• 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 »
Development Has Slowed, But Not Stopped

Development Has Slowed, But Not Stopped

Ziegler just closed a $25.34 million financing for a new seniors housing community in San Antonio, Texas, but these funds do not include the cost of construction. The new money will be used to purchase 27 acres in San Antonio, pay for the preconstruction development costs, and the costs of issuing the new debt. The community, to be called Bella Vida at La Cantera, will consist of 153 independent living apartments, 40 IL cottages and 16 memory support assisted living units. This pre-construction debt comes to about $121,000 per unit. There was no breakdown of the three uses of the proceeds.  The sponsor is the not-for-profit Forefront Living San Antonio. Brandon Powell, Managing... Read More »
Flashback Friday: The SNF Market, 10 Years Ago

Flashback Friday: The SNF Market, 10 Years Ago

Every now and then, we like to look back at what the senior care industry was dealing with in past decades, which helps give us perspective on the problems of today and shows us lessons that are never learned by some. Looking at the market for skilled nursing facilities 10 years ago, we see a lot of similarities, from the high investor interest amid threats of reimbursement cuts and staffing issues (sound familiar?) to allegations of inappropriate use of Medicaid and Medicare funds by providers. Check out this lead story from the June 2013 issue of The SeniorCare Investor, and you’ll almost wonder if you were reading the June 2023 issue.  From “The Skilled Nursing Market Enigma” in... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: What Will the Boomers Want?

60 Seconds with Swett: What Will the Boomers Want?

The baby boomers have been referenced as the reason for investors to enter the seniors housing market for more than a decade, even though we are still several years away from the front end of them aging into the vast majority of seniors housing communities. But there is no guarantee that boomers will move into seniors housing, especially if new tech can better solve for health care, activities of daily living, property maintenance and socialization in the home, not to mention economic factors that may prevent seniors from selling their homes or may impact their savings and investment accounts to render seniors housing services unaffordable to them. Beyond all that, what if the current... Read More »
Development Has Slowed, But Not Stopped

New IL Community Funded by Ziegler

Investment banking firm Ziegler just closed a $31.96 million tax-exempt financing on behalf of EveryAge (formerly United Church Homes and Services), which is a North Carolina-based not-for-profit that consists of three retirement communities and other programs. The funds will be used to construct BellaAge Hickory, located in downtown Hickory, North Carolina, which is 15 miles from EveryAge’s Abernathy Laurels, a CCRC. BellaAge will have 95 units consisting of one- and two-bedroom units with monthly rents ranging from $2,043 to $3,632. These units will be considered “affordable” and will fill a void in the local market. There are limited services and the community does not appear to offer... Read More »
Bourne Financial Group Working on Baltimore-Area Development

Bourne Financial Group Working on Baltimore-Area Development

Bourne Financial Group, Park Avenue Lifestyle (part of the Bourne Financial Group family of companies) and Bob Bourne are partnering to develop a large senior living community in Bel Air, Maryland, near Baltimore. The community will be a part of James Run, a 108-acre mixed-use development currently in the works. Once complete, the mixed-use property will consist of 300 residences across six buildings, townhouse villas and apartments totaling 270 units, and the senior living community. There will also be retail space, office/medical space, a daycare, hotel and conference center. Featuring a total of 160 units, the senior living community will have independent living and assisted living... Read More »
Huntington National Bank Finances Discovery Expansion Project

Huntington National Bank Finances Discovery Expansion Project

Construction loan activity has slowed to a relative trickle, but Huntington National Bank closed a $26.5 million loan for the development of a 90-unit, Phase II expansion project at an existing senior living community owned and operated by Discovery Senior Living. Located in Dallas, Texas, the community currently features 175 units of independent living. The 81,500-square-foot expansion would add 72 units of assisted living and 18 of memory care, and it is set to open in 12 months.  Working with Huntington’s Healthcare team for the first time, Discovery Senior Living obtained a $26.5 million loan with a floating interest rate. Lisa Silvers of Huntington handled the... Read More »