• 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 »
Carnegie Capital Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with Texas Portfolio Deal

Carnegie Capital Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with Texas Portfolio Deal

Carnegie Capital, the national seniors housing debt brokerage founded and run by JD Stettin and David Farhadian, celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a $124 million, or $117,100 per bed, portfolio acquisition transaction. Carnegie provided a combination of advisory work and debt placement for the nine-skilled nursing facility portfolio with 1,059 beds across southern and central Texas.  A private skilled nursing equity shop bought the portfolio three years ago, helped by debt arranged by Carnegie, and is now exiting the industry with the portfolio sale to a large REIT. The portfolio has been operating well since the 2022 acquisition. The REIT also spun off one of the largest SNFs... Read More »
Ensign/Standard Bearer Adds Two Facilities

Ensign/Standard Bearer Adds Two Facilities

The Ensign Group acquired a couple of skilled nursing facilities through its real estate subsidiary Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT. The first purchase was for Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a 124-bed SNF in Duncanville, Texas, which will be operated by a third-party operator subject to a long-term, triple-net lease. Ensign also purchased Timber Springs Transitional Care in Boise, Idaho. The 120-bed SNF will be managed by Pennant Healthcare LLC, an Ensign-affiliated tenant. Read More »
HTG Closes Two Separate SNF Transactions

HTG Closes Two Separate SNF Transactions

Healthcare Transactions Group (HTG) recently closed two transactions in Missouri and Maryland. The Show Me State deal involved Baptist Home of Independence, an 118-bed skilled nursing facility and 20-bed Residential Care Facility in the town of Independence. Built in 1977, the campus received a major renovation in 2021 and was 65% occupied.  Baptist Homes of Missouri, a faith-based not-for-profit organization based in Jefferson City, Missouri, had acquired the campus in 2021. It later engaged Healthcare Transactions Group to evaluate and recommend strategic options, leading to the not-for-profit’s decision to divest one of its senior care facilities for the first time.  HTG’s... Read More »
Kiser Group Launches Seniors Housing Division

Kiser Group Launches Seniors Housing Division

Kiser Group, a leading multifamily brokerage firm, has announced the launch of its new Seniors Housing Division with the addition of industry veteran Mark Myers as Partner. This strategic expansion reflects the firm’s commitment to meeting the evolving needs of investors and operators in the growing senior living sector. With more than 30 years of experience and a national reputation for excellence, Mark brings unparalleled expertise to Kiser Group. Since 1995, he has closed more than 800 seniors housing transactions across 44 states, totaling over $12 billion in volume. More recently, Myers worked at SVN Senior Living Advisors, and before that he worked at Walker & Dunlop and Marcus... Read More »
Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%, and was operating at a good margin, particularly for a small, higher acuity community. It was developed by Marquee Capital and has been operated by BrightStar Senior Living since opening.  Community First Solutions, a leading not-for-profit healthcare organization, acquired the community (which will be rebranded as The Cottage of Mason),... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM Realty Capital acquired the property for $32.925 million, or $205,000 per unit, and will have Gallery Residential handle its management going forward. The community will also be rebranded as Lakeview at Germantown. Read More »