• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »

Capital Funding Group Arranges California Construction Loan

Capital Funding Group has closed a $33 million construction loan for the ground-up development of Varenita of Temecula, a 108-unit assisted living and memory care community in Temecula, California. CFG has recently created a new division, the Seniors Housing Lending Platform, who ultimately handled this loan. The loan features a Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (CPACE) structure that allows building owners to borrow money for energy efficiency, renewable energy, or other projects and make repayments via an assessment on their property tax bill.  The financing was executed on behalf of real estate development firm and nationally recognized borrower, Griffin Living. Brightwater... Read More »

60 Seconds with Swett: Home Health Care Vs. Senior Care

I’m here in Chicago at the Home Care Innovation and Investment Conference and it’s been quite illuminating so far, a lot of talk about SNF at home or even hospital at home. So home health care providers are trying to demonstrate that they can indeed care for higher acuity patients and hopefully get paid for it. So it will be interesting to see how SNFs react to that. Also, home health providers are going through a lot of the same difficulties as skilled nursing providers and seniors housing providers, especially in the labor fund in terms of finding labor and paying for it. But also CMS just came out on Friday with a 4.2% cut to home health reimbursement rates. So SNFs... Read More »

Historic Hamilton Heights Sells in West Hartford

Real estate investment firm Lloyd Jones just announced its fourth seniors housing acquisition of the year, so far, with the purchase of a Hamilton Heights in West Hartford, Connecticut. Built as a Roman Catholic boarding school for girls in 1905, the property was adapted into an independent living, assisted living, and memory care community in 1997. The property features a Georgian revival facade with four and five stories that stretch over ten acres, comprising 113 total units. It was also recently renovated and shows well. The property has sold several times over the years, falling into the hands of Ventas and Atria Senior Living for a number of years until December 2021, when they... Read More »

Two Assisted Living Communities Trade Near Seattle

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors closed the sale of two assisted living communities in the greater Seattle, Washington area on behalf of a national operator client. The first community, located in Renton, was built in 1983 and comprises 80 assisted living units. It had a strong operation, maintaining occupancy rates above 95% for the last three years running. Both private pay and Medicaid residents made up the census, and with intention to stay affordable, rents start at $2,800 a month. An internet search combined with our own outreach to the community confirmed that Brookdale Senior Living was the previous owner and operator of the property, which will be renamed Green Lake... Read More »

Avamere Exits New Mexico Market

Wilsonville, Oregon-based Avamere Family of Companies has exited the state of New Mexico with the sale of its 85-bed transitional care facility in Albuquerque. The short-term rehab facility was a popular referral destination for the area’s largest hospitals, and it was experiencing rapid census growth following an operator transition in 2019. Financial performance was improving too, with total revenues exceeding $8.5 million. Following the marketing process, five competitive offers were submitted, with a regional owner/operator looking to expand their footprint in the state, ultimately succeeding.  Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors Amy Sitzman, Jacob Gehl, Humair Sabir and... Read More »

$200 million CCRC Development in the Works Near Cincinnati

Just outside of Cincinnati, in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, plans have been initiated to build a 262-unit entrance fee CCRC. In charge of the development is Greenbrier Development, a Dallas-based seniors housing consulting group and developer. They are partnering with Brandicorp and St. Elizabeth Healthcare, which intend on investing between $20 million and $25 million into the development. The first phase of the development is expected to cost upwards of $200 million, or $760,000 per unit. This will be Greenbrier’s first ground-up development in the region. The structure of the community will comprise 196 independent living units, 18 assisted living units, 24 memory support units and 24... Read More »