• Blueprint Sets Pricing Record in New York State

    Blueprint advised a repeat private equity client in a record-setting sale of two standalone memory care communities in high barrier-to-entry submarkets in New York State. Combining for 104 units, these assets were purpose-built in the late 1990s and were stabilized at the time of the deal. Not only that, they were generating cash flow in excess... Read More »
  • CareTrust Keeps Its Foot on the Gas

    CareTrust REIT has deployed nearly $1 billion in closed transactions so far this year, after closing around $1.8 billion in investment activity in 2025, and its pipeline includes $450 million of near-term, actionable opportunities, excluding larger portfolio transactions. The REIT announced that it closed a few separate transactions in mid-April,... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Announces Slew of HUD Closings

    VIUM Capital closed four HUD 232/223(f) financings in March totaling more than $63 million across a mix of skilled nursing and seniors housing communities. Two of the financings involved skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma totaling 176 beds. The assets were originally acquired as part of a larger portfolio and refinanced following a... Read More »
  • Lument Secures HUD Express Lane Transaction

    Lument closed a refinance through HUD’s Express Lane for a 120-unit seniors housing community in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built in 2017, Pemberly Place Senior Living features 132 licensed beds and offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It also has an on-site medical clinic to offer a range of other healthcare services. The... Read More »
  • CBRF Trades in Wisconsin

    A community-based residential facility in southern Wisconsin came under new ownership. The seller had acquired the facility a couple of years ago and brought it to stabilization. They also conducted renovations in 2025 on the physical plant, which was originally built in 2001. The ultimate buyer was a Midwest ownership group that was looking to... Read More »
Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the entire seniors housing spectrum, and include transactions in Michigan, Massachusetts, Louisiana and Wisconsin, as well as a two-property transaction in Ohio. Plus, the team provided advisory services on a skilled nursing transaction in the St. Louis MSA. The deals all included value-add, private client-owned communities. The buyers were also primarily... Read More »
Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to customary prorations and adjustments. Selectis also signed an operations transfer agreement with Journey-affiliated entities to transition management of the two facilities. Read More »
Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above the upper collar price since the transaction was announced, Sonida issued about seven million fewer shares to the CNL shareholders than was originally anticipated. For existing Sonida owners, this was great since it cut the dilution. Some industry observers were not happy with the deal, believing that Sonida paid a hefty price. One counter to that... Read More »
Investor Acquires Struggling Las Vegas AL/MC Asset

Investor Acquires Struggling Las Vegas AL/MC Asset

A Utah-based investor is taking on a seniors housing community located in a strong MSA but that was 40% occupied and losing money. Amy Sitzman and Jake Rice of Blueprint were brought on to handle the seller’s divestment, with the turnaround opportunity generating strong investor interest. Ultimately, six competitive offers were received from a mix of private equity groups, family offices and high-net-worth investors. Built in the late 1990s,  the community features 121 assisted living and memory care units. It sits in the Las Vegas, Nevada MSA, and marks the buyer’s entrance into the market. It appears to be Escalante at The Lakes, which was acquired by MedCore Partners in 2022 as... Read More »
12 Oaks Senior Living Expands Its Management Portfolio

12 Oaks Senior Living Expands Its Management Portfolio

12 Oaks Senior Living has expanded its senior living portfolio, re-entering the Baytown, Texas, market (Houston MSA), after being brought on by an investor to manage The Lodge at Pine Creek. This marks the second community the operator will manage on behalf of the buyer.  Built in 2021, the property includes 10 independent living cottages with two units in each, 107 independent living apartments, 60 assisted living units and 30 memory care units. At the time of sale, the community was below 60% occupied and operating at a loss. It is the newest and largest full-continuum community in the market, and the only to offer cottages, which should help attract seniors as the operator works... Read More »
GEM Realty Closes an Acquisition in South Carolina

GEM Realty Closes an Acquisition in South Carolina

The Caliborne at Brickyard Crossing, a Class-A seniors housing community in South Carolina, traded hands with the help of acquisition financing secured by BWE. Taylor Mokris and Ryan Stoll of BWE served as exclusive financial advisor to the buyer, GEM Realty Capital, running a competitive process that sourced numerous quotes. Financing was arranged through a national bank with a dedicated seniors housing vertical. The full-continuum community is situated in Summerville (Charleston MSA) with 78 independent living, 44 assisted living and 20 memory care units. CR Properties developed the asset, which opened in 2022 and achieved stabilization within 12 months, demonstrating strong operating... Read More »

SLIB Handles Long Island Assisted Living Deal

A seniors housing campus on Long Island’s North Shore recently sold with the help of Dave Balow and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The campus comprises Oyster Bay Manor, an assisted living community built in 1984, and Harbor House, a memory care community opened in 2001. Harbor House was the first of its kind to serve Alzheimer’s residents on Long Island. Additionally, there is an ancillary home healthcare agency that was established in 2014. Combined, there are 136 units and 208 licensed beds. Occupancy was around 84%, and the community operated at a 22% margin on $12.375 million of revenues. Its local owner/operator decided to sell to a private real estate investor with... 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 »
60 Seconds with Swett: The State of the Healthcare M&A Market

60 Seconds with Swett: The State of the Healthcare M&A Market

I attended the McDermott Will & Schulte Healthcare Private Equity Conference in Miami Beach last week, and the buzz mostly centered around increased investment in outpatient care, AI in healthcare and a persistent bid-ask spread that has kept healthcare M&A relatively steady, and down when comparing it to the seniors housing and care market. Still, there is no shortage of dry powder targeting deals across the healthcare spectrum. And buyers are having to get a little creative on deal structures, options outside of traditional M&A and ancillary sectors that they previously may not have considered.  The trip was good timing, because next week on Thursday March 19th, I’ll be... Read More »
Newmark Reports Slew of February Deals

Newmark Reports Slew of February Deals

The Newmark seniors housing team reported an active February, with six investment sales and four significant debt transactions. First, outside of Chicago, the team sold Clarendale of Mokena, a 156-unit seniors housing community featuring independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The community was built in 2015 by Ryan Companies and operated by LCS, which was doing a great job with the community nearly full. Margins were also strong in the high 30s. It was sold as part of a very competitive marketing process, but pricing was not disclosed. Next, Newmark sold Residences of Thomas Circle, a seniors housing community at an irreplaceable site in Washington, D.C. It had... Read More »
Improving SNF Sells to Newer Skilled Nursing Entrant

Improving SNF Sells to Newer Skilled Nursing Entrant

A regional skilled nursing owner/operator divested one of its senior care facilities in western Nebraska after deciding to refocus its operational efforts in a more condensed regional footprint. The owner/operator engaged Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint to run the process.  Built in 1960, Monument Rehabilitation and Care Center has 160 skilled nursing beds and 23 assisted living units. The facility is in Scottsbluff, the largest city in Nebraska’s panhandle, and is situated across from the only regional hospital within 30 miles. During the sale process, the outgoing operator significantly improved operations, primarily driven by increased census and improved quality... Read More »