• 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 »
Local Investor Partnership Divests to Ensign in Texas

Local Investor Partnership Divests to Ensign in Texas

Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate arranged the off-market sale of a 124-bed skilled nursing facility in Duncanville, Texas, that was owned by a partnership of local investors. The building was leased to a national operator, which has managed the facility since its construction in 2009. The asset sold six weeks after execution of the purchase and sale agreement, with a long-term lease in place with the current operator. The Texas Broker of Record was DuWest Management Services, Inc.  The Ensign Group announced that it acquired the real estate of Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center through a subsidiary of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT. This facility also... Read More »
Leo Brown Group Divests Class-A Community in Cincinnati MSA

Leo Brown Group Divests Class-A Community in Cincinnati MSA

Berkadia sold a 146-unit seniors housing community in the Cincinnati, Ohio MSA, on behalf of the seller, Indianapolis-based Leo Brown Group, which originally built the community. Built in 2021 with 52 independent living, 64 assisted living and 30 memory care units, it was 95% occupied as of June 30, 2025, with the memory care portion fully occupied. A longtime owner of seniors housing communities bought the property on July 1, for an undisclosed price. Traditions Management will stay on as the operator. Read More »
Regional Portfolio Changes Hands

Regional Portfolio Changes Hands

Blueprint announced two closings, with one in the Southeast and one in Pennsylvania. First, not-for-profit Ballad Health divested its senior care portfolio that was geographically concentrated in Eastern Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. The portfolio included four assets with regional concentration along the border of Tennessee and Virginia, including three skilled nursing facilities and one assisted living community, totaling 402 licensed beds. The portfolio presented an attractive opportunity for a regional-based owner/operator to achieve immediate scale with operational upside, while capitalizing on the strong referral relationships through the seller’s broader acute care health... Read More »
Cima Investment Group Acquires AL/MC Portfolio

Cima Investment Group Acquires AL/MC Portfolio

SVN Senior Living Advisors announced the successful sale of a three-property assisted living and memory care portfolio in the Houston, Texas MSA. The transaction was completed on behalf of a national financial institution. The three properties comprise more than 200 units.  Managing Director Josh Salzman led the transaction, supported by John Klement, Don Husi and Aaron Thompson. The assets attracted multiple qualified offers and ultimately sold for an undisclosed amount. Cima Investment Group (and its affiliated operating company, Cima Senior Living), a fully integrated investment platform focused on senior living, was the buyer. It is led by industry veterans and is known for its... Read More »
Family Office Purchases Midwest Community

Family Office Purchases Midwest Community

For the second time in just 18 months, Evans Senior Investments facilitated the sale of Country Meadow Place, a 56-unit assisted living community in Mason City, Iowa. The seller was Jaybird Senior Living, a regional owner/operator that acquired the asset in 2024 for $13 million, or $232,100 per unit. Evans handled that transaction too. The community was well occupied at the time of the 2024 purchase, but the property has continued to perform well, achieving an in-place NOI margin of 36%.  Through a competitive marketing process, ESI secured seven offers from institutional investors. The selected buyer was a private family office that paid $15.15 million, or $270,500 per unit. The... Read More »
SLIB Sells SNF in New Jersey

SLIB Sells SNF in New Jersey

Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage got a skilled nursing sale in New Jersey over the finish line after survey issues caused a buyer switch-up. Built in 1980, Medford Care Center is located in the town of Medford (about an hour east of Philadelphia) and features 180 beds on an 11-acre campus. Operations were not strong, and the private owner decided to sell. The facility was marketed in the spring of 2024 and received several bids. However, just prior to closing the transaction in December 2024, there was a health survey that resulted in an admissions ban, receivership and the original buyer losing interest.  With Siefert at the helm of the transaction process, the deal was... Read More »