• Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

    Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk.... Read More »
  • Ikaria Announces $1 Billion in Q4 Volume

    Ikaria Capital Group closed out a successful 2025, announcing several significant transactions in the fourth quarter that exceeded $1 billion in volume. The activity comprises financings in the seniors housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health sectors across multiple states and borrowers.  The largest deal was a $595.5 million senior... Read More »
  • PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

    A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting... Read More »
  • Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

    Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds,... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

    The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by... Read More »
Hotel Developer Divests Non-Stabilized, Class-A Asset to Sonida Senior Living

Hotel Developer Divests Non-Stabilized, Class-A Asset to Sonida Senior Living

Austin Diamond and Nick Stahler of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap announced their role representing the seller of a 98-unit assisted living/memory care community in Mansfield, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth area). Sonida Senior Living was the buyer, paying $15.55 million, or $159,200 per unit, which was funded with cash on hand and proceeds from its senior secured revolving credit facility. The Knapp-Stahler Group navigated a challenging renegotiation at the expiration of due diligence, ensuring a favorable outcome and smooth closing for all parties. That is an attractive price, from Sonida’s perspective, for a 2016-vintage, recently-renovated, Class-A property, which Sonida... Read More »
Stabilized Seniors Housing Community Trades Hands 

Stabilized Seniors Housing Community Trades Hands 

Blueprint handled the sale of an 80-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Syracuse, New York MSA. At the time of marketing, it was generating strong cash flow and had recently benefited from significant renovations, positioning it as stabilized. Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly, Jacob Gehl and Dillon Rudy handled the transaction. A diverse buyer pool was targeted, including local, regional and national groups. The process generated three competitive offers, ultimately resulting in the selection of a regional owner with an existing footprint. The buyer will retain the incumbent operator. Read More »
Wyoming SNF in UPL Program Refinances

Wyoming SNF in UPL Program Refinances

KC Peterson of PM Advisors secured a HUD refinance of a 60-bed skilled nursing facility in Evanston, Wyoming. The refinance, which totaled just under $4 million, was completed through Bedford Lending, a direct HUD lender. Prior to entering the 232 program, the facility had completed necessary capital improvements including adding a large multiday generator.  PM Advisors refinanced the entirety of the existing loans and capital improvement debts. The project is the first and only UPL project in Wyoming, with North Big Horn Hospital District as the sublessee operator. HUD has previously approved this legal structure with Indiana, Utah and Texas (with its QIPP program) hospital operators on... Read More »
CareTrust REIT’s CFO/Treasurer Plans to Retire

CareTrust REIT’s CFO/Treasurer Plans to Retire

CareTrust REIT announced that William M. Wagner, the company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, plans to retire in early 2026. Wagner has been with the REIT since its inception in 2014, following its spin-off from The Ensign Group. Derek Bunker, who currently serves as CareTrust’s Senior Vice President of Strategy and Investor Relations, is expected to succeed Wagner as CFO effective January 1, 2026. Bunker has more than a decade of healthcare leadership experience, including as Vice President of Acquisitions and Business Legal Affairs at The Ensign Group, and more recently as Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President at The Pennant Group, another Ensign spin-off. ... Read More »
Ownership Group Exits Kentucky with Sale to NY-Based Owner/Operator

Ownership Group Exits Kentucky with Sale to NY-Based Owner/Operator

Blueprint was engaged in early 2025 by a long-tenured ownership group in the sale of its high-performing skilled nursing and memory care property in Kentucky. The seller is well established with deep roots in the Commonwealth, with this sale marking its final healthcare asset in Kentucky after a 40-year history of operating there. Built in 1949, Wellington Parc of Owensboro holds a four-star CMS rating and comprises 80 beds. Like others in the state, it benefited from Kentucky’s favorable Medicaid reimbursement environment, with strong current per diem rates and scheduled 2025 inflationary increases, as well as additional CMI expansion potential. The marketing process was highly targeted... Read More »
HUD Announces Loan Sale

