• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
  • Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

    On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above... Read More »
Northmarq Arranges Construction Loan

Northmarq Arranges Construction Loan

Northmarq’s debt and equity team of Keith Wells, Hunter Wood, Reina Abboud and Mike Lowry arranged a $38.1 million loan for the construction of Lake Forest at Swift Creek in Midlothian, approximately 15 miles west of Richmond. Set on 11.7 acres, the active adult community will have 176 units in four stories, and is being developed by The Holladay Corp., a real estate development and investment firm based in Washington, D.C. The community will open in 2024. Sandy Spring Bank provided the debt for the development. Read More »
Berkadia Announces Three Hires

Berkadia Announces Three Hires

There was some big news out of Berkadia, which announced the addition of Managing Directors Austin Sacco, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers to its Seniors Housing & Healthcare team. Tremper and Garbers will report to SVP and Co-Head of Investment Sales and Production Mike Miner, and Sacco will report to SVP and Head of FHA and Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin. The trio bring a combined 48 years in the seniors housing industry with experience across a variety of asset classes. Coming from JLL, Garbers has over 20 years of experience in the seniors housing industry and has been involved in developing, acquiring and selling over $8 billion in seniors housing properties throughout the... Read More »
About Time, AlerisLife Going Private

About Time, AlerisLife Going Private

The stable of publicly traded seniors housing and care operators continues to shrink, but AlerisLife (ALR) probably should have gone private a couple of years ago having dealt with all of the cons (and SEC fees) of being publicly traded with few benefits. Well, the company announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with ABP Acquisition LLC (ABP), which is majority-owned by AlerisLife Board of Directors chair Adam Portnoy, for ABP to acquire all outstanding shares of ALR common stock for $1.31 per share in case. That represents an 85% premium to the average trading price of the last 30 trading days of $0.71 per share, or approximately $43.8 million. ABP plans to acquire ALR... Read More »
Erickson Senior Living Planning Big Tampa Bay Project

Erickson Senior Living Planning Big Tampa Bay Project

It may be up for debate exactly when seniors housing development kicks back into high gear to prepare for the oncoming baby boomers, but Erickson Senior Living is planning its next project at its typically large scale to include more than 1,000 units of seniors housing in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. The company is seeking site approvals from Manatee County to build 1,020 independent living units in addition to a 250-bed skilled nursing facility on the site. Phase I of the project would include 660 apartments, and phase II would consist of 360 units along with parking, utility and stormwater infrastructure. There would also be pedestrian bridges that would connect the 10 buildings. Completion... Read More »
Rockwood Capital and Doyenne Healthcare Capital Announce Joint Venture

Rockwood Capital and Doyenne Healthcare Capital Announce Joint Venture

Rockwood Capital and Doyenne Healthcare Capital have announced a new seniors housing joint venture to invest up to $100 million of equity in seniors housing assets across the United States. Doyenne Healthcare Real Estate is a women- and minority-owned real estate investment firm that was established in August 2022 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Rockwood Capital is a real estate investment management firm founded in 1995 that provides debt and equity capital combined with real estate operating expertise for the repositioning, development, redevelopment and recapitalization of residential, office, retail and hotel space in key markets throughout the United States. Financial terms... Read More »
Denver Developer Doubles Down on Active Adult

Denver Developer Doubles Down on Active Adult

Denver-based Headwaters Group announced its intention to increase its development and acquisition activity within the active adult market. The company recently launched its middle-market active adult initiative and will focus on for-rent communities for adults aged 55 and older in the western half of the United States, initially, with plans to expand nationwide. Headwaters and an unknown joint venture partner plan to build a 169-unit active adult community in Centennial, Colorado and is also under contract for land in Northglenn to build a 169-unit active adult community. In addition to these two Colorado communities, Headwaters is currently in the works for two more projects in Longmont... Read More »