• A Flurry of Deals Cross the Finish Line

    As part of Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s nine separate closings at the start of May, there were a couple of skilled nursing sales. First, Nick Cacciabando and Matthew Alley represented a local group of investors in the sale of a 60-bed skilled nursing facility in Ottumwa, Iowa. The investor group operated the facility themselves, and it... Read More »
  • Investor Group Buys Naples Community

    A group of investors picked up a value-add seniors housing community in Naples, Florida. Built in 1999, North Haven Senior Living features 132 units of assisted living and memory care. It appears that Brookdale Senior Living previously operated the community, which showed very well and did not require much in terms of capex. We understand that... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Uneven Recovery

    Brookdale Senior Living has been going through some major changes in the last year, so naturally its recovery could be a little uneven, with the hope of more long-term growth and stability. They have a new CEO, COO and a new operational structure, in addition to exiting more than 100 communities in the last year. But the mixed bag of results can... Read More »
  • Two Public REITs Continue Their SHOP Push

    Two public REITs honing in on the seniors housing sphere have announced their first quarter earnings results. LTC Properties reiterated its commitment to seniors housing again, and Janus Living, Healthpeak Properties’ spin-off REIT that debuted in the public markets in March, is already showing momentum. First, after completing seniors housing... Read More »
  • Tennessee Assisted Living Community Sells

    Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group recently sold an assisted living community in eastern Tennessee. Built in the late 1990s, the building featured more than 40 units, plus some houses on its campus. There was some additional acreage, as well. It was sold by one out-of-state owner to another, but the buyer has another assisted... Read More »
Vacant Seniors Housing Community Sells in Memphis

Vacant Seniors Housing Community Sells in Memphis

Blueprint’s behavioral healthcare team was engaged by a seniors housing investor to obtain specialized zoning entitlements for a vacant seniors housing asset and to sell the asset as a potential behavioral healthcare conversion. The seller secured specialized zoning entitlements for inpatient behavioral use before Blueprint brought the Memphis, Tennessee, asset to market.  A behavioral healthcare owner/operator submitted an offer to purchase the asset, deploy capital improvements and license the building as an inpatient substance abuse facility. However, during escrow, another mental healthcare provider approached Blueprint and expressed strong interest in operating the... Read More »
Plains Executes in Texas

Plains Executes in Texas

Plains Commercial Real Estate was brought on by a regional owner/operator in the divestment of its senior care facility in Texas. The seller was looking to consolidate its operations closer to its home office. The buyer is a private investor, and the facility will be operated by a large, Texas-based operator.  Built in 2009 and well maintained, Copperas Hollow Nursing & Rehab comprises 90 skilled nursing beds and 12 assisted living units in Caldwell. At the time of closing, occupancy was hovering around 70%. The facility offered strong in-place cash flow as well as significant upside through some operational changes and agency expense controls. Daniel Morris of Plains handled the... Read More »
Momentous Healthcare Adds in Ohio

Momentous Healthcare Adds in Ohio

Forest Healthcare Properties was brought on by an Ohio-based owner/operator in a lease-to-purchase for a skilled nursing facility in Ohio. The owner was looking to divest from this region, and the buyer was Momentous Healthcare. Newly renovated, the facility comprises 100 beds with an in-house dialysis component near Cleveland, Ohio. The asset sits on 4.6 acres with 26,627 total square feet. Occupancy was low at the time of closing, so there is certainly some room for improvement for the new operator. But the lease-to-purchase structure gives them time to ramp up census and cash flow before taking over ownership. Joe Schiff and Jeffrey Vegh handled the transaction. Read More »
Not-For-Profit and For-Profit Shake Hands in Oregon

Not-For-Profit and For-Profit Shake Hands in Oregon

Ziegler was brought on by a not-for-profit in its divestment of a seniors housing community in Portland, Oregon, to a for-profit senior living owner/operator. Built in stages from the 1940s to the 1990s, Parkview Christian Retirement Community comprises 115 independent living units and 62 assisted living units across six acres. Humair Sabir, Stephen Johnson, Marie Carlson and Ryan Anders handled the transaction. The seller, Oregon Baptist Retirement Home Society, emphasized to Ziegler its desire for the community to be divested to a buyer that was culturally aligned and had a shared vision and values. Ziegler initially targeted not-for-profits, however, after an organization with a similar... Read More »
Two Members Added to Ventas Board

