• Ensign Makes a Splash in Texas

    The Ensign Group closed out April with a bang, announcing the acquisition of the real estate and operations of 17 skilled nursing facilities spread across Texas, plus the real estate of two seniors housing communities in Wisconsin.  The Texas portfolio is majority-SNF, with 2,080 skilled nursing beds. There are also some seniors housing... Read More »
  • Public REIT Sells Value-Add Community to Joint Venture

    Kandu Capital, a family office specializing in real estate and healthcare, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Ohio after strategically divesting a number of skilled nursing, behavioral health and seniors housing assets at healthy valuations. Those dispositions were initially... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests Its CCRC Portfolio to Another Not-for-Profit

    A portfolio of CCRCs in South-Central Pennsylvania changed hands from one faith-based not-for-profit organization to another, with Toby Siefert and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the process. The pair represented the seller, SpiriTrust Lutheran, an 80-year-old operator based in York, Pennsylvania, in the sale of six... Read More »
  • AL/MC Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells

    Blueprint’s suite of services was on display in the sale and financing of an assisted living/memory care community in Fredericksburg, Texas. Built in 2018, The Villages of Windcrest was performing well at the time of marketing, and was trending towards stabilization. Newer, performing properties are getting the most interest in the M&A market... Read More »
  • Montgomery Intermediary Group Brings on New Advisor

    Continuing its momentum in 2026, Montgomery Intermediary Group (MIG) announced that it hired Colin Thomas, CFA as an investment sales advisor. In this role, Thomas will lead seniors housing and skilled nursing transactions across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, expanding MIG’s coverage and capabilities in these markets. Thomas’s... Read More »
Ziegler Secures Bond Financing

Ziegler Secures Bond Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of RiverWoods Exeter’s Series 2024 bonds totaling $39.68 million of par amount for the senior living finance practice. RiverWoods is a not-for-profit that owns/operates a three campus CCRC in Exeter, which is within the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire. These campuses reside on a contiguous parcel of over 200 acres. The operations of The Woods, The Ridge and The Boulders campuses began in 1994, 2004 and 2010, respectively. Across its three campuses, RiverWoods includes 393 independent living units, 71 assisted living units and 78 nursing beds for a total of 542 units. Riverwoods is also affiliated with two other CCRC’s managed by a supporting corporation, the... Read More »
Brookdale and Ventas, a Win-Win

Brookdale and Ventas, a Win-Win

Just weeks after Brookdale Senior Living walked away from its lease renewal with Ventas covering some 120 communities, the two companies came to an agreement that appears to be a win-win for both.  Brookdale will continue to lease 65 communities which average about 62 units each and represent 40% of the units in the original master lease. The initial cash rent on these will increase by 38% and will now be $64 million with 3% annual escalators. But for 2025, Brookdale will pay the contractual rent of $48 million on these. For the remainder, 44 communities will go into the Ventas SHOP portfolio with new operators, to be determined later. Annualized NOI for these after a 5% management... Read More »
Morgan Stanley and Brightview Acquire SH Portfolio

Morgan Stanley and Brightview Acquire SH Portfolio

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, partnered with Brightview Senior Living to acquire an eight-property seniors housing portfolio totaling 1,186 units within four major MSAs in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. The predominately-independent living portfolio totals eight properties across the Baltimore, Philadelphia and Boston-Providence MSAs. These senior living properties have consistently demonstrated strong operational performance and feature a variety of amenities.  Brightview originally developed the communities, which were also previously owned by PGIM and most recently by Harrison Street. Brightview and... Read More »
Focus Healthcare Acquiring Another CCRC

Focus Healthcare Acquiring Another CCRC

On the heels of announcing its planned purchase of a distressed CCRC on Long Island, Focus Healthcare Partners announced an acquisition of another struggling CCRC, this time in Bartlett, Illinois, near Chicago. Built in 2007 at a cost of approximately $130 million, The Oaks at Bartlett features a 154-unit independent living building and a 124-unit assisted living/memory care/skilled nursing building on 37 acres. They are both of steel and concrete construction. There are also 10 cottage homes.  It was originally developed as an entrance-fee CCRC but is now a rental property. This was another case of a large entrance-fee CCRC opening up at the onset of the Great Financial Crisis and... Read More »
Minnesota SNF Finds New Owner

