• 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 »
Oxford Finance Closes Major Credit Facility

Oxford Finance Closes Major Credit Facility

Oxford Finance closed a $256.85 million senior credit facility for a client in California. Proceeds were primarily used to refinance four skilled nursing facilities featuring 356 total beds and acquire thirteen skilled nursing facilities with 1,451 total beds across the state. The acquired portfolio featured facilities built from the late 1960s to the late 1970s, with occupancy in the low- to mid-90s. They were previously owned by a third-party real estate owner and an owner/operator that was retiring. A regional owner/operator was the buyer and had a strong existing relationship with Oxford. The transaction closed just 20 days after term sheets were signed. Read More »
Welltower Acquiring Amica Senior Lifestyles Portfolio

Welltower Acquiring Amica Senior Lifestyles Portfolio

In the largest seniors housing transaction recorded since 2021, Welltower is purchasing a portfolio of 38 high-end seniors housing communities and nine entitled development parcels in Canada for aggregate consideration of C$4.6 billion, or US$ $3.185 billion. The seller was Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, which made its initial platform investment in Amica in 2010 alongside co-founders Douglas MacLatchy and Robert Ezer.  The portfolio has grown to 24 stabilized, income-producing properties and seven recently opened properties still in lease up that are located in some of Canada’s most affluent markets in Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria. There is a continuum of care... Read More »
Publicly Traded REIT Acquires in Missouri

Publicly Traded REIT Acquires in Missouri

Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a newly built seniors housing community in Springfield, Missouri. Built in 2021 and leased up quickly across all three acuity levels, Springhouse Village comprises 37 independent living, 62 assisted living and 32 memory care units across 15.6 acres. The community has had a consistent occupancy at more than 95%.  The seller, an owner/operator and long-time client of SLIB’s, divested the asset to exit the seniors housing industry. The buyer, a publicly traded REIT with a significant seniors housing footprint, was selected after a competitive bidding process in which multiple competitive offers were secured. Jeff Binder and Nick... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Divests to River Oaks of Minnesota

Not-For-Profit Divests to River Oaks of Minnesota

Nick Glaisner of Ziegler facilitated the sale of an assisted living and memory care community in metro Minneapolis on behalf of a not-for-profit organization that serves elderly and disabled people in the Twin Cities. The community has more than 60 beds. The buyer was local operator River Oaks of Minnesota. River Oaks’ portfolio now comprises four AL communities in the metro area. Read More »
Eden Senior Care Secures Acquisition Financing

Eden Senior Care Secures Acquisition Financing

Dwight Mortgage Trust, the affiliate REIT of Dwight Capital, provided a $54.6 million bridge loan to finance the acquisition of a six-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Pennsylvania. Comprising 925 beds, the portfolio includes Hampton House in Wilkes Barre, Kingston Rehabilitation in Kingston, Pottsville Rehabilitation in Pottsville, Williamsport North and South Rehabilitation in Williamsport and Yeadon Rehabilitation in Yeadon. In conjunction with the bridge loan, Dwight Healthcare Funding also provided a $7 million working capital line of credit with an accordion feature of up to $15 million, which will be used to support the day-to-day operations across all properties. Adam Offman,... Read More »
Eden Senior Care Secures Acquisition Financing

Apollo Acquires Bridge Investment Group

Apollo and Bridge Investment Group Holdings have entered into a definitive agreement for Apollo to acquire Bridge in an all-stock transaction with an equity value of approximately $1.5 billion. Bridge has $50 billion of AUM in complementary sectors aligned with Apollo’s long-term growth strategy. Bridge’s seniors housing portfolio totals 62 communities and 6% of its fee-earning AUM comes from seniors housing, while Apollo’s “retirement services unit” reported earnings of $841 million.  At closing, Bridge stockholders and Bridge OpCo unitholders will receive .07081 shares of Apollo stock for each share of Bridge Class-A common stock and each Bridge OpCo Class-A common unit,... Read More »