Two Members Added to Ventas Board

Ventas appointed two individuals to the company’s board of directors as a result of a new cooperation agreement with activist investor Land & Buildings. Ventas and Land & Buildings have expressed their differences throughout the last several years, however, the agreement seems to signal a ceasefire of their issues. Theodore Bigman is slated to sit on the board’s investment committee, and Joe V. Rodriguez, Jr will be on the board’s nominating, governance and corporate responsibility committee. Ventas also announced that the lead independent director for Ventas’ board of directors, Denny Shelton, is retiring.  Following the appointments of Bigman and Rodriguez, the Ventas board... Read More »
New Owner, Same Operator For Two Utah Seniors Housing Communities

New Owner, Same Operator For Two Utah Seniors Housing Communities

The Pennant Group, Inc. acquired two seniors housing communities in Utah. Capitol Hill Senior Living is a 113-unit assisted living and memory care community in Salt Lake City. Southgate Senior Living is a 75-unit assisted living and memory care community in St. George.  Pennant has 104 home health and hospice agencies and, now, 53 seniors housing communities located across 14 states. It intends to continue pursuing opportunities to acquire high quality home health, hospice and senior living businesses throughout the United States. Read More »
Focus Healthcare Properties Acquires in Washington

Focus Healthcare Properties Acquires in Washington

Focus Healthcare Properties acquired two seniors housing communities in Olympia, Washington. Fieldstone Cooper Point is a 96-unit independent and assisted living community. Fieldstone Memory Care of Olympia comprises 45 memory care units. The in-place operator, Fieldstone Communities, which has managed both communities since development, will remain the operator. Read More »
SLIB Handles Ensign Acquisition in Kansas

SLIB Handles Ensign Acquisition in Kansas

The Ensign Group announced its acquisition of the real estate and operations of Atchison Senior Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a 45-bed skilled nursing facility in Atchison, Kansas, with Nick Cacciabando and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the transaction. A subsidiary of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Inc., Ensign’s captive real estate company, acquired the facility’s real estate, effective March 1, 2024. Gateway Healthcare, LLC, Ensign’s Kansas-based subsidiary, will take over its operations. Built in 1961, 1973 and 1993 (with a renovation in 1996), the facility was one of the last remaining county-owned nursing homes in the state. At 84% occupancy,... Read More »
The Ensign Group Surpasses 300 Operations

The Ensign Group Surpasses 300 Operations

The Ensign Group added three more skilled nursing facilities to its growing portfolio, bringing its total healthcare holdings to more than 300 operations. In one of the deals, the provider acquired both the real estate and operations of Atchison Senior Village Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a 45-bed skilled nursing facility in Atchison, Kansas. A subsidiary of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Inc., Ensign’s captive real estate company, acquired the facility’s real estate, effective March 1, 2024. Gateway Healthcare, LLC, Ensign’s Kansas-based subsidiary, will take over its operations. Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale. In a separate transaction on the same day, Ensign... Read More »
Performing SNF Sells in Delaware

Performing SNF Sells in Delaware

Evans Senior Investments successfully sold a skilled nursing facility in Dover, Delaware. Courtland Manor was previously owned by an independent owner/operator that was represented by the Evans team.  Built in 1986, the 70-bed facility boasted a consistent five-star CMS rating. It also maintained high occupancy rates, in the high 80% range prior to the pandemic and never dropping below 70% after it. But the owner decided it was a good time to exit the long-term care industry. They may have been right, with SNF values staying above pre-pandemic prices, on average, according to the recently released 29th Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report. Facilities with positive cash flow... Read More »
SLIB Handles Ensign Acquisition in Kansas

Montgomery Executes Two SNF Transactions

Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group has wrapped up a couple of skilled nursing transactions in the Midwest, including a portfolio deal in Indiana. That transaction featured three skilled nursing facilities in the Indianapolis area, totaling 458 beds. The locations are outside of the previous owner’s footprint, and they wanted to focus on other states. Meanwhile, the undisclosed buyer is actively growing within the SNF sector across the country. They will be stepping into a value-add operation, as the facilities, which were losing money, are in need of a turnaround. The purchase price was not disclosed. Next, Montgomery was brought on to sell a 112-bed skilled nursing... Read More »