HUD Announces Loan Sale

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced Healthcare Loan Sale 2026-1 (HLS 2026-1). On October 22, 2025, HUD will offer eight (8) Secretary-held, non-performing commercial mortgage loans for sale. The portfolio consists of Section 232 vacant healthcare loans with a combined unpaid principal balance of approximately $58 million. Each loan is secured by a first-lien mortgage on healthcare facilities located across Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Missouri and Minnesota. HUD reserves the right to add or remove loans from the sale at its discretion. For further details regarding the healthcare loans offered in the HLS 2026-1 auction, please visit... Read More »

Ignite Medical Resort Crown Point LLC Profiled in M&A Activity in LevinPro Database

Ignite Medical Resort Crown Point LLC has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. The Medicare-licensed facility is a private skilled nursing facility situated at 1555 S Main St in Crown Point, Indiana. LevinPro, which tracks M&A activity across more than a dozen healthcare sectors from hospitals and home health to medical real estate and biopharma, profiled the transaction involving Ignite Medical Resort Crown Point LLC in its deal database, which is available to subscribers here. LevinPro has tracked thousands of deals in the skilled nursing facility sector throughout its history. To see the underlying deal data, or for information on... Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: The Future of Seniors Housing

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: The Future of Seniors Housing

Five years ago, at the onset of the COVID pandemic, I wrote a long white paper on the future of seniors housing based on what was happening in the Spring of 2020. The future was questionable. Now, five years later, it seems as if nothing has changed, and everything has changed. I had to miss my first Fall NIC in 35 years, but I heard there was a lot of talk about the future and what may happen, and that the “feel” today was much like the post-recession years of 2013 to 2017. Everything looking up, values rising, investors jumping in, sentiment at a recent peak, lenders very competitive, and so on. The only thing missing today compared with back then is the lack of new development. So,... Read More »
Operationally-Challenged CCRC Transitions to Lease Option

Operationally-Challenged CCRC Transitions to Lease Option

Blueprint was engaged to market a 225-unit CCRC in St. Louis, Missouri, that was experiencing operational challenges. The seller, a large owner/operator, was looking to address immediate performance issues and position the asset for long-term stability and value. So, the deal was marketed either as an outright sale or a lease with a purchase option.  Following a competitive process, the selected transaction structure was a lease with a purchase option. The incoming operator, a regional owner/operator, brings local market knowledge with an established footprint in Missouri as well as Illinois. Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly handled the transaction. Read More »
Senior Care Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

Senior Care Portfolio Secures Bridge Loan

Capital Funding Group closed a $121.5 million bridge loan. The deal supports the refinancing of twelve skilled nursing and assisted living properties, with ten in Texas and two in Maryland, featuring a total of 1,625 beds. Tim Eberhardt, Craig Casagrande and Catherine Mansel originated the transaction, which closed in September. This follows CFG’s announcement that highlighted the closing of six deals for over $86 million in financing on behalf of nationally recognized borrowers. The deals supported financing for two memory care communities, four skilled nursing facilities and one psychiatric hospital throughout Missouri, California, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. CFG closed the... Read More »
Class-A Arizona AL/MC Community Joins Welltower’s Portfolio

Class-A Arizona AL/MC Community Joins Welltower’s Portfolio

Welltower has acquired a 118-unit assisted living/memory care community in Marana, Arizona, northeast of Tucson. The Watermark at Continental Ranch was developed in 2019 by Kayne Anderson Real Estate and Watermark Senior Living. Watermark bought the land in 2017 for $1.34 million, and Kayne Anderson bought the community in 2019 upon receipt of the certificate of occupancy and licensure, according to the deal in LevinPro LTC. BMO Harris Bank financed that purchase with a $21 million credit facility. There are studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts, plus specialized memory care wings. Welltower has rebranded the community Cogir at Continental Ranch. Read More »