• Brookdale Occupancy Hits 81%

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its first quarter earnings results, and it appears to be building on the momentum started at the end of 2024. In addition, month-end occupancy in April topped 81.0%, marking the ninth straight month with ending occupancy above 80.0%. While it is great the company is making progress, there is still a lot more work... Read More »
  • Development Underway for New Fairfield County CCRC

    A new CCRC is under construction in our backyard in Stamford, Connecticut (figurative backyard from our headquarters in New Canaan). Mozaic Senior Life (formerly Jewish Senior Services) is building Mozaic Concierge Living, a CCRC that will offer 168 independent living units, along with assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. The project... Read More »
  • NHI Raises Guidance in Q1 Earnings Report

    National Health Investors came out with its first quarter earnings and reported modest improvements in several financial metrics from the year-ago quarter. The REIT also increased its 2025 annual guidance range, which investors must have liked, pushing up the share price by nearly 3% in the trading hours following the announcement and earnings... Read More »
  • Oklahoma Hospital Divests to Arkansas-Based Joint Venture

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage continued its May hot streak with two more closings. First, the firm represented a local hospital that was looking to divest its 55-unit assisted living/memory care community in McAlester, Oklahoma, in the rural eastern part of the state. The community was built in 2017 but lagged behind operationally for years.... Read More »
  • CIBC Finalizes Refinance for High-Quality Skilled Nursing Operator

    CIBC Bank closed a $32 million cash-out commercial mortgage refinance related to two skilled nursing facilities in Kentucky and Tennessee. Both are leased to, and operated by, a high-quality, national skilled nursing operator. The two facilities encompass 243 total licensed beds and the buildings each have an effective age of 20 years. The... Read More »

Assisted living Community Sells in Minnesota

Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty closed the sale of a small assisted living community in northern Minnesota. A local provider that manages other facilities in the area had operated the property since before the pandemic and finally exercised its lease option for a price of $925,000, or $46,250 per unit. Built in 2005, the 20-unit community cares for a combination of private pay and managed care residents. RWR Realty LLC was the broker of record, and the community was marketed by Senior Care Realty. Read More »

Greystar Acquires Active Adult Community in Utah

Real estate investment group Greystar announced the acquisition of The Ivy at Draper, a 277-unit active adult community in Draper, Utah. The community was previously purchased in 2018 for $51.4 million, or $186,000 per unit, by the current seller Kennedy Wilson. Built in 2015, the five-story property sits on four acres just south of Salt Lake City. Floorplans will start at $1,300 a month, and units feature mountain views, easy access to nearby golf courses, restaurants and entertainment. Danny Shin and Brock Zylstra of Marcus and Millichap helped to broker this transaction. The team worked to source CBRE which arranged a $44.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition. This transaction... Read More »

Northland Enter The Active Adult Market

National real estate private equity firm Northland announced its first active adult acquisition. The active adult market has taken off in popularity over the past few years and continues to remain a hot market. According to Levin Pro, over the last two years, there have been a total of 72 acquisitions within the rapidly growing subsector. With such low barriers to entry and being designed similarly to multifamily, this makes for an easy transition for multifamily developers to dip their toes into active adult. Emblem Alpharetta of Alpharetta, Georgia will serve as the seventh residential property for the state in Northland’s portfolio. Built in 2006, the 210-unit, fully leased community... Read More »

Fairstead Acquires Senior Apartments Portfolio

Real estate investor Fairstead announced the acquisition of an affordable seniors housing portfolio in the state of Kentucky. The portfolio comprises 950 units of affordable housing, including for low-income seniors, across 16 properties in the districts of Louisville, Bardstown, Barbourville, Hardin, Hodgenville, Lexington, Mayfield, New Haven, Scottsville, Shepherdsville, and Radcliff. The apartments are made affordable through the HUD Section 8 and LIHTC programs. KeyBank Real Estate Capital served as the lender in this transaction. ​​Eric Steinberg, a senior banker with KeyBank’s community development lending and investment team handled this process on behalf of the company. This will... Read More »

