• 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 »
Former Brookdale Asset Sale Sets Record Per-Unit Price in Montana

Former Brookdale Asset Sale Sets Record Per-Unit Price in Montana

A standalone independent living community in Great Falls, Montana, just sold for one of the highest per-unit prices in the state. Developed in 1995, The Iris Senior Living was the highest-quality IL building in the area and was consistently fully occupied. It features 60 units and operates at a nearly 40% margin. Even though it is an older building, it is in good condition and commanded a $253,000 per unit price (or $15.2 million in total), at an 8.8% cap rate. The cap rate makes sense given the market and vintage of the asset, and the price is the highest on a per-unit basis in the LevinPro LTC deal database in the state of Montana.  Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group... Read More »
Maxwell Group Affiliate Acquires Luxury CCRC

Maxwell Group Affiliate Acquires Luxury CCRC

Continuum Advisors announced the sale of Laurel Circle, a luxury 270-unit CCRC on 25 acres in Bridgewater Township, New Jersey. Built in 1996, Laurel Circle offers a full continuum of care with 183 independent living apartments, 19 independent living villas, 30 assisted living units, 10 memory care units and 28 skilled nursing units, plus an additional five acres of undeveloped land for future expansion. A joint venture which included LCS retained Continuum to represent them in the sales transaction. David Kliewer and Jay Jordan led the transaction, which generated strong buyer interest and culminated in the sale to an affiliate of Maxwell Group, Senior Living Communities. Kliewer and... Read More »
Buyer Sees Turnaround Potential in Medicare-Only SNF

Buyer Sees Turnaround Potential in Medicare-Only SNF

Blueprint facilitated the sale of Welbrook Senior Living Farmington, a 50-bed Medicare-only transitional rehab skilled nursing facility in Farmington, New Mexico. Jacob Gehl and Dillon Rudy represented the buyer, a high-net-worth private investor/operator, which took over the facility from a private equity seller. The facility, built in 2018, was a turnaround opportunity, operating at below market occupancy and experiencing an EBITDAR loss on approximately $5 million in revenue at the time of marketing. The buyer was looking to expand their presence in New Mexico and saw significant potential in repositioning the asset, which it intends to do by expanding the facility’s existing licensure... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Will Q4 Set Records?

60 Seconds with Swett: Will Q4 Set Records?

Happy fourth quarter everybody, and it should be a record-breaking one with all of the transaction pipelines we are aware of. Of course, deals have to close, and some will inevitably be kicked to Q1. But there is enough optimism among buyers, lenders, operators and certainly the brokers that dealmaking activity should hit new heights in the coming months.  We are already at a record-breaking M&A volume in 2025, with a sensational summer culminating in September hitting a 2025 monthly high with 70 deals announced, and counting. Only two other months have ever surpassed 70 deals, and they were in 2024. On an annualized basis, we would hit 840 deals at that level. And based on the... Read More »
SLIB Closes Class-A Deal in Wisconsin

SLIB Closes Class-A Deal in Wisconsin

A Class-A seniors housing community in Wisconsin found a new owner thanks to Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in the last couple of years, the high-quality asset featured approximately 125 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Occupancy was strong above 90%, and financial performance was solid. Its newer vintage attracted significant interest from national, regional and institutional investors, and SLIB procured multiple offers for the seller. A public REIT was disclosed as the selected buyer and will keep the current management company as the operator.  It seems like the deal could be a part of LTC Properties’... Read More »
LTC Properties Adds Five Communities to Its SHOP Portfolio

LTC Properties Adds Five Communities to Its SHOP Portfolio

Just days after LTC Properties added two Kentucky assets to its SHOP portfolio through an off-market transaction totaling $40 million, the REIT announced a larger SHOP acquisition involving five seniors housing properties in Wisconsin. The Class-A portfolio features a total of 520 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was stabilized, with an average property age of six years and an expected year-one yield of approximately 7%. Lifespark, a new LTC operating partner, has managed the communities since 2021 and will continue to do so. LTC Properties paid $195 million, or $375,000 per unit, financed through a line of credit, proceeds from previously disclosed property... Read More »