• Strawberry Fields REIT Announces SNF Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT acquired a skilled nursing facility with 100 beds near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, utilizing cash from its balance sheet. The facility is leased to an existing third-party operator that entered into a master lease for this facility, as well as for another facility that Strawberry Fields acquired in December 2024 (a skilled... Read More »
  • Family Office Acquires Two Communities

    Berkadia was engaged by a national owner/operator in its divestment of two seniors housing communities on Florida’s east coast. The communities are in Port St. Lucie and Port Orange with 171 assisted living and memory care units. The buyer was a central Florida-based family office. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders handled... Read More »
  • Kentucky SNF Sees Active Bidding Environment

    Kyle Hallion and Ben Firestone of Blueprint were engaged to sell a 54-bed skilled nursing facility located 45 minutes northwest of the Lexington, Kentucky MSA, and successfully closed the deal on May 1, approximately 30 days prior to contractual closing. The facility offered a track record of strong occupancy with clear revenue upside via CMI... Read More »
  • ESI Closes Record-Setting SNF Sale in North Carolina

    A skilled nursing sale in North Carolina set a new pricing record in the state, with Evans Senior Investments handling the deal. ESI was engaged by an independent owner/operator to divest Smithfield Manor, a 160-bed skilled nursing facility in Smithfield, North Carolina (about 25 miles southeast of Raleigh). At the time of marketing, the... Read More »
  • Growth-Oriented Buyer Acquires AL/MC Portfolio in Competitive Market

    Blueprint handled the divestment of an assisted living and memory care portfolio dubbed Project Viking. The portfolio includes multiple well-located communities of newer vintage in Minnesota. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly handled the transaction.  The opportunity presented the ability to acquire substantial scale in a state known for its... Read More »

Active Adult Developments Stay Active Across America

Active adult new construction activity continued apace this past week with multiple developers breaking ground on communities throughout the country. We are sure rising interest rates have stopped a number of projects, but many developers surely see plenty of opportunity in the emerging sector. As covered in our active adult webinar in June, one question that arose was whether it’s better to build or buy active adult communities right now. Back then, the answer was a resounding “Both.” However, in light of the high capital costs these days, purchasing a community at a 4% cap rate when the 10-Year Treasury Yield is approaching 4% may not make as much sense right now. In Northampton,... Read More »

Marcus & Millichap San Francisco Sale

A senior living community in the San Francisco Bay area is heading in a different direction under new ownership, after Rob Reis of Marcus & Millichap arranged the property’s sale. Family-owned and -operated for over 40 years, the 158-unit community featured independent living, assisted living and memory care services, with a total of 194 beds. Built in phases from 1961 to 1980, it was producing substantial cash flow and operated efficiently, but the building was in need of substantial renovations. Set in the city of Hayward, the community was about to face some new high-quality competition from local developments by MorningStar Senior Living and SRM Development. Occupancy was also low... Read More »

60 Seconds With Swett: SNF Values Have Hit Their Peak

We have hit a valuation peak for skilled nursing facilities, and we do not feel like we are going out on a limb in saying it. That is because soaring interest rates have made acquiring facilities at extremely high prices much more expensive. The realities of a difficult operating environment concerning labor and inflation must also be top of mind for lenders, which are probing deals very deliberately, as they should. Regulatory issues have also made deals tougher, and longer, to close, and delays can be especially costly as the Fed keeps increasing rates. That being said, we have also heard of more than several cases of renegotiations, final bids coming in lower than the initial bids, and... Read More »

Houston-Area Assisted Living Communities Sell

Oklahoma-based Plains Commercial announced the sale of a vacant assisted living portfolio in Copperfield and Pearland, Texas (Houston MSA). The Glen Hope Portfolio comprises two communities built in 2005 and 2009, respectively. Both communities offered well maintained physical plants with little need of immediate capital expenditure.  Plains Commercial represented the stalking horse bidder in a bankruptcy auction of a defaulted bond portfolio. The buyer is a local owner/operator with a growing footprint in the state of Texas which also has a strong operational track record with struggling communities. It plans to implement its operational model immediately and begin lease-up. Daniel Morris... Read More »

