• 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: You’ve Got To Be Kidding

    Sadly, we are not kidding. President Trump has shown his true colors, and his true loyalty to the almighty dollar, with yet another pardon of one of the bad boys of senior care. But this bad boy is the worst of the group. We are referring to the just announced pardon of criminal Joseph Schwartz, the former owner of Skyline Health. Several months... Read More »
  • Publicly Traded REIT Divests Seniors Housing Portfolio

    A Wisconsin-based developer sold its five seniors housing properties in the Badger State to LTC Properties. Tukka Properties has a longstanding relationship with Walker & Dunlop, which had secured development debt, equity and permanent financing for the assets over the years and had also sold a Tukka-developed property to Welltower in 2021... Read More »
  • Sale Revives Stalled Seniors Housing Development

    Blueprint closed on the sale of a partially developed seniors housing community in Pearland, Texas. Originally planned as a 198-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community on 9.6 acres, the project was approximately 60% complete when development stalled. Blueprint targeted seniors housing operators and developers, as well... Read More »
  • MONTICELLOAM Closes One of Its Largest Financings

    In one of the largest financings the firm has ever completed, MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, funded $470.5 million in total bridge and working capital financing for a sixteen-facility skilled nursing portfolio. The sponsor group, which owns and operates over 200 skilled nursing facilities across the country, used the $455.5... Read More »
  • Cash Flowing Assets Trade in Florida and Oregon

    Blueprint was engaged by a repeat institutional private equity client in the sale of a Class-A assisted living/memory care community in the Clearwater, Florida MSA. The community has received investments over the years and offered immediate in-place NOI and strong operating margins, while presenting some value-add opportunities. Kyle Hallion,... Read More »

Ignite Medical Resort Chesterton Featured in LevinPro Database

Ignite Medical Resort Chesterton, a Medicare-licensed private skilled nursing facility situated at 2775 Village Pt in Chesterton, Indiana, has been linked to a merger or acquisition according to the LevinPro M&A deal database. LevinPro is known for tracking M&A activity across more than a dozen healthcare sectors ranging from hospitals and home health to medical real estate and biopharma. They have profiled the transaction involving Ignite Medical Resort Chesterton in their comprehensive deal database, readily available to subscribers. Throughout its operation, LevinPro has diligently tracked thousands of deals in the skilled nursing facility sector, showcasing its expertise and... Read More »
Harrison Street Divests Long Island Portfolio

Harrison Street Divests Long Island Portfolio

Harrison Street Asset Management sold five Class-A seniors housing communities throughout central Long Island and New York in a transaction valued at more than $600 million. Newmark handled the deal.  The portfolio comprises five assets, developed in partnership with B2K Development between 2016 and 2022. The communities have delivered strong operating performance. The Long Island Business News identified the five properties as part of the “Bristal” brand of assisted living communities, including Bristal Assisted Living in Mount Sinai, Bristal in West Babylon, Bristal in Holtsville, Bristal in Bethpage and Bristal in Jericho, all totaling more than 850 units.  That would put the... Read More »
Mid-Year 2025 Valuation Stats Update Webinar

Mid-Year 2025 Valuation Stats Update Webinar

The SeniorCare Investor hosted its Mid-Year 2025 Valuation Stats Update webinar, sponsored by HealthTrust. Managing Editor Ben Swett moderated the discussion and presented the latest M&A and valuation statistics derived from LevinPro LTC’s proprietary database, updated through the most recent four-quarter period. He was joined by panelists Colleen Blumenthal, COO of Healthtrust, Aron Will, Vice Chairman of Capital Markets at CBRE, and Travis Wiebe, Asset Manager at AEW, for a conversation on current trends in the market, potential pitfalls to avoid in the dealmaking process and 2026 M&A strategies. Read More »
Vacant SNF Trades Hands in Missouri

