60 Seconds with Swett: Annual M&A Activity Shatters Records
We may sound like a broken record, but the M&A market keeps setting records and reaching new heights in the seniors housing and care industry. And it is smashing the previous records. In 2025, LevinPro LTC recorded 871 publicly announced transactions, which broke the previous annual record set in 2024 by 21%. Not only that, 2024’s total had beaten the previous annual record by 28.5%. So we have been on a proverbial rocket ship in the last two years. Much of the activity has centered around the seniors housing market, as despite intense buyer demand for skilled nursing facilities, there has been a relative dearth of facilities available for sale. Seniors housing deals, meanwhile, have... Read More »
Sonida Finances CNL Merger
Sonida Senior Living announced that it has secured $900 million of committed permanent debt financing, inclusive of a $350 million accordion feature that provides for total potential capacity of up to $1.25 billion, to support the previously announced definitive merger agreement with CNL Healthcare Properties. The financing replaces the existing 364-day $900 million bridge facility provided by RBC Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets, refinances CHP’s corporate credit facilities, and supersedes Sonida’s existing revolving credit facility at transaction close. Sonida entered into a new and upsized $375 million four-year secured revolving... Read More »
CareTrust Acquires High-Priced SNFs
CareTrust REIT kicked off 2026 with the acquisition of six skilled nursing facilities in the Mid-Atlantic with 532 total beds. The assets are operated by a tenant new to CareTrust under a long-term triple net lease with annual inflation-based rent escalators and multiple renewal options. The purchase price was $142 million including transaction costs, or $266,900 per bed, and was funded using cash on hand. The portfolio is expected to generate a 9% stabilized yield. That is quite a high valuation for SNFs, but we imagine they were located in strong reimbursement states, and the buyer demand for facilities is very high. In 2025, CareTrust closed $1.8 billion of investments, entered the... Read More »
Underperforming SNF Trades in Glendale
After The Ensign Group announced that it took over the operations of Agave Grove Post Acute, Evans Senior Investments announced that it handled the sale of the facility, representing Glencroft, an Arizona-based not-for-profit seeking an exit from the sector. The 225-bed skilled nursing facility in Glendale, Arizona, was 47% occupied at the time of marketing with a one-Star CMS rating. However, the property sits in a prime location adjacent to Sun City, offering a built-in referral network that should aid in Ensign’s turnaround efforts. An undisclosed buyer paid $30.15 million, or $134,000 per bed, for the facility. This price was reached after a... Read More »Family Divests Upstate New York ALP
After running an assisted living/memory care community in Lockport, New York (Rochester MSA), for over three generations, a family has decided to divest and exit the industry. They engaged Dave Balow, Dan Geraghty and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to sell the asset. Built in 1982 and 1988, with a memory care expansion in 2017, Briarwood Manor features 160 licensed Assisted Living Program (ALP) beds in 113 units. It was well maintained over the years and competes directly with the upper-end private pay communities in the area. However, it was just 44% occupied based on 158 operational beds, and the community was losing around $750,000 on $3.5 million of revenues. ... Read More »Joint Venture Acquires California Facilities
At the end of a busy year of acquisitions, Stacked Stone Ventures announced one more on New Years Eve. The San Clemente, California-based real estate investment firm acquired two skilled nursing facilities in a joint venture with Praxis Capital for $8.25 million, or $43,200 per bed. The facilities feature a total of 191 skilled nursing and assisted living beds. They were added to an existing master lease with Accura Healthcare in Iowa. Oxford Finance helped fund the deal. The transaction caps an active year for Stacked Stone and Praxis, which together acquired 11 skilled nursing facilities, nine assisted living/memory care communities and one CCRC in 2025. The purchases totaled nearly $130... Read More »City of Wichita Issues Bond Financing
Ziegler successfully closed Larksfield Place’s $45.205 million Series 2025 bonds, issued through the City of Wichita, Kansas. Larksfield is a not-for-profit, single-site CCRC founded in 1988 in northeast Wichita. The 67-acre campus includes 22 independent living villas, 164 independent living apartments, 62 assisted living apartments, 10 memory care apartments and 80 private skilled nursing suites. Residents are offered an 80% refundable “Type C” entrance fee contract. Larksfield is significantly expanding its campus with the development of a four-story, 48-apartment independent living building known as “Larksfield Landing,” featuring under-building enclosed parking alongside additional... Read More »Receivership Sale of Standalone Memory Care Community Closes
Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Southeast closings continued with the sale of Westminster Memory Care in Lexington, South Carolina. Built in 2020, the Class-A community features 48 units of memory care and high-end finishes. It is set on 6.3 acres, which provides an opportunity for expansion under new ownership. Also, at the time of the sale, the community was fully stabilized, so an expansion may be a good move. It was developed using bond financing, and the original owner was a Southeast-based developer. But the community was under receivership. The asset received significant interest from buyer groups, and the receiver seller, Trinity Investors, got more than eight qualified... Read More »
CCRCs Near Major Hospital Systems Trade Hands
Evans Senior Investments sold a CCRC portfolio in Delaware. Dubbed Project Port, the deal consisted of three CCRCs in Wilmington: Foulk Living, Millcroft Living and Shipley Living, totaling 238 licensed skilled nursing beds and 279 senior housing units. The campuses are also located near five major hospital systems and are well positioned to capture a dominant share of the regional Medicare market. An institutional owner purchased the assets for $135,000 per bed, and partnered with an East Coast-based operator. Read More »
AL/MC Community Sale Presents Stabilization Opportunity
JLL Capital Markets announced it has arranged the off-market sale of Laguna Estates Senior Living, a 168-unit seniors housing community in Carlsbad, California. Built in phases from 1987 to 1995, the community has a mix of assisted living and memory care units spread over four single-story and three-story buildings. It was just 46% occupied at the time of the deal. The buyer was Sunny Hills Management Company. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team representing the seller was led by Senior Managing Director Aaron Rosenzweig and Senior Director Dan Baker. Read More »Schedule a demo
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