• 60 Seconds with Swett: Senior Care’s PR Problem

    Recently, we have seen stories circulating about the connection between REIT ownership and the way skilled nursing facilities provide care, stemming from a study written by the nonprofit journalism outlet KFF Health News. We’ve seen this before, headlines like “real estate investors profit while patients suffer,” usually with graphic cases of... Read More »
  • Blueprint Sets Pricing Record in New York State

    Blueprint advised a repeat private equity client in a record-setting sale of two standalone memory care communities in high barrier-to-entry submarkets in New York State. Combining for 104 units, these assets were purpose-built in the late 1990s and were stabilized at the time of the deal. Not only that, they were generating cash flow in excess... Read More »
  • CareTrust Keeps Its Foot on the Gas

    CareTrust REIT has deployed nearly $1 billion in closed transactions so far this year, after closing around $1.8 billion in investment activity in 2025, and its pipeline includes $450 million of near-term, actionable opportunities, excluding larger portfolio transactions. The REIT announced that it closed a few separate transactions in mid-April,... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Announces Slew of HUD Closings

    VIUM Capital closed four HUD 232/223(f) financings in March totaling more than $63 million across a mix of skilled nursing and seniors housing communities. Two of the financings involved skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma totaling 176 beds. The assets were originally acquired as part of a larger portfolio and refinanced following a... Read More »
  • Lument Secures HUD Express Lane Transaction

    Lument closed a refinance through HUD’s Express Lane for a 120-unit seniors housing community in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built in 2017, Pemberly Place Senior Living features 132 licensed beds and offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It also has an on-site medical clinic to offer a range of other healthcare services. The... Read More »
Seniors Housing Communities Sell in Southwest Florida

Seniors Housing Communities Sell in Southwest Florida

Berkadia has announced a couple of closings in southwest Florida. First, Brooks Minford headed to the Tampa, Florida area to sell a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community on behalf of a local developer that was looking to exit the seniors housing business. They had built Tessera of Brandon in 2017 to feature a mix of 98 assisted living and 40 memory care units. And it was operated by a third-party operator under a net lease, which was terminated upon the sale closing. An Orlando-based owner/operator emerged from an active bidding environment to purchase the community, with plans to add value through census improvement and physical enhancements.  Berkadia’s Ross Sanders, Dave... Read More »
Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has re-entered the seniors housing sphere after its exit in 2008. The company has acquired three communities in Massachusetts, California, and New York, all within a short period.  The Massachusetts community is in Boston, and it offers both independent living and affordable seniors housing units. It appears to be The Woods at Merrimack in Methuen, which was built in 2018 and includes 102 market-rate units with a separate three-story building that encompasses 38 affordable units. The seller, Sunshine Retirement Living, developed the buildings and will continue to operate them. Investcorp purchased the asset in a joint venture with Capitol... Read More »
Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

Stone Brook Assisted Living in the Dallas, Texas MSA, has traded hands from a single-community owner/operator to a regionally-based investor. The seller was looking to enter retirement, and the investor wanted to make their first investment in the seniors housing space. Both seller and buyer agreed to pause the process in Fall 2025 to allow the seller to make some final adjustments, and after picking back up, the transaction moved quickly towards closing. The process was handled by Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate. The physical plant sits in Denison, Texas, and presents well. It totals 44 assisted living units with 60 beds. Read More »
Public Company Divests in Arizona

Public Company Divests in Arizona

A publicly traded company focused on seniors housing recently divested a community in Mesa, Arizona. The asset features 68 assisted living and memory care units, and offered meaningful upside potential. Amy Sitzman, Kyle Hallion and Jake Rice of Blueprint handled the deal, which saw a competitive process with multiple offers from groups looking to expand in the East Valley. The public company ultimately selected a buyer with an established footprint in the market. Read More »
California SNFs Secure HUD Financing

California SNFs Secure HUD Financing

Just a year after funding the acquisition and refinance of two skilled nursing facilities in California, Greystone returned to take the facilities to HUD. Totaling 219 beds, the facilities are located in Menlo Park and Los Banos. Kalesta Healthcare Group acquired them in 2025 and 2021, respectively, and sought a combined refinance in 2025. Grant Goodman of G Capital served as Kalesta’s capital advisor and brought the opportunity to Greystone as part of a competitive debt market process.  In March 2025, Greystone provided a $40.5 million bridge loan with an interest-only term, no recourse and a 24-month term with two six-month extension options. The facilities had recently stabilized,... Read More »
Owner/Operator Grows Its Seniors Housing Portfolio

Owner/Operator Grows Its Seniors Housing Portfolio

1019 Senior Living acquired its second seniors housing community in Ohio, bringing its growing portfolio to six assets. The seller of The Cottages of Clayton was a Tennessee-based skilled nursing provider. Located in Dayton on seven acres, the community consists of six assisted living cottages with 15 units each, totaling 90 beds, and is Medicaid waiver approved. The physical plant presents well, originally built in 2000 with renovations completed in 2024 and 2025. 1019 Senior Living plans to implement light refreshes across the individual cottages.  At the time of the sale, the community was 97% occupied, supported by a strong local reputation and steady referral sources, and was... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors housing combined with rising prices in the M&A market would kick off a new building boom. We doubt there will be any “boom” in 2026, but the signs are there for increased activity. A couple of architects we spoke to at NIC said they were busier than ever, even if most builders are not putting as many shovels in dirt as they would like. The main... Read More »
Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior Investments was able to identify over $250,000 in potential annual savings on rehabilitation expenses and $87,000 in pharmacy savings. And the firm drove a competitive bidding process that successfully secured a record price of $20 million, or $156,250 per bed, based on the facility’s future stabilized potential rather than its current performance. The deal... Read More »
Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than skilled nursing. Occupancy was nearly full, and the facility was profitable but operated below a 10% margin. The local owner, Steve Dashevsky, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on the facility in December 2024, around 16 years after he originally purchased the rest home. And SLIB was engaged by the seller and bankruptcy counsel to market... Read More »
Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in Phoenix that will be taken over by Stellar Senior Living as the operator.  The Retreat at Alameda broke ground in 2019, with Paradigm Senior Living operating the community upon opening in 2020. It was apparently approaching stabilized occupancy and positive cash flow, but it was not stabilized nor a cap rate deal. Knowles and Stahler... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and attractive RevPORs. But there is still occupancy and rate-driven NOI upside for the buyer, an active public REIT that will retain Triple Crown Senior Living as the operator under a RIDEA structure. Kyle Hallion, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly handled the process, which was highly competitive with significant interest from public REITs, regional... Read More »