• Brookdale Shares Hit Seven-Year High

    Brookdale Senior Living has posted occupancy increases for several consecutive months. The operator has lagged behind the industry for a decade now, so it is about time.  Weighted average occupancy has increased each month since January, beginning at 79.2% and reaching 82.5% in September. The third quarter’s average of 81.8% is up 290 basis... Read More »
  • Newmark’s Nearly $2 Billion Third Quarter

    Newmark is in the middle of a banner year for both investment sales and debt financings, and both its deal volume and activity appears to be accelerating as the year progresses. In the year to date, the team has closed nearly $3.6 billion in investment sales, and $1.9 billion in the third quarter alone. Excluding the Amica Senior Lifestyles... Read More »
  • Clarion Partners Makes Its First Seniors Housing Purchase

    Clarion Partners made its first seniors housing acquisition, buying Sancerre at Atlee Station in Mechanicsville, Virginia (Richmond MSA). Built in 2023, the community features 103 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It experienced a rapid lease-up, reaching 90% occupancy by October 2024. Census is now in the mid-90s, and... Read More »
  • LTC Properties Continues to Reduce Skilled Nursing Exposure to Support SHOP Growth

    LTC Properties sold two skilled nursing facilities in Florida totaling 240 beds for $42 million, or $175,000 per bed, with expectations of a gain on the sale of approximately $26 million. These two facilities are part of a divestment effort that includes five additional SNFs. An undisclosed operator (one of LTC Properties’ top 10 operating... Read More »
  • Kentucky SNF Sells with Blueprint’s Help

    Blueprint finished the third quarter with 48 deal closings valued at $840 million. Included in that impressive activity were four closings in Kentucky totaling more than $200 million in dollar volume. Big bucks in the Bluegrass State. In one of those closings, Blueprint represented a local family with its sale of a high performing skilled nursing... Read More »
Life Care’s Board Unanimously Approves New Chairman and CEO

Life Care’s Board Unanimously Approves New Chairman and CEO

Life Care Centers of America, which operates more than 200 skilled nursing, post-acute, Alzheimer’s and senior living campuses in 27 states, announced that Aubrey B. Preston has been named the company’s Chairman and CEO. Life Care’s Board of Directors unanimously approved Preston as chairman and CEO after the Bradley County Chancery Court named him the legal conservator for his father, Life Care’s founder and owner Forrest L. Preston.  Going forward, Aubrey Preston will lead the company on his father’s behalf. Earlier in his career, Aubrey Preston helped develop Life Care’s nationwide real-estate acquisition strategy. More recently, he is best-known for his philanthropic work in... Read More »
California and Illinois Turnkey Communities Are Up for Bid

California and Illinois Turnkey Communities Are Up for Bid

Hilco Real Estate announced June 12 as the bid deadline for two assisted living communities, The Courte at Citrus Heights (Citrus Heights, California) and The Landing on Dundee (Wheeling, Illinois). Each community is being sold individually. Bids must be received on or before the deadline of June 12 at 5:00 pm (CT) and must be submitted on the LOI available for review and download from Hilco’s website.  Built in 2016 and zoned Restricted Density Multiple Dwelling, The Courte features 48 memory care units with an occupancy rate of 87%. The community is in a region with a robust healthcare network, as healthcare and social assistance account for 13.7% of Sacramento’s workforce. It is... Read More »
Life Care’s Board Unanimously Approves New Chairman and CEO

Silverado Welcomes New CEO

Silverado announced the appointment of Wayne Sanner as Chief Executive Officer Designate, effective April 28. Sanner will work closely with Co-Founder and current CEO, Loren Shook, as he transitions to the new position. With over two decades of executive leadership in senior living and skilled nursing operations, Sanner brings a proven track record of excellence in scaling multi-side healthcare organizations, improving patient outcomes and fostering purpose-driven cultures.  Most recently, Sanner served as Chief Operating Officer of Prestige Healthcare, where he oversaw 80 SNFs caring for 7,000 residents across five states and led a team of more than 10,000 members. Sanner’s... Read More »

Yorktown Rehabilitation & Nursing Center Featured in LevinPro Database

The Yorktown Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, a Medicare-licensed private skilled nursing facility, has been spotlighted for a merger or acquisition in the renowned LevinPro M&A deal database. It is situated at 2300 Catherine St in Cortlandt Manor, New York. This facility has been operational since its incorporation on October 9, 2015. LevinPro, a leading source for tracking M&A activity across diverse healthcare sectors such as hospitals, home health, medical real estate, and biopharma, has profiled the significant transaction involving Yorktown Rehabilitation & Nursing Center in its exclusive deal database, accessible to its subscribers here. In its extensive history,... Read More »

New Fund Enters Seniors Housing Space

Franklin Templeton and its specialist investment manager, Clarion Partners, announced Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund’s entry into the seniors housing sector through a debt investment in The Pearl at Boulder Creek, a seniors housing community with 116 independent living and assisted living units in Boulder, Colorado. CPREX is a closed-end tender offer fund that provides individual investors with access to institutional-quality private real estate through stable, well-leased, cash flow-producing properties across the U.S. Read More »
Sabra’s CIO Retires

Sabra’s CIO Retires

Sabra Health Care REIT announced that Talya Nevo-Hacohen, Sabra’s Chief Investment Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President, will be retiring effective December 31. Nevo-Hacohen helped build Sabra into a $6.5 billion enterprise with 399 investments from a newly formed REIT with 86 properties leased to a single tenant. Nevo-Hacohen is expected to remain in a consulting role with Sabra pursuant to a two-year consulting arrangement.  Darrin Smith, Sabra’s Executive Vice President, Investments, is expected to take on the role of Sabra’s CIO effective January 1, 2026. Smith has over 30 years of real estate experience, and has been with Sabra for five years. A seamless transition is... Read More »