• Healthcare REIT Divests SNF to In-Place Operating Partner

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage returned to West Des Moines, Iowa, to sell a skilled nursing facility that it had previously sold in 2019. A healthcare REIT was the buyer back then and is now selling the facility to its in-place regional operating partner. Built in 2004, Arbor Springs features 56 beds on an attractive four-acre campus about 10... Read More »
  • Near-Stabilized AL/MC Community Lands Refinance

    Carnegie Capital closed a bridge refinance for a 50-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Four years ago, the property was bought by a California-based operator with a growing footprint in Texas. Performance was approximately two to three months from stabilization, but with the acquisition loan maturity looming, a... Read More »
  • Record-Setting HUD Express Lane Application to Commitment

    Cambridge Realty Capital provided a $6.15 million loan to refinance Avalon Memory Care Keller, a 50-bed stand-alone memory care community in Keller, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). The fully amortized, 35-year HUD loan was provided for the owner, a Texas limited liability company, that wished to recast bank debt into a long-term non-recourse... Read More »
  • Large Healthcare Owner Receives Financing

    An owner of more than 80 healthcare properties spanning nine states secured bridge and working capital financing for its skilled nursing portfolio in Washington. The financing includes a $40 million bridge loan and a $6 million working capital line of credit, with a 36-month initial term. MONTICELLOAM provided the funding. Read More »
  • Out-of-State Owner Divests to Investor

    A couple of assisted living and memory care communities in Eastern Tennessee recently traded hands. The two properties comprise more than 100 units. A Chicago-based investor aligned with the seller’s long-term vision for the communities acquired the assets, and partnered with a regional operator that was looking to grow their presence in 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 »
National Health Investors Reports Its Most Active Year

National Health Investors Reports Its Most Active Year

National Health Investors released its fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 results, and it made significant strides in 2025. The REIT completed $392.4 million in investments, marking its most active year yet. Its SHOP portfolio expanded from 15 communities to 26 during the year, and has kept the momentum going into 2026. So far this year, the company has announced that it purchased nine assisted living communities with 460 units across Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. The portfolio was acquired for $104.5 million, or $227,200 per unit, excluding closing costs. This represents the company’s largest SHOP acquisition to date, and brings its total SHOP investments to $740 million.... Read More »
American Healthcare REIT Continues Its Momentum

American Healthcare REIT Continues Its Momentum

American Healthcare REIT expanded both its Integrated Senior Health Campus and SHOP segments in 2025, completing $950 million of new investments across the two. The ISHC portfolio grew from 126 properties at year-end 2024 to 147 by the end of 2025, while the SHOP segment increased from 70 to 83 properties.  Same-community ISHC properties delivered 18.4% year-over-year NOI growth. Average occupancy reached 89.6% for full-year 2025, up 250 basis points from the prior year, with steady quarterly gains culminating in 90.6% in the fourth quarter, a 275-basis point year-over-year increase.  Same-community SHOP performed well, with NOI rising 25.2% year-over-year. Average occupancy was 88.3%... Read More »
Lument Rolls Out Seniors Housing Investment Sales Platform

Lument Rolls Out Seniors Housing Investment Sales Platform

Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart have joined the Lument team as managing director and director, respectively. This expands Lument’s real estate investment sales platform into seniors housing. Florea will lead the team, working closely with John Sebree, head of real estate investment sales, and Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare debt production. Florea comes over from Blueprint, most recently as a managing director leading the national institutional coverage team. In that role, he closed more than $2 billion in transactions as a broker. As principal in prior roles, he closed more than $7 billion at Ventas, Enlivant, and Care Capital Properties (now part of Sabra Health Care... Read More »
Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the company’s total investment closed in 2025 to roughly $450 million, with an estimated average initial cash yield of 7.5% on property acquisitions. During the quarter, Sabra acquired four managed seniors housing properties for $150.5 million with an estimated initial cash yield of 7%. Sabra was also active on the divestment side, completing the disposition... Read More »

The Ensign Group Inc’s Strategic Move in Skilled Nursing Facility Sector in LevinPro Database

The Ensign Group Inc has been linked to a skilled nursing facility merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. The organization is affiliated with Youngtown Health, Inc., a private skilled nursing facility situated at 12207 N 113th Ave in Youngtown, Arizona. It was incorporated on October 28, 2009. LevinPro, which tracks M&A activity across more than a dozen healthcare sectors from hospitals and home health to medical real estate and biopharma, profiled the transaction involving Youngtown Health, Inc. in its deal database, which is available to subscribers <a href=”www.levinassociates.com/levinpro”>here</a>. LevinPro has tracked thousands of... Read More »