• Public REIT Acquires New England Seniors Housing Portfolio

    Blueprint announced that it handled the sale of a three-community private pay seniors housing portfolio in Rhode Island. A Dallas-based private equity firm engaged Blueprint in 2025 to sell the portfolio, which it acquired with Capital Health Group in 2019. The assets comprise 367 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in the... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Exits Senior Care Industry

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage completed a regional owner/operator’s exit from the seniors housing industry with a third and final disposition. The asset was The Homestead in Fallon, Nevada, about one hour east of Reno. It was originally built between 1972 and 1980 and has undergone significant renovations in 2007 and 2018. Most recently, in... Read More »
  • Well-Performing SNF Trades in Iowa

    A skilled nursing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that boasted strong occupancy levels and consistent cash flow traded hands. The facility had long-standing referral relationships and a reliable census pipeline. But, there is still room for upside.  Ownership was intentional in selecting a buyer that would preserve and build upon the facility’s... Read More »
  • Class-A Active Adult Community Trades

    An active adult community north of Houston, Texas, sold with the help of Cody Tremper, Mike Garbers, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare. Alders Magnolia encompasses 184 units in Magnolia, and was built in 2021. The seller was Capitol Seniors Housing, and the buyer was Texas-based active adult development and... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests to For-Profit Owner/Operator

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors announced the closing of two separate senior care sales. First, Brandon Bohland and Collin Hempfling handled a faith-based not-for-profit organization’s divestment of a senior care campus in the Charlotte, North Carolina MSA. The campus has a 50-bed skilled nursing facility and a 96-bed assisted living... Read More »
Brookdale Senior Living Reports December Occupancy

Brookdale Senior Living Reports December Occupancy

Sometimes no news is good news. After two straight months of declines, Brookdale SeniorLiving reported that December’s month-end occupancy remained flat with November at 78.1%.That can be considered good news since we are in the beginning of what could be a terrible fluand COVID season. In addition, weighted average occupancy remained flat from November to December at 77.0%,after dropping by 20 basis points in November. If they can hold the line for the next threemonths, the company could start to see some improvement in the second quarter. Weightedaverage occupancy peaked in October at 77.2%, while month-end occupancy peaked inSeptember at 78.4%. So far this year, after a dismal 2022,... Read More »
Two End-of-Year Deals from Blueprint

Two End-of-Year Deals from Blueprint

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced a couple other late-2022 transactions in the Midwest. The first deal featured an active adult community in the Dayton, Ohio MSA selling to a private equity investor and operator that is looking to expand through an aggressive acquisition strategy. Built in the mid-2000s, the 40-unit community was nearly 100% occupied. It was previously owned by a regional owner/operator that had sold two nearby skilled nursing facilities at the end of 2021, one of which was adjacent to the active adult community. The same PE buyer had acquired those SNFs, and adding this community, plus a 12,000-square-foot office building and a 5.7-acre parcel, made... Read More »
SLIB Announces 150th Texas Transaction

SLIB Announces 150th Texas Transaction

To kick off 2023, Matthew Alley and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a 132-bed skilled nursing facility in Sherman, Texas, marking the 150th building that Mr. Alley and SLIB have sold in the Lone Star State across more than 16 years. They represented a private partnership based in Dallas in the deal. While a large share of SNFs were built 40 or more years ago, this facility was built in 2006. It currently operates with 115 beds and is 63% occupied. On a trailing-six-month basis, the facility was generating more than $60,000 in EBITDAR on $6.87 million of revenues. Any positive cash flow in the SNF sector should generate interest from buyers, and a Fort Worth-based... Read More »
Grandbridge Handles High-End CCRC Sale in Naples

Grandbridge Handles High-End CCRC Sale in Naples

A high-end CCRC in Naples, Florida in financial distress sold to Life Care Services in a deal handled by Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Senior Housing Investment Sales team led by Dave Kliewer and Jay Jordan. Opened in 2015 on 39 acres in the Lely Resort master-planned community of Naples, the community offers 47 independent living cottages, 128 IL units, 42 assisted living units, 37 memory care units and 44 skilled nursing units, with plenty of amenities. Entrance fees average around $950,000, which would certainly put the community on the high end of the Naples area. However, the community was in default on around $136.32 million of Series 2013 and 2015 bonds (as of June 1, 2022) plus... Read More »