Minnesota SNF Finds New Owner

A skilled nursing facility near Minneapolis, Minnesota, found a new owner with the help of Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty. The facility, built in 1965 and featuring more than 75 beds, was operating around breakeven on approximately $6.5 million of revenues. It was occupied in the low-60s at the time of the deal, so there is certainly room for improvement for a new owner. The seller, a mom & pop, listed the facility at the end of 2023, which is when the facility came under LOI, before it finally sold this month. The offering price was $5 million, but we believe the facility sold for under that. The buyer was an owner/operator with other facilities in the state that used a... Read More »
IRA Capital Acquires in Colorado

IRA Capital Acquires in Colorado

BWE Investment Sales brokered the sale of an assisted living and memory care community in Loveland, Colorado. The seller was Hunt Midwest, a Kansas City-based real estate development company, which had Integral Senior Living operating the community. Since 2010, Hunt has developed 850 assisted living and memory care residences at its Capstone and Benton House branded communities across five states, including Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Kansas and Tennessee.  Built in 2023, Capstone at Centerra comprises 102 units (56 AL and 46 MC) and was 88% occupied when the sale was negotiated and 95% occupied at closing. We also understand that the community was operating at a very strong margin,... Read More »
Asbury Communities Expands Portfolio in Delaware and Pennsylvania

Asbury Communities Expands Portfolio in Delaware and Pennsylvania

Asbury Communities announced the acquisition of two seniors housing communities in January, bringing its portfolio to 11 communities in four states, including Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and Tennessee, positioning the organization for continued growth. Asbury acquired Ivy Gables and Grace Park from a mom & pop who built the communities. Both were performing well at the time of sale, and today.  Built in 1950, Ivy Gables is an assisted living and memory care community in Wilmington, Delaware. The community comprises 44 assisted living beds, and also 18 memory care beds in nine units. It was converted into a nursing home in 2005 with further renovations in 2013 before it... Read More »
Real Estate Investor Purchases Pennsylvania Community

Real Estate Investor Purchases Pennsylvania Community

Blueprint was engaged by a private investor group to facilitate the sale of a personal care home in the Pittsburgh suburb of Canonsburg. This property was subdivided and sold separately from Blueprint’s previously announced bankruptcy sale of nine skilled nursing facilities in Western Pennsylvania. Built in 2001, North Strabane Retirement Village comprises 64 units and 70 beds and is adjacent to its sister skilled nursing facility. The nearly 50,000 square-foot, two-story building sits on approximately seven acres and consists of six semi-private rooms, 25 studio apartments and 33 one-bedroom units. Unit sizes range from 135 to 342 square feet and all units feature private bathrooms. It... Read More »
Large SNF Portfolio Secures Financing

Large SNF Portfolio Secures Financing

MONTICELLOAM closed a $400 million bridge loan for a 29-facility skilled nursing portfolio with over 2,900 beds across Kentucky and Tennessee. A MONTICELLOAM firm affiliate acted as the agent, with Huntington National Bank as joint lead arranger. The borrower was an experienced owner/operator with a large skilled nursing portfolio. This announcement follows other recent MONTICELLOAM transaction sizes of $87.15 million, $87 million and $18 million. Read More »
Two IL Communities Secure Acquisition Financing

Two IL Communities Secure Acquisition Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced it closed on a $34 million facility for affiliates of Focus Healthcare Partners to finance the acquisition of Novel Place at Overland Park, a 109,000-square foot, 134-unit independent living community in Overland Park, Kansas, and Novel Place at Blue Springs, a 109,000-square foot, 134-unit independent living community in Blue Springs, Missouri. The communities were each originally developed in 2020 and were each around 95% occupied. Focus has hired Evolve Senior Living to manage the communities. Read More »
Five Guardian SNFs Change Hands

Five Guardian SNFs Change Hands

After a federal bankruptcy court approved the sale of eight Guardian Healthcare skilled nursing facilities around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the five non-HUD facilities have now successfully sold to a regional owner/operator. Those facilities include Belair Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Lower Burrell, Eldercrest Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Munhall, Guardian Healthcare Meadowcrest in Bethel Park, Oak Hill Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Greensburg and Guardian Healthcare Highland View in Brockway. They total 299 beds and were built between 1964 and 1992, with subsequent additions completed at each location. The eight-facility portfolio was originally marketed by... Read More »