Vacant SNF Trades Hands in Missouri

Blueprint was engaged by a regional owner/operator, subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York, to conduct a comprehensive marketing process for the sale of Liberty Health and Wellness in Liberty, Missouri. Formerly a 143-bed, highly-profitable and well-occupied skilled nursing facility, the asset encountered regulatory and survey challenges that led to its decertification from CMS and the Missouri Department of Health and Service Services. Shortly after the marketing campaign launched in March, the facility closed. Blueprint repositioned the 75-unit facility offering to appeal to skilled nursing, behavioral health and other alternative-use... Read More »
Berkadia Arranges Bridge Loan

Berkadia Arranges Bridge Loan

Steven Muth, Austin Sacco and Garrett Sacco of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare recently utilized Berkadia’s bridge lending program to secure $10 million in bridge financing for a repeat client Pacific Northwest sponsor.  The loan proceeds were used to retire existing debt on a 60-unit memory care community in Sequim, Washington, while also returning equity to the sponsor. At underwriting, the community was 87% occupied with a LTV of 57.5%. The 24-month, interest-only bridge loan was structured to meet HUD’s debt seasoning requirements, with Berkadia anticipating permanent HUD financing for the facility in early 2027. Read More »
South Carolina IL/AL Community Gets New Owner

South Carolina IL/AL Community Gets New Owner

Following its involvement in the sale of Church Hill Village in Newtown, Connecticut, to National Development and Benchmark Senior Living (plus Harrison Street’s sale of a Long Island portfolio), Newmark handled another transaction featuring another high-end asset. Developed by Bayshore Retirement Living in 2019, The Bayshore on Hilton Head Island comprises 126 independent living and assisted living units in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It also expanded in 2023 with 26 additional IL villas.  Occupancy has consistently been strong, and we imagine the operating margin was quite healthy, too. Life Care Services was the in-place operator. The ultimate buyer was not disclosed, but... Read More »
Helios Arranges Refinance of Arkansas Community

Helios Arranges Refinance of Arkansas Community

Helios Healthcare Advisors arranged a $11.63 million refinance for a 191-unit/231-bed portfolio of assisted living and memory care communities in Arkansas on behalf of a regional owner/operator. Spread across four locations in the Ouachita Mountain region of Arkansas and primarily serving a Medicaid population, the portfolio is a sub-set of the borrower’s larger operation. It experienced challenges associated with rising costs and little to no reimbursement rate relief from the Living Choice Medicaid waiver program.  The ask did not pencil out at the time it initially went to market and there was pressure from the borrower’s lender, which had inherited the credit through a recent... Read More »
Class-A Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinance

Class-A Seniors Housing Portfolio Secures Refinance

BWE closed a $330 million financing on behalf of Spectrum Retirement Communities. The transaction refinances an eight-property Class-A seniors housing portfolio developed by the sponsor. They are in major metropolitan areas in four states across the Midwest and Southwest. Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris of BWE’s National Seniors Housing and Care team arranged the financing. The transaction attracted strong interest and competition from an array of lenders, including agencies, life insurance companies, banks and private credit firms. Ultimately, a global private credit investor provided the non-recourse financing, which includes full-term interest-only, a highly competitive interest rate, and... Read More »

Texas Nursing & Rehab Incorporated in High-Profile M&A Deal in LevinPro Database

Texas Nursing & Rehab has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. The Medicare-licensed facility is a not-for-profit skilled nursing facility situated at 3428 Moulton Rd in Gonzales, Texas. It was incorporated on May 13, 1975. 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 Texas Nursing & Rehab in its deal database, which is available to subscribers. 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 »
American Healthcare REIT Acquires AL/MC Portfolio

American Healthcare REIT Acquires AL/MC Portfolio

DMK Development Group divested a seniors housing portfolio in the Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky MSAs. The four communities were purposefully developed within a 50-mile radius to enhance operational efficiencies.  They total 316 assisted living and memory care units, and were all opened between late 2020 and early 2022. Trilogy Health Services, a long-time operating partner of DMK’s, managed the portfolio throughout lease-up and stabilization. DMK developed the portfolio with the help of several banking partners, including Stock Yards Bank & Trust, Republic Bank, Independence Bank and Old National Bank. American Healthcare REIT acquired the communities for $65.3 million, or... Read More »