Walker & Dunlop Arranges HUD Refinances

Walker & Dunlop announced that it has structured $57.2 million in HUD financing for three skilled nursing facilities in Illinois. The three facilities were Avantara Park Ridge in Park Ridge, Moraine Court Supportive Living in Bridgeview, and Aperion Care Elgin in Elgin. The 154-bed Avantara Park Ridge received a $15.6 million loan, and Moraine Court, with 185 supportive living beds, received the largest loan totaling $28.7 million. Lastly, the 101-bed Aperion Care secured a $13.3 million loan. Josh Rosen of Walker & Dunlop led the transactions which utilized the LEAN 232/223(f) for the refinance of two properties and the 232/223(a)(7) program for the other. But the borrower was not... Read More »

Greystone Finances Florida Active Adult Development

Greystone arranged $52.5 million in debt and equity financing for an active adult development in Gainesville, Florida. Developed by Discovery Senior Living, the 180-unit active adult community will be named Discovery Place at Celebration Pointe, which will feature outdoor gathering areas, restaurants, entertainment options, a high-tech theater and a full calendar of festivals and special events. The community sits miles away from The University of Florida. Construction began in May 2022, and the community should open by early 2024. Cary Tremper and Matt Miller of Greystone originated the financing. Read More »

Cascadia Healthcare Adds to Washington State Portfolio

Cascadia Healthcare announced the acquisition of Pinewood Terrace, a 92-bed skilled nursing facility in Colville, Washington. The facility sits on 1.5 acres just miles from the Canadian border. Blake Bozett of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors marketed this asset on behalf of a seller looking to exit the Washington SNF market to pursue acquisitions in states with more favorable reimbursement and fewer regulatory challenges. Mr. Bozett marketed the asset to regional owner/operators looking to acquire a SNF at an appealing per-bed price with attractive HUD financing. Cascadia emerged as the buyer with the intention to increase their presence in the northern Idaho and Washington area.... Read More »

60 Seconds With Swett: Interest Rate Concerns Cooling M&A Market

In the last couple of months, we have heard from a number of people in the dealmaking business that rising interest rates have caused their potential buyers to hit pause, and a couple of major investors even said that pencils were down for the time being. We can’t say we’re surprised, given where wages have gone and what other issues inflation has caused. And if future earnings are affected by permanently higher labor costs alone, then the higher debt payments caused by higher rates really won’t cut it for those buyers. We have also heard that bid-ask spreads were widening, which will affect transaction volume. The terms “bid-ask spread” and “pencils down” conjure up memories of the worst... Read More »

Rocky Mountain Assisted Living Portfolio Sells

Senior Living Investment Brokerage successfully closed the sale of an assisted living portfolio with the help of Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, and Brad Goodsell. The portfolio comprised a total of 212 assisted living and memory care units across three properties in the Rocky Mountain area.  Built from 2017 to 2020 the portfolio sold for a price of $37.5 million or $177,000 per unit. Occupancy ranged drastically from a community in lease-up at 12% to a community with 77%. An Arizona-based owner/operator purchased the assets from a Utah-based developer who was looking to exit the industry.  Read More »

Waterbury-Area SNF Sells in Connecticut

The Prestige Group announced the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Watertown, Connecticut. The 46-bed facility was known as Watertown Convalarium and was renamed Trinity Terraces. The property sits on 8.5 acres in the greater Waterbury area. Joe Shallow and Richard Natow handled this transaction. The seller of the facility was not disclosed. An LLC linked to Venkat Doddapaneni was the buyer.   Read More »

Naples CCRC Embarks on Expansion

Suffolk Construction has plans in place to tear down a trio of vacant independent living apartment buildings at Vi at Bentley Village, in Naples, Florida, as part of a redevelopment project on the Naples campus. Demolition is expected to start August 22, and the renovations are to be completed by the end of February 2024. The redevelopment project will bring the community four new buildings comprising 64 independent living units, in five potential floor plans. Each unit ranges in size from 2,400 to 4,500 square feet. The independent living community offers resort-like amenities, as well as lake and golf course views. Each new residence will offer a spacious, screened-in outdoor living... Read More »