• 12 Oaks Senior Living Appoints New CFO

    12 Oaks Senior Living appointed Elliott Westerman as CFO, effective immediately. Westerman has more than two decades of leadership experience across senior living, healthcare, and real estate sectors. As CFO, Westerman will oversee all aspects of financial management, including financial planning and analysis, capital structure strategy,... Read More »
  • Ensign/Standard Bearer Adds Two Facilities

    The Ensign Group acquired a couple of skilled nursing facilities through its real estate subsidiary Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT. The first purchase was for Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a 124-bed SNF in Duncanville, Texas, which will be operated by a third-party operator subject to a long-term, triple-net lease. Ensign... Read More »
  • HTG Closes Two Separate SNF Transactions

    Healthcare Transactions Group (HTG) recently closed two transactions in Missouri and Maryland. The Show Me State deal involved Baptist Home of Independence, an 118-bed skilled nursing facility and 20-bed Residential Care Facility in the town of Independence. Built in 1977, the campus received a major renovation in 2021 and was 65% occupied. ... Read More »
  • VIUM’s New H1 Record

    VIUM Capital completed the first half of 2025 with an impressive $780 million in transaction par value. That volume was closed across 32 transactions, 51 separate properties and 14 states, comprising both bridge and permanent debt. It represents the strongest first half of the year in the company’s history. Part of that activity was more than... Read More »
  • Kiser Group Launches Seniors Housing Division

    Kiser Group, a leading multifamily brokerage firm, has announced the launch of its new Seniors Housing Division with the addition of industry veteran Mark Myers as Partner. This strategic expansion reflects the firm’s commitment to meeting the evolving needs of investors and operators in the growing senior living sector. With more than 30 years... Read More »

Hudson Hills Senior Living Has New Owner

The historic property of Hudson Hills Senior Living in North Bergen, New Jersey, has been sold to an east coast-based owner operator expanding its portfolio in the Garden State. The CCRC was originally built in 1897 with recent renovations last dated to 1990. Located just five miles outside of Manhattan, the community consists of 59 independent living units, 81 assisted living units, 12 memory care units, and 60 skilled nursing beds, comprising a total of 152 units. At the time of the sale, the senior living portion of the community was about 50% occupied and the skilled nursing portion was 90% occupied.  Evans Senior Investments handled this transaction. Since March 31, 2020, Evans Senior... Read More »

SLIB Sells in Bowling Green 

A commercial real estate development company based in Bowling Green, Kentucky sold two senior living communities in its hometown, with the help of Daniel Geraghty and Bradley Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Including Chandler Park Assisted Living, a 61-unit assisted living community, and Chandler Memory Care, a 31-unit memory care community, the properties are located 2.5 miles from each other. They were both built in stages over the years. Occupancy was around 88% across the two assets.   SLIB received five competitive bids, and the local seller chose a Midwest-based owner/operator that was familiar with the market as the buyer. No purchase price was... Read More »

Large Skilled Nursing Portfolio Sells in West Virginia

There was a major skilled nursing deal in the state of West Virginia, where 17 skilled nursing facilities and one facility under development sold to a joint venture between a prominent SNF real estate owner and an operating partner, CommuniCare Health Services. The seller was Stonerise, which also divested its seven home health agencies and affiliated therapy and hospital services. Its portfolio included around 2,000 skilled nursing beds.  No purchase price has been disclosed, but we know that White Oak Healthcare Partners, the HUD affiliate of White Oak Healthcare Finance, structured $582 million in acquisition financing for the buyer. The debt was structured as a unitranche loan... Read More »

Ensign Announces Slew of Transactions  

The Ensign Group announced a slew of transactions to start the month of July. Its first acquisition was in Las Vegas, Nevada for Henderson Health and Rehabilitation. Built in 1983, the skilled nursing facility in the town of Henderson comprises 266-beds on 3.7 acres. Pennant Healthcare LLC, a subsidiary of Ensign, will be taking over operations of the facility.  The next acquisition included a bundle of five skilled nursing facilities in the state of Texas. First, Ensign acquired the operations of The Eden of Las Colinas, located just outside of Dallas, which comprises 118 beds. Ensign also added the operations of Pleasant Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, in Garland, which... Read More »

CareTrust REIT Makes A Couple of Announcements

CareTrust REIT made a couple of announcements around the holiday weekend, starting with Greg Stapley resigning as Executive Chair of the Board of Directors. In conjunction with the announcement, CareTrust also revealed that Lead Independent Director Diana Laing was appointed to replace Mr. Stapley as Chair of the Board, and CEO David Sedgwick was appointed as a director. Mr. Stapley had stepped down as CEO in January 2021 with the intention of pursuing a full-time international volunteer assignment for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and stepping down from the board will allow him to devote 100% of his energy to the mission. CareTrust then announced a transaction where it... Read More »

Dwight Mortgage Trust Provides Acquisition Bridge Loan

Dwight Mortgage Trust, the mortgage REIT affiliate of Dwight Capital, provided a $27.25 million bridge acquisition loan for Beachside Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare, a 239-bed skilled nursing facility in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Built in 1967, the facility offers short- and long-term care services. It was previously owned by Atlantic Avenue Facility LLC, an entity affiliated with Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Millennium Health Systems, but a skilled nursing owner/operator has taken over the facility.  The loan comes with a 30-month term and was arranged at 75% loan-to-cost. Its proceeds will be used towards both the acquisition and capital expenditures at the facility.... Read More »