• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Inspirit Senior Living Appoints New President

Inspirit Senior Living Appoints New President

Torey Riso is heading back to the operating world, joining Inspirit Senior Living as President as of March 16. He joins Dave McHarg, who is the CEO of Inspirit and Founding Partner of the company. Since its founding in 2015, Inspirit has grown to 37 properties under management, with Inspirit holding an equity interest in around half of those.  The platform is also well positioned to continue its growth trajectory through both management opportunities and strategic value-add/turnaround equity investments with institutional partners. Inspirit could take advantage of several REITs’ desire to grow their SHOP portfolios. Plus, it continues to work closely with Venue Capital, founded by Care... Read More »
Janus Living’s IPO Results

Janus Living’s IPO Results

Janus Living has completed its initial public offering, raising $878 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses payable by the company. The REIT sold 48.3 million shares of its Class A-1 common stock at $20 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ 6.3 million-share option. It made its New York Stock Exchange debut March 20 under the ticker “JAN,” with shares trading well out of the gate. The stock opened at $23.50, climbed as high as $23.96 intraday and closed at $23.61. The net proceeds received from the offering are expected to be used to pursue acquisitions and investment opportunities, in addition to general corporate purposes. The... Read More »
Janus Living Goes Public After Upsizing IPO

Janus Living Goes Public After Upsizing IPO

Janus Living, a Healthpeak Properties-formed REIT and now the only publicly traded U.S. REIT fully dedicated to seniors housing with its entire portfolio structured under RIDEA, has launched its initial public offering of Class A-1 common stock. The company is now listed on the NYSE under the ticker “JAN.” It plans to pay a quarterly dividend of $0.1425 per share, or $0.57 annually, representing an approximate 3% yield. The night prior to the IPO, the company upsized the offering to 42 million shares, from 37 million, and priced the deal at the top of its $18 to $20 per share range. At pricing, Janus Living was expected to raise $840 million, up from its previous range of $666 million to... Read More »
State of the Healthcare M&A Market Webinar

State of the Healthcare M&A Market Webinar

LevinPro HC convened a panel of healthcare dealmaking experts to talk about M&A trends across the healthcare services spectrum, valuation metrics, private equity activity and regulatory headwinds. The conversation also covered our latest healthcare M&A statistics. Ben Swett, Managing Editor of LevinPro HC moderated the panel, which included John Tiedmann, Managing Director of Physician Growth Partners, Bill Hoffman, Shareholder of Polsinelli, and Matt Bogle, Managing Director of Intrinsic. Read More »
New 1031 Exchange Platform Launches

New 1031 Exchange Platform Launches

A new 1031 exchange platform designed to provide advisors and their clients with access to institutional-quality real estate investments through Delaware Statutory Trusts has launched. A Fortress Investment Group affiliate, Fortress Real Estate Exchange, will initially target investments in seniors housing, student housing and multifamily properties.  The platform’s goal is to help real estate owners with investment planning objectives, including the deferral of capital gains taxes, diversification of investment strategies and/or real estate exposure, and transition them away from active real property management. The platform also aims to deliver both stable cash flows and the... Read More »
Brookdale’s Portfolio Stumbles in February

Brookdale’s Portfolio Stumbles in February

Brookdale Senior Living reported its February 2026 occupancy numbers, and if the remaining cold weather months even closely resemble what the company has posted so far this winter, they will need to do some serious heavy lifting this summer to progress in its census rebound.  All of its reported occupancy figures, including consolidated and same-community weighted average and month-end occupancy, posted year-over-year increases, but each also reported declines in recent months. Focusing on its same-community portfolio for now, February’s weighted average occupancy came in at 82.6%, a 160-basis-point increase year over year, but it has now declined for four consecutive months, dropping... Read More »