• SLIB’s Red-Hot Start to May

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage shot out of the gates in May, announcing six separate closings within just a couple of days. The closings included a couple of portfolios, two seniors housing asset sales and two skilled nursing deals. SLIB is on track for another record-breaking year. The largest deal was an eight-property seniors housing... Read More »
  • Independent Living Asset Near Breakeven Changes Hands

    Blueprint handled the sale of a 60-unit independent living community located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of sale, the property was operating around breakeven and offered the opportunity for upside. The option to transition the community to an assisted living waiver model was presented, but the incoming regional owner/operator... Read More »
  • National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth

    National Health Investors is continuing to lean into its SHOP segment, having invested $742.5 million into the strategy throughout the first quarter, a 106% increase from the prior year period. Year-to-date, the REIT has announced $212.4 million of investments, and is continuing to evaluate additional opportunities, focusing on private pay... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures Refinancing

    T7 Capital, a boutique seniors housing and healthcare advisory firm founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, recently arranged a large bank refinancing for a portfolio of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets in Massachusetts. Working on behalf of a New York-based family office, T7 secured a $57.979 million loan from... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Provides Financing for MC Community

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group arranged a refinancing for a client’s 48-unit memory care community in Merrillville, Indiana. Originally built in 2016, the community was stabilized and had an approaching debt maturity. The owner sought to retire both the existing bank debt and an outstanding seller note from the initial... Read More »
National Real Estate Investment Platform Acquires in Florida

National Real Estate Investment Platform Acquires in Florida

Originally part of a larger 16-property portfolio that was being marketed for sale, a 60-unit assisted living community in central Florida sold to a real estate investor buyer. Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Kyle Hallion of Blueprint handled the transaction. Built around 25 years ago, the asset was positioned as an appealing value-add opportunity that also boasted a history of strong performance. Occupancy was about 50% at the time of marketing. Its Orlando MSA location is within a densely populated, attractive seniors market in central Florida. Marketing the single asset as opposed to the whole portfolio also grew the potential buyer pool that could afford (and finance) such a deal. The... Read More »
BlackRock Purchases in Massachusetts

BlackRock Purchases in Massachusetts

Berkadia facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in the Boston, Massachusetts MSA. The seller was Wood Partners, which developed the community. The buyer was an entity linked to BlackRock Realty Advisors.  Built in 2022, Alta Oxbow is a recently stabilized seniors housing community in Wayland with 218 units across three buildings in Wayland, Massachusetts. The community includes 55 units designated as affordable, and 66 units restricted to people over age 55. Within the 55 affordable units, 17 will be restricted apartments for those over the age of 55. The community has an 86% renewal trend and 12% year-to-date rent increases. Chris Phaneuf and Adam Dunn handled the... Read More »
Georgia MC Community Converting to Behavioral Health

Georgia MC Community Converting to Behavioral Health

BWE Investment Sales handled the divestment of a seniors housing community in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. Built in 2017, The Crossings at Webb Bridge Road is in Alpharetta and comprises 50 memory care units. The community sits on a 3.4-acre plot. It was owned by a Midwest-based alternative investment firm. At the time of the deal, the community was not in operation, and the new owner will renovate the property and convert it for behavioral health use. Details surrounding the seller, buyer and purchase price were not disclosed. The transaction was handled by Charley Bissell, Senior Vice President for BWE Investment Sales. This closing marks the sixth community sold by Bissell over the past 18... Read More »
Mid-Year Update: Senior Care M&A Valuations (Sponsored by HealthTrust)

Mid-Year Update: Senior Care M&A Valuations (Sponsored by HealthTrust)

The SeniorCare Investor presented the latest M&A and valuation statistics derived from its proprietary database, updated for the last four-quarter period, in its latest webinar, Mid-Year Update: Senior Care M&A Valuations. Panelists Colleen Blumenthal, MAI Chief Operating Officer of HealthTrust, Joel Mendes, Managing Director, JLL, Seniors Housing Capital Markets, and Josh Simpson, Managing Director of Meridian Capital Group, discussed current trends in the market, potential pitfalls to avoid in the dealmaking process and 2025 M&A strategies with moderator Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor. Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders & Grand Park Capital Secure Refinance

