• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »
LCB Establishes CEO Succession Plan

LCB Establishes CEO Succession Plan

LCB Senior Living announced that CEO Michael A. Stoller will be stepping down effective October 1 and that current CIO Danielle Breton and COO Timothy DuRoss have been named as co-CEOs moving forward. Stoller will remain active in the company as chairman of its board. The move comes after LCB acquired five new management contracts over the past year, while completing construction and opening its newest community, The Residence at Bedford. LCB currently owns and/or operates 41 seniors housing communities across Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Read More »
New Tenant Secured for Mass SNF

New Tenant Secured for Mass SNF

A state-of-the-art rehabilitation and skilled nursing facility in Danvers, Massachusetts (Boston MSA) secured a new operator and lease arrangement. The developer/landlord and existing tenant engaged Blueprint’s Michael Segal, Ben Firestone, Daniel Waldhorn and Steve Thomes to run a strategic marketing process, which yielded three lease proposals. A growing East Coast-based operator that had recently expanded into Massachusetts with its first acquisition earlier this year was eventually chosen as the new operator/tenant. Located across the street from Beverly Hospital at Danvers and within close proximity to several other referral sources in a densely populated suburb, the facility was... Read More »
LCB Establishes CEO Succession Plan

The Seniors Housing Team at C&W Grows

Cushman & Wakefield hired Matthew Yance as a Director for the firm’s Valuation & Advisory group as part of the senior living and care specialty practice. Based out of the firm’s New York office, Yance will focus on institutional valuations and market studies across the United States. Yance has nine years of experience focusing on the senior living sector. Previously, he was at Newmark where he co-led the seniors housing and healthcare team, overseeing a team of appraisers focused on the senior housing industry as well as business development, assignment management, delivery of appraisal and consulting services, and training of appraisal professionals. Earlier this year, the firm... Read More »
LCB Establishes CEO Succession Plan

SVN Senior Living Advisors Grows Its Team

There’s a new, and sizable, team in the seniors housing and care brokerage world. And luckily, as we are in the middle of the busiest period of M&A activity ever, there should be enough transactions to go around for everyone to welcome the competition. Torey Riso, an industry veteran with more than 30 years of legal, business and real estate experience, including holding the CEO roles at Care Investment Trust and Blueprint, joined SVN Senior Living Advisors in February 2024 to help expand the firm’s reach into the seniors housing and care sector. He is partnering with Tony Yousif of SVN, an experienced commercial real estate professional who will serve as a “single point of contact”... Read More »
Grace Management Expands Management Portfolio

Grace Management Expands Management Portfolio

Grace Management announced the addition of three seniors housing communities to its management portfolio. The communities include The Pointe at Meridian, Snow Canyon Retirement Community, and Cave Creek Assisted Living. Each will continue to be owned by Gold Stream Retirement Communities.  Built in 2022, The Pointe is in Meridian, Idaho, and features 60 independent living, 30 assisted living and 10 memory care units. Occupancy is currently hovering around 90%. Snow Canyon is in Santa Clara, Utah, and is set to open in Fall 2024. It will offer 59 independent living, 43 assisted living and 15 memory care units. Cave Creek is in Cave Creek, Arizona, and is scheduled to open late 2024.... Read More »
Christian Horizons is Restructuring

Christian Horizons is Restructuring

Midwest Christian Villages, dba Christian Horizons, and its related companies filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Christian Horizons is one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit, faith-based organizations delivering skilled nursing, assisted and supportive living, independent living, and pharmacy services to seniors in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and Missouri. The organization will continue to operate as usual throughout the restructuring process. Its investment bank has been and continues to solicit and receive bids from going concern buyers in a marketing process.  A series of events has put significant pressure on the... Read More »