• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Problem with CMS Interpretive Guidelines

    Just a day after we highlighted the potential downsides of overregulation of assisted living from the federal level, a case of regulatory overreach involving a nursing home just headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District in hopes of overturning a $1.8 million civil monetary penalty. Without getting into the minutiae too much, the... Read More »
  • Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

    The familiar refrain continues, with more capital continuing to flow into the seniors housing industry, property prices should keep rising. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., has closed the largest opportunistic equity fund in its history, at more than 70% above its initial... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Full-Continuum Community Sells

    Blueprint announced its role in the sale of Morningstar at Golden Ridge, a seniors housing community in Peoria, Arizona (Phoenix MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 38 independent living, 65 assisted living and 35 memory care units. It is nearly fully occupied. The community is one of the newest and most well-appointed assets within a... Read More »
  • Kaplan Development Divests to Cedarwood Group

    Cedarwood Group closed its acquisition of Saranac Village at Will Rogers, a 75-unit independent living community in Saranac Lake, New York. The seller was Kaplan Development Group, which took over Will Rogers after the first year of it being open as a senior living community. The community was originally built in 1928 as a Tudor-style... Read More »
  • Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

    Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s President, Matthew Gourmand will become the REIT’s Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the planned retirement of Taylor Pickett, effective October 1, 2026. Pickett will also step down from the Board of Directors upon his retirement, and the Board of Directors intends to appoint Gourmand to the Board,... Read More »
Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

The familiar refrain continues, with more capital continuing to flow into the seniors housing industry, property prices should keep rising. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., has closed the largest opportunistic equity fund in its history, at more than 70% above its initial target, and it will target high-quality assets across seniors housing, medical offices and student housing.  In 2024, Kayne Anderson launched Kayne Anderson Real Estate Partners Fund VII with an initial target of $3 billion in capital commitments. The first round closed with $1.53 billion in capital commitments, and the second round in 2025... Read More »
Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s President, Matthew Gourmand will become the REIT’s Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the planned retirement of Taylor Pickett, effective October 1, 2026. Pickett will also step down from the Board of Directors upon his retirement, and the Board of Directors intends to appoint Gourmand to the Board, effective on that date. The company’s Chief Financial Officer, Bob Stephenson, is also retiring, effective August 1, 2026, with Neal Ballew, Omega’s Chief Accounting Officer of six years, succeeding Stephenson.  Pickett has been Omega’s CEO for 25 years, and during that time, Omega achieved a total shareholder return of more than 10,000%, the... Read More »
Sonida Senior Living Reports Q1 as CNL Deal Reshapes Portfolio

Sonida Senior Living Reports Q1 as CNL Deal Reshapes Portfolio

Sonida Senior Living reported its first quarter results after becoming the eighth largest seniors housing owner toward the close of the quarter. The company completed its acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties, a public, non-traded REIT that owned 69 seniors housing communities, bringing Sonida’s owned portfolio to 153 owned properties and 14,700 units. Largely as a result of the merger and the 54 communities added to Sonida’s SHOP portfolio, resident revenue and expenses each increased 37% year over year. Meanwhile, on a pro forma, same-community basis, weighted average occupancy rose 220 basis points to 87.2%, NOI increased 14% and margins expanded by 170 basis points, all on a... Read More »
Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

Montgomery Intermediary Group Brings on New Advisor

Continuing its momentum in 2026, Montgomery Intermediary Group (MIG) announced that it hired Colin Thomas, CFA as an investment sales advisor. In this role, Thomas will lead seniors housing and skilled nursing transactions across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, expanding MIG’s coverage and capabilities in these markets. Thomas’s experience bridges institutional finance and front-line operations. Most recently, he held executive operating roles in post-acute care, where he led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, financial restructuring efforts, and a full-platform transition involving more than 2,000 patients and over 200 employees across home health, hospice and... Read More »
Q1 Investor Call

Q1 Investor Call

The SeniorCare Investor convened a panel on April 23 to discuss key topics front and center for investors. Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, moderated the discussion. Blueprint sponsored the Q1 2026 Investor Call webinar, with Kyle Hallion, Senior Director at Blueprint, joining. Investment firm perspectives came from Natalie Wynn, Senior Vice President, Transactions at Clarion Partners, and Theo Harrison, Vice President at Fortress Investment Group. Representing the REIT side was Lauren Nisley, Vice President, Investments at Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. Read More »
National Health Investors’ CFO Retires

National Health Investors’ CFO Retires

National Health Investors’ John Spaid, Executive Vice President and CFO, will retire effective July 1, 2026. The company will appoint Todd Siefert as Executive Vice President Corporate Finance, effective June 1, 2026, and he will succeed Spaid as CFO. Also as part of the transition, Dana Hambly has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Finance to assume expanded responsibilities. Siefert brings more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance, capital markets, treasury management and investor relations, with expertise in publicly traded REITs. He most recently served as CFO of Hillsboro Residential, where he oversaw debt and equity financing, financial underwriting, and investor... Read More »