• Seniors Housing Occupancy Hits New Post-Pandemic High

    NIC released its latest seniors housing occupancy update for the 31 NIC Map Primary Markets, and fourth quarter 2024 census has hit another post-pandemic occupancy high. Overall seniors housing occupancy rose to 87.2%, up 70 basis points from 86.5% in the third quarter. Separated out by property type, majority-independent living properties were... Read More »
  • Alternative-Use Buyer Acquires Standalone Memory Care Community

    Before the year ended, BWE closed on the sale of a standalone memory care community in Suwanee, Georgia. Built in 2013, Peachtree Villa at Suwanee comprises 42-units on three acres. At the time of the sale, the property was not in operation. The buyer will renovate the property for an alternative use.  Charley Bissell handled the... Read More »
  • Samaritas Exits Senior Care Industry

    Blueprint executed the final sale facilitating Samaritas’ exit from the senior care industry. Following 50 years of providing senior care services, the company has a renewed focus on child and family services, behavioral health, refugee services and affordable housing.  Built in 1964 with an expansion completed in the 1970s, and a full... Read More »
  • Arcus Healthcare Acquires Nebraska Portfolio

    Jacob Gehl and Dillon Rudy of Blueprint were engaged by an institutional private equity firm in its divestment of a portfolio comprising four seniors housing communities in Nebraska. Built in the late 1990s and the early 2000s, the properties were well-maintained with local reputations for excellent quality of care. They were performing well with... Read More »
  • Texas-Based Operator Establishes Footprint in Oklahoma 

    Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate kicked off his 2025 M&A activity by representing an institutional owner in its sale of an assisted living community in Edmond, Oklahoma. The seller was divesting because the community was an outlier in its portfolio, and it is focusing on core assets. The transaction closed approximately 10 weeks... Read More »
AOG’s Foray into The Active Adult Sphere

AOG’s Foray into The Active Adult Sphere

A few years ago, we were preparing for an influx of multifamily developers and investors to flood into the seniors housing space, particularly in active adult, which was seen as an attractive add-on to their traditional multifamily portfolios with favorable demographic trends, higher (and more consistent) rents, good occupancy rates and longer lengths of stay. Active adult may have also acted as a gateway to other seniors housing sectors like independent living and assisted living for these investors.  Then, interest rates rose above average active adult cap rate between 4% and 5%, and development became more difficult, not to mention expensive. But as we (and others) have noted, the... Read More »
S&R Handles Texas Land Transaction

S&R Handles Texas Land Transaction

Sherman & Roylance closed the sale of an eight-acre development site in Austin, Texas, which was initially envisioned for a senior living community. However, the buyer, Novak Brothers, plans to leverage their expertise and create a new multifamily development in the location. The property, previously approved by the City of Austin for a two-story, 98-unit assisted living and memory care community, faced construction delays and ultimately ended up in foreclosure by Woodforest Bank in September 2023. With the “as designed” construction halted in 2022, with the foundation in place and the framing begun, Sherman & Roylance was tasked with finding a buyer. Read More »
Live Oak Bank Returns to Santee Seniors Housing Campus

Live Oak Bank Returns to Santee Seniors Housing Campus

Live Oak Bank closed a $27.0 million refinance with a repeat client for an assisted living/memory care community, The Ridge at Lantern Crest, situated on a larger campus, Lantern Crest, in Santee, California. Lantern Crest, operated by Lantern Crest Senior Living, is a 34-acre seniors housing campus developed by The Grant Companies. It offers independent living, assisted living and memory care. Development occurred in three phases, with Phase I being The Ridge at Lantern Crest, Phase II being The Pointe at Lantern Crest and Phase III being The Plaza at Lantern Crest.  The Ridge, which opened in 2012, was originally built with 80 assisted living and memory care units. It was expanded... Read More »
The Current Lending Environment for Senior Care Properties

The Current Lending Environment for Senior Care Properties

The financing process has killed dozens (and hundreds) of deals in the last couple of years, and yet M&A activity is near record levels in the seniors housing and care industry. So deals are getting done, and not just with cash. Who has been lending and at what cost to the borrower? What hurdles have to be overcome? And when capital costs do lower, how can owners and operators best prepare to finance the oncoming wave of deals and demographics? Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: The Development Dilemma

60 Seconds with Swett: The Development Dilemma

The difficult thing about development right now is that it is both a very tough time to build because of higher capital costs but also may be the time that many developers and investors need to start projects. We know, easy for us to say, especially as the Fed signals that rates are likely to stay high for longer and as the 10-year Treasury rate peaks above 4.5% again. But the reality is that if indeed there will be a supply and demand imbalance in a couple of years, then the predevelopment work (if not shovels in the ground) has to start right now because of how long it would take to get those developments open and leased up by the time baby boomers begin turning 80. That process takes a... Read More »
The Benoit Group Finances Atlanta Project

The Benoit Group Finances Atlanta Project

The Benoit Group, in partnership with Atlanta Housing, received financing for the development of Englewood Senior in Atlanta. This affordable seniors housing project marks the first redevelopment phase of a master-planned, mixed-use, multi-plase community on the 30-acre site of the former Englewood Manor public housing site. Built in 1971, Englewood Manor offered 324 public housing units before the residents were relocated in 2007, followed by the property’s demolition in 2009 with HUD approval. The site is located in southeast Atlanta approximately 1.5 miles from Grant Park. Funding for this $72 million project includes federal and state equity tax credit investment by Raymond James and... Read More »