• 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 »
South Carolina IL/AL Community Gets New Owner

South Carolina IL/AL Community Gets New Owner

Following its involvement in the sale of Church Hill Village in Newtown, Connecticut, to National Development and Benchmark Senior Living (plus Harrison Street’s sale of a Long Island portfolio), Newmark handled another transaction featuring another high-end asset. Developed by Bayshore Retirement Living in 2019, The Bayshore on Hilton Head Island comprises 126 independent living and assisted living units in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It also expanded in 2023 with 26 additional IL villas.  Occupancy has consistently been strong, and we imagine the operating margin was quite healthy, too. Life Care Services was the in-place operator. The ultimate buyer was not disclosed, but... Read More »
American Healthcare REIT Acquires AL/MC Portfolio

American Healthcare REIT Acquires AL/MC Portfolio

DMK Development Group divested a seniors housing portfolio in the Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky MSAs. The four communities were purposefully developed within a 50-mile radius to enhance operational efficiencies.  They total 316 assisted living and memory care units, and were all opened between late 2020 and early 2022. Trilogy Health Services, a long-time operating partner of DMK’s, managed the portfolio throughout lease-up and stabilization. DMK developed the portfolio with the help of several banking partners, including Stock Yards Bank & Trust, Republic Bank, Independence Bank and Old National Bank. American Healthcare REIT acquired the communities for $65.3 million, or... Read More »
Artemis Real Estate Partners Acquires Class-A California Community

Artemis Real Estate Partners Acquires Class-A California Community

JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale of a Class-A community in Foster City, California. Built in 2016 by Atria Senior Living as part of a mixed-use master-plan town center development, Atria at Foster Square comprises 155 assisted living and memory care units.  Artemis Real Estate Partners purchased the community in partnership with Atria, and Atria will continue to operate the community under its Atria Signature Collection brand. Aaron Rosenzweig and Dan Baker of JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team handled the transaction. No additional details were disclosed.  Read More »
Berkadia Reports Recent Deal Activity

Berkadia Reports Recent Deal Activity

Berkadia announced a few closings in the Midwest. First, Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers were engaged by Ryan Companies US in its divestment of a Class-A seniors housing community in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Built in 2017 by Ryan Companies, Grand Living at Indian Creek comprises 165 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The property is situated near Mercy Medical Center and UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital, two of the region’s leading healthcare providers. The in-place operator, Grand Living, will continue to manage the community. The buyer and financials were not disclosed.   Fasano, Sanders, Tremper and Garbers also facilitated the... Read More »
Benchmark Acquires Fairfield County Community

Benchmark Acquires Fairfield County Community

Benchmark Senior Living added another Connecticut community to its portfolio, acquiring Church Hill Village in Newtown through a joint venture with National Development, a Massachusetts-based real estate investor. Built in 2019 by a partnership between Senior Lifestyle Corporation and Teton Capital Co., the 71-unit assisted living/memory care community is laid out in four connected residential neighborhoods.  It is Benchmark’s 21st community in Connecticut, and the ninth in the affluent Fairfield County. The company has also made recent investments with National Development in New Jersey and New York. Webster Bank provided acquisition financing for the deal, but no terms were... Read More »
ALP Owner/Operator Expands in Upstate New York

ALP Owner/Operator Expands in Upstate New York

Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of an assisted living program community in the Albany, New York MSA, on behalf of a private owner. Built in 1985, Danforth Adult Care Center is in Hoosick Falls and features 57 units with 80 beds, including 42 licensed as ALP. The community sits on 2.49 acres with 29,112 square feet and maintains a roughly equal payor mix of private-pay and Medicaid residents. It generated $303,800 in EBITDAR on $3.17 million of revenues, with 83.8% occupancy.  The offering was marketed in the summer of 2024, attracting several competitive offers. The buyer, a New Jersey-based ALP owner/operator with a growing portfolio across upstate... Read More »