• 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... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Occupancy Keeps Improving

    It is a shame that Brookdale Senior Living did not do two years ago what it has been doing for the past nine months or so. Weighted average occupancy in August 2025 was 81.8%, up 70 basis points sequentially. This was the seventh month in a row the company posted an increase. Month-end occupancy in August was 83.2%, up 60 basis points... Read More »
  • Blueprint Closes Two Texas Portfolio Transactions

    During the NIC Fall conference in Austin, Blueprint announced a couple of portfolio transactions in Texas. First, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso facilitated the sale of five skilled nursing facilities located throughout the Texas Hill Country and Houston. All five facilities are within four hours of each other, offering scale and operational... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Minnesota Receivership Sale

    A senior care campus in Pine Island, Minnesota, with some operational issues in the past has found a new owner thanks to Jake Anderson, Dan Geraghty and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Set on 6.8 acres, the campus includes Pine Haven with 70 skilled nursing beds and Evergreen featuring 24 assisted living units. Pine Haven was... Read More »
  • PACS CFO Resigns

    PACS Group saw another potential setback to its public image, announcing that its CFO Derick Apt resigned on September 2 after it was determined that he had accepted a series of high-value items from individuals associated with a group of related entities with which PACS does business. The company was in the middle of its previously disclosed... Read More »
Lisa McCracken Joins NIC

Lisa McCracken Joins NIC

Lisa McCracken will be taking her research and analytics expertise to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) effective October 1. She will be the head of research and analytics for NIC. She had a similar job at the investment banking firm Ziegler, where she was director of senior living research and development for the past six years, and SVP for the four years prior. Earlier this summer Beth Mace “retired” as NIC’s chief economist and director of research and analytics, and while no one can fill her shoes, it looks like Lisa will take over the research side of things while Beth slows down and tries to ease into retirement working part time for NIC with her... Read More »
The REIT/Operator Shuffle Continues

The REIT/Operator Shuffle Continues

Ventas just announced that it was changing out the management of 26 independent living communities that had been managed by “Holiday by Atria.” Sodalis Senior Living will be taking over 13 communities in Texas, Priority Life Care eight in Florida, and Discovery Senior Living five in California. All three companies are already successfully managing properties on behalf of Ventas. The new managers will take over on or around September 1 for the majority of the communities, with the balance early in the fourth quarter. What we know is that Priority Life Care took over a portfolio of the former Eclipse managed properties and performed better than expected, or at least what Ventas may have... Read More »
Diversified Healthcare Trust/Office Properties Trust Deal in Jeopardy

Diversified Healthcare Trust/Office Properties Trust Deal in Jeopardy

Last April 11, Diversified Healthcare Trust announced a merger (sale) with Office Properties Income Trust whereby DHC shareholders would receive $1.70 in OPI shares for each DHC share, then worth about $1.20 per share. Within weeks the shares plunged by 33% to $0.80 per share. They had been as low as $0.61 per share on December 22, 2022. We suppose management must have been desperate. Something didn’t smell right to a few investors, and shareholder Flat Footed LLC raised the red flag that this was not a deal in the best interests of DHC shareholders. And they fought it. They were not the only ones who decided the merger was not in the best interests of DHC shareholders. Now, three leading... Read More »
Assured Hospice Acquisition and Home Health M&A Trends – A Conversation with Alex Veach of Agenda Health

Assured Hospice Acquisition and Home Health M&A Trends – A Conversation with Alex Veach of Agenda Health

Agenda Health, a healthcare-focused M&A advisory firm based in Austin, Texas, advised Assured Hospice in its acquisition by Agape Care Group, a portfolio company of private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners. Agenda Health’s mission is to deliver consistent results with a faith-based, Christ-centered focus. Agape originally announced the deal in late June, but we were able to speak with Alex Veach, Director of Transactions Services at Agenda Health, to get an inside look into the Assured Hospice acquisition, as well as the home health M&A market as a whole. Based in Cartersville, Georgia, Assured Hospice provides physical, emotional and spiritual... Read More »
New Active Adult Community in The Works

New Active Adult Community in The Works

America Walks, an Ohio-based multifamily development firm, is developing Encore at Tradition, an active adult community located in Tradition (a master-planned community within Port St. Lucie), Florida. This is being done with the help of a $95 million mortgage loan originated from Madison Realty Capital, a real estate private equity firm managing $11 billion in assets.  Encore at Tradition will be comprised of 303 single-story, ranch-style villa units across 60 buildings and two multifamily buildings, connected by a 24,000-square foot clubhouse and amenity deck. Resort-style amenities will be offered, including a salon, sauna, walking/biking trails, golf simulator, sport courts and a... Read More »
Assured Hospice Acquisition and Home Health M&A Trends – A Conversation with Alex Veach of Agenda Health

Progress For Sonida Senior Living

Just like for almost everyone else, Sonida Senior Living had some good news to report for the second quarter as well as some areas that did not improve as much as maybe expected. But progress is being made to achieve stabilized occupancy, cash flow and operating margins. Even though weighted average occupancy increased by 120 basis points from the year-ago quarter to 83.9%, it declined by 10 basis points from the first quarter this year. For the sector, the second quarter has rarely been a good one for census, but other companies have been reporting increases for both the first and second quarters. The 8% rate increases have caused some move outs for financial reasons, but the increases... Read More »