit independent living community in Ogden, Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ, all managing directors with Lument, led the transaction. Treeo South Ogden was purpose-built in 2015, and has been owned and... Read More »
  • Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

    Berkadia closed the sale of Oakleigh of Macomb, an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Macomb, Michigan (Detroit MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 55 assisted living and 30 memory care units. It was 91% occupied, so given its vintage and performance, we imagine it attracted significant investor interest. Berkadia represented the... Read More »
  • Developer Divests MC Communities to Kalesta Healthcare

    G Capital helped facilitate the sale of two memory care communities in Silicon Valley in an off-market transaction. Calson Management, a developer/operator based in Vacaville, California, had acquired Silver Oaks Memory Care in Menlo Park and Crescent Oaks Memory Care in Sunnyvale several years ago as value-add opportunities. The firm... Read More »
Joint Venture Adds to Its Seniors Housing Footprint 

Joint Venture Adds to Its Seniors Housing Footprint 

Foundry Commercial and funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group acquired the RoseWood Village Assisted Living and Memory Care communities in Charlottesville, Virginia. The two communities, RoseWood Village at Greenbrier and RoseWood Village at Hollymead, will be operated by Foundry Commercial’s management company, Allegro Living, under its Spring Arbor brand. With these additions, Allegro Living’s footprint now comprises 54 seniors housing communities across 14 states, with 10 of those owned/managed assets being Spring Arbor communities.  The Greenbrier community was built in 2001 and expanded in 2018, while the Hollymead community was constructed in 2008. Together they... Read More »
REIT Acquires High-Quality Continuum of Care Community

REIT Acquires High-Quality Continuum of Care Community

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in Jasper, Georgia. Built in 2022, The Lodge at Stephens Lake includes 83 units of independent living cottages, assisted living and memory care. It is adjacent to a large active adult development and benefits from significant planned residential and commercial growth. At the time of launch, the community was approaching 95% occupancy and generating annualized revenue of $4.7 million with EBITDAR margins of 30%+.  Engaged by the original developer, Blueprint launched a 30-day marketing campaign that generated multiple initial round offers from both public and private investors. Following a competitive final round... Read More »
Legend Senior Living Adds Allentown-Area Asset

Legend Senior Living Adds Allentown-Area Asset

A Class-A, well performing property outside of Allentown, Pennsylvania, traded to a joint venture between Legend Senior Living and a new capital partner. Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart of Blueprint handled the transaction. Legend had been operating The Vero at Bethlehem, which opened in July 2023 and stabilized within 18 months. At the time of marketing, the 124-unit assisted living/memory care asset achieved industry-leading occupancy and margins, which we would guess were in the high-90s and high-30s range, respectively.  The builder of the project, KBE Building Corporation, listed Columbia Pacific Advisors as the developer. Given the community’s outstanding performance and trajectory,... Read More »
Legend Senior Living Adds Allentown-Area Asset

Outcome Healthcare Acquires Pennsylvania SNF

Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of Mahoning Valley Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 142-bed skilled nursing facility in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. The seller, an independent owner, faced increasing financial and operational pressures in today’s skilled nursing environment. The selected buyer was a regional operator with a growing presence in the state and will rebrand the facility as Mahoning Post Acute Nursing and Rehabilitation.  According to Time News, Lakewood, New Jersey-based Outcome Healthcare was the buyer, and the seller was a mom & pop, Mike and Devon Mickey. The pair purchased the SNF in 1999 from Norman Berger, who had owned it since the... Read More »
Sonida Senior Living Increases Its Presence in Texas

Sonida Senior Living Increases Its Presence in Texas

Sonida Senior Living finalized its acquisition of a seniors housing community in Texas. Built in 2016, the community features 62 assisted living and 36 memory care units. It shares a driveway with senior-centric healthcare providers and referral sources, and is across from a 294-bed hospital in Mansfield. The property is near existing Sonida assets, bringing the company’s Dallas-Fort Worth portfolio to nine assets and 21 total in the state. This community is Sonida’s highest quality physical plant in this market, but still has a similar profile in services, unit mix and size.  Sonida Senior Living intends to invest additional capital to refresh common areas and amenity spaces over the... Read More »
Performing Class-A Asset Trades in Pensacola

Performing Class-A Asset Trades in Pensacola

Berkadia handled the sale of Summer Vista, a seniors housing community in Pensacola, Florida. Managing Directors Ross Sanders, Dave Fasano, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed the transaction. Built in 2016, the 89-unit assisted living/memory care community has always been a strong performer. In fact, after opening in February 2016, it had reached stabilization after just five months.  According to LevinPro LTC’s M&A database, a 2017 sale of Summer Vista to CNL Healthcare Properties had occupancy at 95% (it sold for $21.4 million, or $240,400 per unit at the time). Then in February 2020, Summer Vista and a 92-unit AL/MC community in... Read More »