• New 1031 Exchange Platform Launches

    A new 1031 exchange platform designed to provide advisors and their clients with access to institutional-quality real estate investments through Delaware Statutory Trusts has launched. A Fortress Investment Group affiliate, Fortress Real Estate Exchange, will initially target investments in seniors housing, student housing and multifamily... Read More »
  • Regional Operator Acquires Large Multi-State Portfolio

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced a couple of portfolio deals this week totaling 15 separate properties. The larger deal featured 13 assisted living/memory care communities spread out in Georgia and South Carolina. Built between 1989 and 2014, the buildings have a combined 672 units, with 492 assisted living and 180 devoted to memory... Read More »
  • Oregon and Idaho Communities Sell

    Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group sold a 48-unit independent living community in Pendleton, Oregon, on behalf of a local owner/operator who was exiting the business. Built in the 1970s, the community was well occupied but could improve its overall operations. Still, there was positive momentum in the NOI, which rose from $320,000 in... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Purchases AL/MC Assets from Public Company

    A publicly traded company sold its portfolio of eight assisted living/memory care communities located throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, engaging Blueprint’s Kyle Hallion, Lauren Nagle and Ben Firestone to handle the deal. Each community included a smaller footprint, with 153 units total across the portfolio. The S&P 500 company owner... Read More »
  • Inland Acquires Class-A Asset

    Inland Real Estate Acquisitions announced its acquisition of a high-end seniors housing community in Monument, Colorado (between Colorado Springs and Denver). We heard about the Class-A transaction about six weeks prior, when Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced their... Read More »
Local Operator Closes Lease-to-Purchase Deal

Local Operator Closes Lease-to-Purchase Deal

A skilled nursing facility in Mississippi faced a time-sensitive CHOW with frozen Medicaid rates under appeal after the outgoing operator was planning to leave before the ownership transfer occurred, posing meaningful risk to the facility’s financial performance and operational continuity. The facility was older and around 50% occupied at the time of the management transition, with more than 100 licensed beds and some beds remaining offline. The facility was distressed and operating at a loss. 3G Healthcare Real Estate structured a day-by-day operator extension through a financial incentive and secured a January 1 takeover with a new local operator, avoiding potential negative impacts to... Read More »
Mainstay Senior Living Grows in Georgia

Mainstay Senior Living Grows in Georgia

Mainstay Senior Living acquired two seniors housing communities in Savannah, Georgia. The properties are located about five miles apart from each other. Grace Manor Savannah was built in 1997, while Habersham Manor was built in the late-1980s. They feature a total of 143 assisted living and memory care units. Florida-based Mainstay now has 46 communities across the Southeast, including 17 in Florida, 15 in South Carolina, three in Tennessee, two in North Carolina and now nine in Georgia. Dan Geraghty, Brad Clousing and Jeff Binder of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction. Read More »
SLIB Shoots Out of the Gates in 2026

SLIB Shoots Out of the Gates in 2026

On the heels of a prolific 2025, Senior Living Investment Brokerage is starting 2026 strong with a slew of closings across the country. The largest was a portfolio featuring three seniors housing communities in Alaska (two) and Idaho. Totaling 243 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, the communities were built in the mid-2010s. They are in Kenai and Soldotna, Alaska, and Caldwell, Idaho. Occupancy varied from 73% at the Kenai location to 98% at the Soldotna property and 92% in Idaho. The seller was an experienced seniors housing owner/operator that was looking to focus on its alternative real estate investments. A Utah-based REIT bought the Alaska assets and closed... Read More »

Private Equity Firm Divests Portfolio to Chicago Investor

Trinity Investors, a Texas-based private equity firm, sold a 224-unit portfolio of three seniors housing communities in Alabama that it acquired in tranches between 2022 and 2023 with a regional owner/operator. After the portfolio stabilized and capital was injected into the communities, Trinity recapitalized the venture in March 2025 with Kauhale Health as operator. The goal was to accelerate operational performance. Under Kauhale Health, the communities grew census, resident and staff satisfaction, and cash flow. With the turnaround underway, Trinity engaged Helios Healthcare Advisors to run a targeted sales process to capitalize on the performance trend.  There was strong interest... Read More »

Underperforming Skilled Nursing Facility Trades in Ohio

A 130-bed skilled nursing facility in Cincinnati, Ohio, sold to a regional owner/operator looking to expand its existing Ohio footprint. At the time of sale, the building was operating at a loss, but the buyer’s operational scale and market familiarity positioned the facility for a smooth transition and long-term repositioning. Blueprint represented the seller, which was seeking a speedy transaction due to the facility’s underperformance. So, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint targeted qualified regional operators with the ability to quickly assume operations and stabilize performance. The result was a transaction that moved from LOI execution to closing in just 64... Read More »

Not-for-Profit Acquires from Not-for-Profit

A not-for-profit organization recently divested a cash-flowing CCRC in Cortland, Ohio. It was looking to recycle capital and reinvest in its broader mission, and ultimately engaged Blueprint to help with the sale. The community, Ohio Living Lake Vista, comprises 39 skilled nursing beds and close to 100 independent living and assisted living units. Operations were stable and there was consistent resident demand. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly represented the seller, Ohio Living, with the marketing process and sourced a mission-aligned not-for-profit buyer in Otterbein SeniorLife. Read More »

NewPoint Originates Acquisition Financing

NewPoint Real Estate Capital originated $53 million in bridge financing to facilitate Cougar Capital Management’s acquisition of a large portfolio of independent living communities in upstate New York. The 24-month, non-recourse floating-rate loan provided by a debt fund was originated by NewPoint’s Cal Masterson and Kevin Laidlaw. These five communities total 701 units. They were built between 2000 and 2008 and comprise 15 acres in the Rochester MSA. Cougar Capital Management announced that it paid $51 million for the assets, or $72,800 per unit. Property management will be transferred to Willow Ridge Senior Living, which announced that it co-invested in the portfolio, which includes... Read More »

Financing Secured for Skilled Nursing Portfolio

MONTICELLOAM, along with firm affiliates, provided $107 million in combined bridge and working capital financing to a four-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Florida. The transaction includes a $100 million bridge loan and a $7 million working capital line of credit. The loan proceeds will be used by the borrower, a returning MONTICELLOAM client, to pay off the existing debt on the portfolio, which comprises 480 beds. Read More »

Not-for-Profit Creates Chief Growth Officer Position

The Kendal Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that supports a system of communities and services for seniors, created a new Chief Growth Officer position and then formed a cross-functional Growth Team. Max Ault has been promoted to serve as the inaugural CGO, a role designed to consolidate strategic efforts in Affiliate development, greenfield expansion, and emerging signature programs and services across The Kendal System. This change marks a shift toward more proactive growth planning.  The newly formed Growth Team will integrate capabilities from development, marketing, finance and operations. This multi-disciplinary team is charged with building expanded growth... Read More »

CCRC Secures Funding for Capital Improvements

Ziegler successfully closed the $47.9 million Series 2025 bonds for Bishop Gadsden Episcopal Retirement Community. Ziegler has had a relationship with Bishop Gadsden for more than 20 years.  Bishop Gadsden owns and operates a not-for-profit CCRC on James Island in Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1850, Bishop Gadsden provided housing for seniors on the peninsula of Charleston but moved to its current location in 1987 on land donated by St. James Episcopal Church. Over the years, the community has grown to include a campus of 125 acres consisting of 283 independent living units, 79 assisted living units, 32 memory care units and 100 skilled nursing beds (32 of which are... Read More »