• 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 »
Active Adult Community Set to Break Ground in Texas

Active Adult Community Set to Break Ground in Texas

Edison Equity Management Corporation, a Texas-based developer and acquirer of active adult communities, has purchased land for a 182-unit development in the Houston MSA. The project is set within a master-planned community called Cypress Creek Lakes, and will sit on an eight-acre plot of land.  Named 55 Resort at Cypress Creek Lakes, the community will feature a gym, fitness studio, library, resort-style pool and hot tub, and a restaurant with a coffee and wine bar. 55 Resort will also provide a program director for various activities in and around the community. Unit prices range from approximately $1,900 to $2,500 per month. Edison Equity Management currently has four listed active... Read More »
Tri Pointe Homes Launches Active Adult Brand

Tri Pointe Homes Launches Active Adult Brand

Home builder giant Tri Pointe Homes has announced the launch of Altis, a new brand that will focus on the company’s active adult properties across the United States. Altis already has three communities open in California – Altis Beaumont in Inland Empire, Altis at Terramor in Temescal Valley and Altis at Skyline in Santa Clarita.    Opened in 2018, Altis Beaumont was the first property in the brand’s product line. It features modern single-level homes and resort-style amenities, including a pool, outdoor lounge, barbecue area, pickleball courts, a trail system and full-time lifestyle director. Beaumont has already sold 300 homes, and plans to complete 704 homes by the completion of the... Read More »
Luxury Development By JV Underway in Florida

Luxury Development By JV Underway in Florida

A joint venture between Ryan Companies and Grand Living Management is set to begin the development of a luxury 206-unit senior living community in Naples, Florida. The developers acquired the 7.9-acre parcel of land for the project for $5.2 million according to Collier County Data. The JV also received a five-year, $48.7 million construction loan from Trustmark National Bank to support the development. Named Grand Living at Naples, the community will consist of 166 independent and assisted living units and 40 memory care units across 241,071 square feet and four stories. Amenities will include various dining spots, a library, club room, wellness center with a fitness area, a spa and a... Read More »
CCRC Development Set to Break Ground in North Carolina

CCRC Development Set to Break Ground in North Carolina

A large, not-for-profit CCRC that is home to 300 residents in Wilmington, North Carolina is set to break ground on an expansion project to the tune of nearly $57 million. Opened in 1988 on property donated by retired railroad executive Champion “Champ” McDowell Davis, Plantation Village sits on 58 acres. It is managed by Iowa-based Life Care Services, which will help oversee the expansion. The project will include 44 new homes in four new buildings, with two-bed/two-bath and two-bed/2.5-bath options starting at 1,515 square feet that include under-building garage parking. There will also be new indoor and outdoor dining venues and services. CJMW Architecture and Frank L Blum Construction,... Read More »
Luxury Development Underway in Memphis

Luxury Development Underway in Memphis

Seniors housing developer SageStone Partners and The Arbor Company have teamed up to develop Opus East Memphis, a 237-unit luxury community set to open its doors in early 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. Opus will feature 47 independent living cottages, 107 IL apartments, 63 assisted living units and 20 memory care units, with a host of resort-style amenities and services. Opus will also offer a fitness center, restaurant-style dining and on-site therapy and rehabilitation. The information center will open in January 2022, giving prospective residents a first look at the development. Since 2014, SageStone has completed nine senior housing projects totaling more than 1,500 units. Read More »
Tri Pointe Homes Launches Active Adult Brand

California Community Set to Break Ground

A seniors housing development is set to break ground in Santa Cruz County, California after Nick Stahler and Hap Knowles of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap sold the 3.35-acre site to the developer. An experienced regional owner/operator in California with more than five developments in its pipeline paid $6.75 million for the site, which is entitled for 82 units and 89 beds of seniors housing. The project is located in Soquel, a high-barrier-to-entry market in an affluent area that surely resulted in the competitive bidding atmosphere for the site. That makes for a happy seller we imagine, as well. Once the project is permitted, construction is expected to commence... Read More »