• Unique Upstate NY Community Changes Hands

    An independent living community with Enriched Housing Program beds sold in western New York for $4.0 million with the help of Dave Balow and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The Enriched Housing Program (EHP) is a unique designation in New York State, appealing to a wider pool of potential residents than IL alone.  Built... Read More »
  • West Coast-Based Investor Acquires in Kentucky

    The Bluegrass Assisted Living Portfolio, which comprises two performing seniors housing communities, sold to a West Coast-based investor. Located approximately 30 miles apart in Bardstown and Elizabethtown, Kentucky, the assets offer assisted living and memory care services. They will be managed by an operator with an existing presence in the... Read More »
  • Investor Group Acquires in Oregon

    Silver Wave Capital announced its fourth acquisition in the last 12 months, picking up a new seniors housing community in a suburb of Portland, Oregon. The firm, founded by Cory Wake and Elan Ruggill in 2024, made the acquisition with Sherman Capital Partners as a co-GP and another capital partner.  Built in 2019, the Class-A community is... Read More »
  • Private Company Acquires Struggling Skilled Nursing Facility

    Todd Okum and Nick Martinez of O&M Investments have acquired their seventh skilled nursing facility of the year. Built around 1985, the facility comprises 120 beds and sits west of Palm Beach County, Florida. The seller was a not-for-profit organization, with this divestment marking its exit from the skilled nursing sector, as it sold the... Read More »
  • Alta Senior Living Obtains Refinance for Tampa Asset

    Kristen Ahrens and Pat Maloney of Blueprint facilitated the refinance of The Legacy at Highwoods Preserve. Built in 2015, the 68,281-square-foot building comprises 60 assisted living and 22 memory care units on 9.9 acres in Tampa, Florida. The borrower is a well-established owner/operator with a presence in Florida. Blueprint Capital Markets ran... Read More »
Brookdale Hires New CEO

Brookdale Hires New CEO

Six months after its CEO Cindy Baier exited the firm, Brookdale Senior Living has announced its new CEO. Nick Stengle will take the job, effective October 6, coming from Gentiva, a major home health & hospice provider where he was president and COO. He has some seniors housing experience, too, working as EVP and COO at Sunrise Senior Living for one year prior to his time at Gentiva. He led community operations, sales, marketing and clinical operations for around 250 Sunrise communities at the time.  Stengle also has experience at TPG Capital, HMSHost International, Marriott International and Boston Consulting Group, in addition to serving 11 years in the U.S. Air Force. While in... Read More »
NHC Responds to NHI

NHC Responds to NHI

National Healthcare Corporation, the tenant of 32 of National Health Investor’s skilled nursing/senior care facilities and three independent living communities, is disputing NHI’s determination of default after the landlord formally notified the operator that it was in default and must cure the default within 30 days to avoid an Event of Default.   NHI notified NHC on July 29 that it was not in compliance with four non-monetary provisions of the master lease and requested it come into compliance by August 29. On August 15, the tenant responded to the landlord stating it believes it was in compliance and requests clarifying information to address alleged potential... Read More »
PACS Gets Trading Period Extension

PACS Gets Trading Period Extension

PACS Group is trying to right the ship as it works to restate its prior financial statements amid an investigation into its Medicare billing practices, and return to providing regular quarterly earnings statements. The New York Stock Exchange Listing Operations Committee did agree to provide PACS with an additional trading period through November 19, 2025, subject to its own ongoing review of the company. PACS is currently working to complete the previously announced restatement of its financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2024, and the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. It has not submitted earnings reports since the second quarter of 2024.  PACS provided a... Read More »
National Health Investors Sends Default Notice to NHC

National Health Investors Sends Default Notice to NHC

National Health Investors is addressing violations under its longstanding lease agreement with one of its largest tenants, National HealthCare Corporation. In July, NHI notified NHC/OP, L.P., an affiliate of National HealthCare Corporation and the tenant of 32 of NHI’s skilled nursing/senior care facilities and three independent living communities, that it was in non-compliance with several non-monetary provisions of their master lease, which dates back to October 17, 1991, and is set to expire in December 2026.  National HealthCare Corporation was given until August 29 to fix the issues, and when it failed to do so, NHI sent a formal notice on September 8 stating the tenant was in... Read More »
Brookdale Hires New CEO

Gallaher Companies Launches Management Company

Gallaher Companies, which has decades of experience in seniors housing design and development, launched Gallaher Signature Living, a management company that will oversee operations for the company’s growing portfolio of California seniors housing communities. Page Ensor has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer, bringing more than 25 years of senior care leadership, including oversight of 70 communities across four states during her tenure with Brookdale Senior Living as the Vice President of Operations. Let’s hope she employs the new Brookdale strategy, which is working better than the one under the Cindy Baier regime. We wish her luck in her new venture.  Gallaher Companies is... Read More »