Live Oak Bank/Berkadia Close Utah Loan

Live Oak Bank closed a $16.3 million A/B unitranche loan for an owner/operator of skilled nursing facilities in Utah. Berkadia Commercial Mortgage’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare Group assisted in the process, too. The financing provided bridge-to-HUD debt for a 38-bed transitional care/skilled nursing facility that opened in 2019 and provides short-term rehabilitation services. The loan announcement comes after Live Oak Bank closed a $13 million loan to refinance a 94-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lawrenceville, Georgia. That property also opened in 2019 and was leasing up when the pandemic began. So, the loan allows for additional time to fill the community before a... Read More »
Lument Refinances Two Oklahoma SNFs

Lument Refinances Two Oklahoma SNFs

Lument closed $16.9 million in HUD financing for two skilled nursing facilities in Oklahoma. The two skilled nursing facilities combine for a total of 266 beds. One was built in 2006, with an addition completed in 2010, while the larger facility was built in 1953 and renovated in 1967, 1985 and 2018. Bill Wilson, managing director at Lument, arranged the loans, which were issued with 35-year amortizations and fixed interest rates. They replaced existing variable-rate, personally guaranteed commercial bank debt and also reimbursed nearly $2 million of the borrower’s previous capital expenditures. Read More »
LTC Properties Makes Large North Carolina Acquisition

LTC Properties Makes Large North Carolina Acquisition

LTC Properties announced an approximate $128 million investment in 12 assisted living/memory care communities with a combined 937 licensed beds in 568 units. Spread out in North Carolina, the communities are currently owned and operated by an existing LTC partner.  The majority of LTC’s investment is structured as a joint venture to acquire 11 of the properties, and a minor portion totaling $11 million is structured as a senior mortgage loan secured by one property with a two-year term and interest-only rate of 7.25%, at an IRR of 9.0%. LTC has a 97% ownership in the $121 million joint venture with the current operator for the purchase of the 11 properties. The communities will be... Read More »
Newmark Sells Project Freedom Portfolio

Newmark Sells Project Freedom Portfolio

In the waning days of 2022, the Newmark Seniors Housing Team sold a large assisted living portfolio in Pennsylvania and Michigan. Dubbed “Project Freedom,” the portfolio consists of eight communities and 744 private pay units, featuring a mix of assisted living and memory care. These communities are located in smaller submarkets and have an average age of approximately 20 years, which leaves room for some capital improvement projects for the new owner. Persimmon Ventures, LLC began acquiring the communities in 2016 after having built and sold a 10-facility skilled nursing portfolio over the previous eight years. Persimmon and its joint venture partner on the portfolio, Big Bay Ventures,... Read More »
Knapp-Stahler Group Sells Lone Star State SNF

Knapp-Stahler Group Sells Lone Star State SNF

Nick Stahler and Austin Diamond of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap sold a skilled nursing facility in Tyler, Texas for $7.5 million, or $62,500 per bed. The 120-bed facility was built in 1982 and is situated on 3.75 acres. It had historically experienced difficulty with occupancy, but the pandemic worsened the situation, bringing occupancy down to the mid-50s at the time of the transaction.  Despite those challenges, the seller, a regional Texas owner/operator, managed to maintain a strong patient mix and positive cash flow. In the last year, SNFs with solid operations generated healthy interest from investors, and the Knapp-Stahler Group produced multiple offers for... Read More »
SLIB Handles Utah Deal

SLIB Handles Utah Deal

Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a stand-alone memory care community in Clinton, Utah (Ogden–Clearfield area). Built in 2016, the community has 66 beds in 45 units. A national owner/operator seeking to sell non-core assets was the seller. The buyer was a family office located in the Western U.S., which will be using Ridgeline Management Company to operate the community.  The same SLIB trio also sold Pheasant Run in South Jordan, Utah. Built in 2015, the memory care community also comprises 66 beds and 45 units and sits on three acres just south of Salt Lake City. Read More »
Midcap Financial Closes Loan on a Seniors Housing Portfolio

Midcap Financial Closes Loan on a Seniors Housing Portfolio

MidCap Financial announced the closing of a transaction with a joint venture between NexCore Group and an affiliate of Heitman LLC. The floating-rate first mortgage loan facilitated the recapitalization of six seniors housing communities totaling 821 independent living, assisted living and memory care units across the southeast. All of the communities are located in Florida.  The operator of the communities will be NexCore’s seniors housing development and management division, Experience Senior Living. MidCap Financial’s loan is structured to both facilitate the recapitalization of the communities and provide future funding to complete construction of one of the... Read More »