Chicago Pacific Founders & Grand Park Capital Secure Refinance

JLL Capital Markets secured $115 million in bridge financing for a seniors housing portfolio on behalf of Chicago Pacific Founders and Grand Park Capital. The refinance consists of a three-year, non-recourse loan, secured through Ally Bank to take out existing debt. The financing markets responded favorably to the strength of the ownership and asset-level performance, and the loan closed as proposed and on schedule.  The four-asset Town Village Portfolio is primarily comprised of independent living and totals 852 units across Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Michigan. Built between 2000 and 2002 and having undergone renovations by the sponsors since, the assets are strategically... Read More »
Northland Networks Funds Arkansas Acquisition

Northland Networks Funds Arkansas Acquisition

Northland Networks, which was acquired by First National of Nebraska in 2023, has closed a number of transactions so far this year, most recently arranging two acquisition loans for CCRCs in Arkansas. Both previously owned and operated by Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, the assets were part of the not-for-profit’s exit from 15 states and consolidation of its services to the Midwest.  The CCRCs are located in Hot Springs Village and Mountain Home, Arkansas, and attract higher income seniors in their respective areas. Hot Springs Village was built between 1986 and 2006 and features a combination of 90 independent living units (including six two-unit buildings and a 78-unit... Read More »
July Sparked a Surge at Senior Care Realty

July Sparked a Surge at Senior Care Realty

Chad Wegner of Senior Care Realty experienced a busy July, closing four separate transactions involving several seniors housing assets. First, Wegner facilitated the sale of an assisted living portfolio comprising three communities. The seller was a mom & pop with an existing footprint in the state.  Built in the last 20 years and all having been updated more recently, the communities each feature eight beds in Madison, Wisconsin. The residents are high-acuity, and it is mostly private pay. NOI was strong, with the seller running close to a 35% margin, putting the cap rate at around 12% to 13%.   The buyer, an existing in-state owner/operator looking to expand, paid $4.3 million,... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Divests CCRC to Optalis Healthcare

Not-For-Profit Divests CCRC to Optalis Healthcare

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a CCRC in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on behalf of not-for-profit Samaritas. Following 50 years of providing senior care services, Samaritas has a renewed focus on creating a holistic service experience through four core areas of impact, including child and family services, behavioral health, refugee services and affordable housing.  Having served the Grand Rapids and surrounding communities for over 35 years, Samaritas gradually expanded and renovated the campus since its original construction in 1977, with the most recent introduction of 24 independent living cottages between 2013 and 2015. Additionally, the 40-acre campus consists of 148 independent... Read More »
Allaire Acquires Philly SNF

Allaire Acquires Philly SNF

After over 70 years of providing skilled nursing services in the Philadelphia area, a Catholic not-for-profit, the Ministry of Felician Franciscan Sisters, decided to divest its 176-bed skilled nursing facility with the help of Justin Knapp and the East Coast team of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. St. Ignatius Nursing & Rehab Center was built in 1952 and features all dually certified beds across 96,000 square feet. Occupancy was above 70%, and the overall operations and cash flow could be improved.  As part of their strategic initiatives, leadership at St. Ignatius elected to pursue a sale with an experienced and growing operator. The Knapp-Stahler Group procured... Read More »
Brookdale Out at Battery Park

Brookdale Out at Battery Park

After a long and storied past with its seniors housing community in lower Manhattan, Brookdale Senior Living is leaving its Battery Park location. Ventas, the landlord, selected Sunrise Senior Living to be the community’s new manager, adding a third community to the operator’s Manhattan portfolio.  Anyone who heard former Brookdale CEO Mark Schulte address the ASHA annual meeting in the aftermath of 9/11 will never forget it. He talked about their newest project in lower Manhattan, and there was nary a dry eye in the room. The community, called The Hallmark at Battery Park at the time, was still in lease-up, covered in inches of dust and debris, and had to be evacuated. The industry... Read More »
Legend Senior Living Adds Philly-Area Community

Legend Senior Living Adds Philly-Area Community

Legend Senior Living has assumed the management of a senior living community in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MSA. Built in 2023, Crescent Fields at Huntingdon Valley features 196 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. It stands three stories tall in Huntingdon Valley. The transition will take place immediately.  This is Legend’s ninth property under management in Pennsylvania and its second in the Philadelphia area. Over the past year, Legend has added 12 buildings to its portfolio. The company’s portfolio now comprises 60 senior living properties under management across six states (Florida, Colorado, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania). Read More »