• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... 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 »
Ziegler Handles Unique Operator Transition

Ziegler Handles Unique Operator Transition

A high-end seniors housing community that caters to the Japanese-American population in the San Francisco, California, area completed a delicate operational transfer, with the help of Ziegler. Kokoro Assisted Living is located in the heart of San Francisco’s historic Japantown and is known for providing culturally sensitive care and an environment that blends Japanese and American heritage through meaningful activities, celebrations and cuisine. The main structure was originally a synagogue and has since converted to seniors housing, expanding in the early 2000s. It had decent occupancy, but operations were never optimized, operating just above breakeven. Sequoia Living, another... Read More »