• Interview with Arnie Whitman and Meredith Oppenheim on VITALS

    The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett recently sat down with Meredith Oppenheim and Arnie Whitman to discuss their new framework for seniors housing operators to improve the quality of life for their residents, but also to position the sector for greater success and wider appeal in the future. Watch the conversation here. Read More »
  • Michigan-Based Owner/Operator Expands in Tampa MSA

    American House Senior Living Communities added Beach House Assisted Living & Memory Care in Wesley Chapel, Florida (Tampa MSA), to its operating portfolio and renamed the property American House Wesley Chapel. The community features 67 assisted living and 33 memory care units with studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, some with balconies... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Community Near Chicago Gets New Owner

    SVN Chicago Commercial sold McKenzie Falls, an affordable seniors housing community in Bolingbrook, Illinois, roughly 30 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. The building was constructed in 2010 and spans 74,047 square feet across one story.  An undisclosed buyer acquired the 105-unit community for $6.7 million, or $63,800 per unit. Reid... Read More »
  • Healthpeak Properties Provides Janus Living Updates

    Healthpeak Properties’ recently formed seniors housing REIT, Janus Living, which will manage Healthpeak’s 34-community seniors housing portfolio, has filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC relating to a proposed initial public offering of its shares of Class A-1 common stock, which the company intends to list on the NYSE under... Read More »
  • SLIB Handles Senior Care Campus Deal in Missouri

    A Maryland-based owner/operator looked to expand its Missouri senior care portfolio with the purchase of Kingdom Care Senior Living in the town of Fulton. Built in 1980, the campus includes four independent living units, 26 assisted living units and 36 skilled nursing beds. It currently holds a five-star rating at the SNF and is the only... Read More »

Cushman & Wakefield Handles New Jersey Transaction

Last week, Inspired Healthcare Capital announced its acquisition of Homestead at Hamilton, a 195-unit seniors housing community in Hamilton, New Jersey, and we have learned that Cushman & Wakefield’s Richard Swartz, Jay Wagner, Jim Dooley and Jack Griffin arranged the sale. Built in 2017 at a cost of approximately $60 million, or $308,000 per unit, the Class-A building has 96 independent living (opened in November 2017), 75 assisted living and 24 memory care units (licensed in April 2018). A joint venture between Pike Construction Co. and Solvere Senior Living developed the community. Amenities include a restaurant-style dining room, a pub, a card and game room, an exercise studio and... Read More »

Walker & Dunlop Sells Two California Communities

Walker & Dunlop has announced the sale of two California communities, both located in the greater Los Angeles area. The deal included Westminster Terrace, a 76-unit assisted living community built in 2000 in Westminster, and Del Obispo Terrace, a 94-unit assisted living community built in 1984 in the town of San Juan Capistrano. Dallas-based healthcare real estate group, MedCore Partners, sold both properties.Before the sale, MedCore invested a total of $4.4 million in upgrades and renovations across the two campuses. With those renovations finished, they sold Westminster Terrace to Oxford Health Group, and then sold Del Obispo Terrace to AEW a month later. The purchase prices were not... Read More »

SLIB Closes Tennessee Transaction

A private REIT divested a couple of seniors housing communities in Tennessee that were deemed to be outliers for its national operator partner. Located in Knoxville and Powell, the communities feature a combined 102 assisted living and memory care units. Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Bradley Clousing and Patrick Burke marketed the assets and presented six qualified offers, with the seller selecting a joint venture between a real estate/asset management firm and an operator with an existing footprint in Tennessee. No other details were disclosed. Read More »

LIV Development Leaves Seniors Housing Sector

We have learned that Brooks Blackmon and Steve Thomes of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors have handled the sale of Portside at Grande Dunes located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The A-quality community opened in 2019 with 83 assisted living and 32 memory care units, and in 2020, it expanded with 134 units of independent living and 16 independent cottages. It was still in lease-up at the time of the sale. LIV Development, a multifamily investor, developed the community but is now exiting the seniors housing sector with its sale. In 2021, Mr. Blackmon handled LIV’s sale of its one other seniors housing asset, which was Peachtree Senior Living, a 55-unit independent/assisted... Read More »

Senior Care Realty Sells in Wisconsin

Senior Care Realty (SCR) announced the sale of a 112-unit assisted living/memory care community in northwest Wisconsin. Daren Dudgeon, Bob Richards and Chad Wegner represented the owners, a husband and wife team that had worked with SCR in two previous assisted living deals. A national organization that plans to utilize its in-house operating team paid $24 million, or $214,000 per unit, for the community. Read More »

Greystone Refinances in Indiana and Arizona

Greystone placed a total of $23.5 million in bank financing to refinance two senior housing properties in Indiana and Arizona. The separate transactions were originated by Cary Tremper, Tyler Armstrong, and Matt Miller of Greystone, on behalf of Spectrum Retirement Communities. Lone Mountain is a 50-unit memory care facility located in the Phoenix market, which was refinanced with a $11.275 million loan. The newly-constructed, Class-A property opened in March 2018, and includes six one-bedroom units and 44 studio units. Amenities at the property include private dining, library, game room, exercise room, activity room, computer room, salon, and terraces and courtyard features. Meadow Brook... Read More »