• Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

    Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk.... Read More »
  • Ikaria Announces $1 Billion in Q4 Volume

    Ikaria Capital Group closed out a successful 2025, announcing several significant transactions in the fourth quarter that exceeded $1 billion in volume. The activity comprises financings in the seniors housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health sectors across multiple states and borrowers.  The largest deal was a $595.5 million senior... Read More »
  • PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

    A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting... Read More »
  • Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

    Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds,... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

    The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by... 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 »
New Class-A Seniors Housing Community Opens

New Class-A Seniors Housing Community Opens

Magnolia Bridge at Murrells Inlet, developed by Bourne Financial Group and operated by SRI Management, celebrated its grand opening in July after receiving its license to operate in June. Bourne is a real estate investment company specializing in seniors housing development, acquisitions, and asset management. SRI has independent living, assisted living and memory care communities throughout the Southeast. Magnolia Bridge is a Class-A community located in Murrells Inlet near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with 170 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The community stands four stories tall and is in close proximity to local boutiques. It has amenities such as... Read More »