Hamister Group Acquires Connecticut Community

Cushman & Wakefield arranged the sale of an assisted living community in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Buckingham Heights is a 46-unit, 52-bed memory care community that sits just southeast of Hartford. The property opened in late 2001 and historically operated at 100% occupancy. Longview Senior Housing, an affiliate of Blackstone, the seller, completed renovations in 2021, which included remodeled common areas, expanded dining areas, replacing the roof and sprinkler system, and upgrading furniture, fixtures, equipment, lighting, paint, carpet and flooring throughout the property.  The strong cash flow and good location attracted Hamister Group, a seniors housing investor and operator, to... Read More »

Health Needs of Seniors in Seniors Housing Communities

At the recent Fall NIC Conference, NORC at the University of Chicago presented the findings of a recent study of seniors housing residents. We are sure Medicare Advantage plans have combed through the data, as much of it was an eye-opener, even for us. The study cohort included more than 250,000 seniors housing residents and more than 325,000 in nursing homes enrolled in fee-for-service. In seniors housing, the residents were pretty evenly split among majority IL (32.5%), majority AL (31.6%) and CCRC/LPC (30.0%). The most shocking discovery was that CCRC/LPC residents have an average of 12.2 chronic medical conditions. In theory, these are among the healthiest of residents in senior living... Read More »
When Will the Attacks on SNFs Stop?

When Will the Attacks on SNFs Stop?

Don’t you feel like it is déjà vu all over again? Yet another report has come out criticizing the for-profit nursing home industry on its handling of the COVID crisis, with one publication stating the study “eviscerates” for-profit nursing homes. We don’t remember a study that didn’t eviscerate the sector, the punching bag for everyone it seems, especially The New York Times. But Congress has taken the lead from the Times recently. The congressional subcommittee report found that, among other things, many nursing homes were understaffed during the first few months of the pandemic, leading to deficient care. Hellooo. The majority of nursing homes were understaffed because they could not... Read More »

Ziegler’s Florida Financing

Chicago-based specialty investment bank Ziegler announced the closing of $30 million in bonds for Life Care Ponte Vedra, Inc., d/b/a Vicar’s Landing, to help finance a Phase II expansion. Built in 1983, the community comprises 227 independent living units, 38 assisted living units and 60 skilled nursing beds (30 Medicare certified) on 24.3 acres within Sawgrass, a 4,800-acre private resort and residential community in Ponte Vedra Beach (Jacksonville MSA) that includes the TPC Sawgrass golf course. Vicar’s Landing is currently undergoing a multi-phased expansion less than one mile from its current campus, known as Vicar’s Landing at Oak Bridge. The project involves the acquisition, site... Read More »

Active Adult Acquisition Announced in Utah

Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap arranged the sale of Lakeside Village, an active adult community in West Valley City, Utah. Built in 1997, the community comprises 144 units and sits on 6.2 acres. The units consist of one- and two-bedroom residences with eight-foot ceilings, walk-in closets and private balconies or patios. Amenities include a swimming pool, hot tub, community garden and pond. Danny Shin and Brock Zylstra of IPA represented the undisclosed seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal. Read More »

Windriver Companies Acquires South Carolina Community

Evans Senior Investments announced it has arranged the sale of an assisted living community in South Carolina on behalf of a large East Coast private equity firm. The buyer was Windriver Companies, which paid an undisclosed price. Built in 2001, the 52-unit community is located just outside of Greenville. With a 100% private pay census, the community was 40% occupied at the time of marketing and losing money. Occupancy increased to 55% at the time of closing, but there is still a long way to go. Windriver Companies plans to begin renovations as well as add memory care units to the community. Read More »

High-Priced SNF Portfolio Sells in Maryland

Axis Health, an owner/operator of senior care facilities run by Ben Philipson and Abe Kraus, has divested its six skilled nursing facilities in Maryland to two separate buyers. One tranche of four facilities in Montgomery, Carroll and Cecil Counties sold to Autumn Lake Healthcare for $142.5 million, or $276,000 per bed. Those facilities include Oak Manor in Burtonsville, Birch Manor in Sykesville, Calvert Manor in Rising Sun and Long View in Manchester. The other two facilities, including Caroline Center in Denton and Manokin Center in Princess Anne, sold to Key Health Management, which is entering the state with the deal. The two facilities are located on the Eastern Shore. Key Health... Read More »