• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »

CA Ventures Partners on Oregon Construction Project

A joint venture between CA Ventures and an institutional equity partner is building a 206-unit senior living community in Beaverton, Oregon (Portland MSA) with construction financing arranged by CBRE National Senior Housing. Anthology of Beaverton will consist of 206 independent living, assisted living and memory care units near the Tanasbourne shopping district, which includes a Whole Foods, Starbucks, REI, and several other shopping and dining locations. Anthology Senior Living, CA Venture’s senior living platform, will operate it upon completion. The transaction also marked the beginning of Anthology’s strategic alliance with Formation Development Group, having contributed to the... Read More »

Sunrise Senior Living Second Staten Island Development

Sunrise Senior Living has officially opened its second senior living community on Staten Island. The 120-unit Sunrise of New Drop has 85,000 square feet across four stories and sits on four acres. Providing assisted living and memory care service, it sits adjacent to New Drop High School, with which it plans on creating intergenerational programming to bring high schoolers into the community for volunteering and potential employment. In addition, a celebrity chef will design the menu and manage the dining experience. KBE Building Corporation and PWC Companies built the community, which sits about two miles south of Sunrise’s other community in the borough, Sunrise of Staten... Read More »

Creativcap Secures Two Construction Financings

With interest rates rising and inflation not slowing down, the seniors housing construction market is definitely becoming a riskier venture. However, Scott Kavel of Creativcap successfully arranged two construction financings for a couple of clients where the lenders decided to hold the entire exposure on their balance sheets, despite participation interest. These must be high-quality projects in strong markets with “best-in-class” operating partners to justify that confidence level. First, Mr. Kavel arranged a $70 million construction/permanent loan for a to-be-built 157-unit independent/assisted living community in California. Building the community in an opportunity zone, the buyer... Read More »
Senior Living Tower Going Up in Vancouver, Washington 

Senior Living Tower Going Up in Vancouver, Washington 

PMB, a leading healthcare real estate developer, joint ventured with The Springs Living to break ground on a new 12-story seniors housing community in Vancouver, Washington, to be fully open by the first half of 2024. The urban community is set in the Vancouver Waterfront master plan, which includes 32 acres of parks, residential units, office space, retail and hotels. The seniors housing community, called The Springs at The Waterfront will feature 250 units and 360,000 square feet of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Amenities will include a spa and wellness center, indoor pool, and multiple dining venues including a pub and full bar. The community commands views of the... Read More »
Del Webb’s Development Spree Continues in Chicagoland 

Del Webb’s Development Spree Continues in Chicagoland 

Del Webb is at it again. After already announcing new (and large) construction projects in Tennessee and Florida in the last month, the national builder of active adult communities disclosed that it was building another new community in Illinois, its first in the Chicagoland area in over 15 years. Similar to other Del Webb projects under the company’s GenYou collection, the community (named Lincoln Prairie by Del Webb) will feature 550 detached single-family homes on 474 acres.   At its grand opening this fall, Lincoln Prairie by Del Webb will debut six model homes available to tour. But floor plans will include large kitchen islands, tall sliding glass doors to maximize natural light,... Read More »
Artemis/Avenida Partnership Building AA Community  

Artemis/Avenida Partnership Building AA Community  

Texas’s active adult space is booming, with many new construction projects and several acquisitions having been announced so far this year in the Lone Star State. Avenida Partners is getting in on the action, announcing a partnership with Artemis Real Estate Partners to develop a 155-unit community in Carrollton, a suburb north of Dallas.   There will be one- and two-bedroom floorplans, as well as 48 duplex and triplex cottages. Spread across 10 landscaped acres, with over 35,000 square feet of best-in-class interior and exterior amenities, the community’s units will feature designer flooring, quartz countertops, walk-in closets, step-in showers, and private patios and balconies.... Read More »