• CBRE’s Active 2025 and Q1:26 Projections

    CBRE’s National Senior Housing team announced its 2025 activity, with $3.1 billion in total transaction volume. Debt originations and equity placements comprised $1.95 billion of that total, and were completed across 25 states. Meanwhile, the investment sales side closed $1.15 billion in deals, selling 27 properties across 14 states. The... Read More »
  • Underperforming AL/MC Assets Sell in Michigan

    A buyer with operational expertise and capital resources acquired two seniors housing communities that were not stabilized at the time of sale. The new owner intends to stabilize performance, implement targeted management improvements and reposition the assets. Current rates are priced below local competitors, offering upside through rate... Read More »
  • Global Real Estate Investor Enters Seniors Housing

    Blueprint revisited a familiar property, selling it on behalf of a joint venture that originally purchased it through another Blueprint-led sales process. The partnership was between a global private equity firm and a seniors housing sponsor, and at the time of its acquisition, the community was struggling. But they renovated all units and common... Read More »
  • LTC Properties Gets Early Start on 2026 SHOP Acquisitions

    LTC Properties started the year off with a large SHOP acquisition in Atlanta, Georgia. The portfolio comprises three seniors housing communities with nearly 400 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The assets were built between 2014 and 2018, and were stabilized at the time of sale at 92% occupancy. LTC Properties will... Read More »
  • 1019 Senior Living Enters Another State

    1019 Senior Living entered a new state through its fifth seniors housing acquisition. The Indiana-based owner/operator purchased Arden Courts at Kenwood, rebranded as Belle’s Place of Kenwood, which was previously operated by Evergreen Senior Living. Built in 2002 with a new roof added in 2016, the asset sits in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the Kenwood... Read More »
PE Group Acquires in Kentucky

PE Group Acquires in Kentucky

Kyle Hallion, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint facilitated the sale of an assisted living community in Richmond, Kentucky. The community was built in 2009 and comprises 49 private units. The seller was a New York-based regional owner/operator divesting to strengthen its portfolio.  The buyer was a Midwest-based private equity group looking to expand its regional operating presence. The group sees an opportunity to improve operational performance and leverage economies of scale. Read More »
Underperforming AL Community Secured for Behavioral Health Conversion

Underperforming AL Community Secured for Behavioral Health Conversion

Blueprint’s behavioral healthcare team was engaged by a single-site residential behavioral healthcare provider in its search for a larger facility to meet its growth needs. The operator, a prominent first responder behavioral healthcare provider, acquired a former assisted living community near Park City, Utah, to expand its residential behavioral healthcare treatment capacity. The community was underperforming and primed for conversion given the ideal physical plant layout and substantial bed capacity.  There was a limited geographic scope for relocation given the operator’s need to retain experienced and reputable staff in a lightly populated region. There were also zoning... Read More »
Berkadia Handles Two Seniors Housing Transactions

Berkadia Handles Two Seniors Housing Transactions

Berkadia closed the sale of two separate assets in Florida and Georgia. First, Berkadia was engaged by a national owner/operator in the sale of a CCRC in South Florida. The property appears to be Abbey Delray, a 505-unit community originally built in 1979 in Delray Beach that features 327 independent living units, 48 assisted living units, 30 memory care units and 100 skilled nursing beds on 25.66 acres. We understand that occupancy improved throughout the marketing process.  Abbey Delray was previously owned by Lifespace Communities, and the buyer was a regional owner/operator. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders handled the transaction. This was Berkadia’s 10th... Read More »
Fortress Buys Large Seniors Housing Campus

Fortress Buys Large Seniors Housing Campus

Fortress Investment Group just purchased one of the largest rental seniors housing communities in the country, adding The Village at Gainesville in Gainesville, Florida, to its portfolio. Regionally anchored by the University of Florida and the innovative UF Health network, and located directly across from SantaFe College, the 100+ acre campus has 639 total units. Built from the mid-1980s to the late-2000s, the campus features 45 cottages, nine additional residential buildings (six independent living, one assisted living and two memory care) and several community clubhouses with extensive amenities, with 80% of the units dedicated to independent living.  It offered strong in-place... Read More »
Keppel Becomes Sole Owner of Watermark

Keppel Becomes Sole Owner of Watermark

Keppel Capital Senior Living, a subsidiary of Keppel Corporation that is responsible for the senior living investments and acquisitions, increased its investment in Watermark Retirement Communities to become the sole owner, effective March 19. Keppel Capital has been Watermark’s equity partner since March 2020.   In 2018, Keppel Capital announced it was acquiring a 50% interest in Watermark for $77.5 million, or $8,000 per unit. At the time, Watermark managed 52 seniors housing communities and about 9,400 total beds in 21 states. Currently, Watermark manages 40 seniors housing communities across 15 states.  Post-transaction, Watermark welcomed a newly appointed C-suite. CEO... Read More »
Dwight Capital’s March Activity

Dwight Capital’s March Activity

Dwight Capital and its affiliate REIT, Dwight Mortgage Trust, closed more than $364 million in real estate financing in March. Featured among the transactions were a bridge loan for Silverwoods in New Jersey, a bridge loan for a three-property skilled nursing portfolio in Rhode Island and a HUD 223(f) refinance for Skyview Heights in Washington State. First, DMT closed a $50 million bridge loan for the acquisition of Silverwoods, a seniors housing community with 313 units in Toms River, New Jersey. The property comprises 46 one-story buildings and includes seven studios, 41 one-bedroom units and 265 two-bedroom units across 55 acres. Loan proceeds were used to finance the acquisition, fund... Read More »