• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »

Upscale Utah Community Refinances Through Freddie Mac

KeyBank Real Estate Capital announced that it has secured a $68.3 million permanent loan through Freddie Mac for a seniors housing property in Utah. The Woodbury Corporation, Colmena Group, and Western States Lodging are refinancing the newly constructed Legacy Village of Sugar House in Salt Lake City. Set within the master-planned Sugar House neighborhood, the 10-story luxury senior housing property features independent living, assisted living and memory care units. There is also retail and commercial parking space, and the community offers mountain views from every residential floor. Morgin Morris of KeyBank structured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan with an initial five-year period of... Read More »

Helios Structures Sale of Well-Occupied Massachusetts SNF

Helios Healthcare Advisors announced the sale of a 144-bed skilled nursing facility in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Maples Rehabilitation and Nursing Center was a family-run skilled nursing and a 29-bed early education daycare center in operation for the past 60 years. However, the original family that founded Maples in 1963 decided to exit the industry. Some of the largest owner/operators and investors in New England looked at the facility, but Southborough, Massachusetts-based Alliance Health and Human Services was selected as the buyer. At the time of transaction Maple’s occupancy was at 95% with a quality mix above 40%. The transaction process involved three different licensure... Read More »

The Prestige Group Sells Philly-Area Community

The Prestige Group announced the sale of an assisted living community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1926, Parkside Manor features 51 units and sits on 1.4 acres. Joe Shallow and Richard Natow handled the transaction. Both the seller and buyer of the community were not disclosed. Last week, according to Levin Pro LTC, The Prestige Group also closed the sale of an assisted living community in Georgetown County, South Carolina. The 48-unit community sits on 8.2 acres just south of Myrtle Beach. In addition, Prestige recently closed the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Connecticut. Featuring 46 beds, the facility sits on 8.5 acres in Watertown. Read More »

Zeigler Secures Financing for California CCRC

Ziegler closed $36.0 million in financing for Northern California Congregational Retirement Homes, Inc, doing business as Carmel Valley Manor. The borrower was issued Series 2022 bonds, which will be used together with an equity contribution to fund various campus improvement projects, refinance existing bank debt, fund capitalized interest, fund a debt service reserve fund, and pay costs of issuance. The bonds were issued through the California Municipal Finance Authority and amortized over a 30-year period. They were also issued with a seven-year call at 103, declining to par in 2032. Carmel Valley Manor is a California not-for-profit public benefit corporation that operates a CCRC on 25... Read More »

Helios Closes Seven-SNF Texas Transaction

A skilled nursing portfolio sold in Texas with the help of Chicago-based Helios Healthcare advisors. The seller, a regional developer, engaged Helios to sell the real estate of seven facilities, which were subject to existing leases with two of the largest operators in the state. Comprising 852 beds, these facilities were on average 14 years old (relatively young for the sector), the portfolio’s leases were non-performing due to the pandemic. But demand for SNFs is high, and 12 offers were procured from various healthcare real estate investment groups that ranged from publicly traded entities to private family offices. In the end, an Arkansas-based real estate investment group paid $57.8... Read More »

SLIB Sells Two AL Communities in South Florida

A skilled nursing operator exited its last two assisted living assets, with Brad Clousing and Daniel Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the transaction. Located in Lauderhill, Florida, Lenox on the Lake features 133 beds in 127 units, with a mix of assisted living and memory care. Majestic Memory Care in Hollywood, Florida, has 65 units and 115 beds of strictly memory care. Both assets were sold to a regional owner/operator based in South Florida with a growing regional presence. Read More »

Blueprint Closes High-Priced SNF Sale in Florida

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors made its mark at the NIC Fall Conference with three transaction announcements revealed while the industry descended on D.C. First, Blueprint closed the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Florida. Southern Oaks Care Center of Pensacola, Florida is a 210-bed facility that rebounded to pre-pandemic occupancy of 91% with over $4.0 million in annualized trailing EBITDAR, generating a 21.0% operating margin. Plus, Southern Oaks was slated to benefit from the upcoming Medicaid reimbursement rate increase, so there is still room for growth. A cash-flowing SNF is a hot commodity right now, and a competitive bidding process saw an out-of-state partnership... Read More »

Evans Senior Investments Sells in Indiana

Amid a spate of September transactions, Evans Senior Investments announced the sale of a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Indiana. The team worked on behalf of the seller, a regional owner/operator, to market the facility and showcase the potential for additional revenue with the facility’s recently renegotiated UPL contract with a local hospital. At the time of marketing, the facility posted $10.2 million in total revenue with an above-average operating margin of over 30%, and it was 71% occupied. On the other hand, there was a significant Medicaid rate decrease from the July 2022 Medicaid rates released by the state of Indiana, so not all will be rosy going forward. But that operating... Read More »

VIUM Capital’s Active August

VIUM Capital announced a plethora of transactions in the month of August, totaling approximately $200 million across six financings. The firm first closed a bridge acquisition loan for a pair of skilled nursing facilities in Arkansas. The loan totaled $19.9 million. VIUM next closed a bridge refinance with an earn-out structure for a 50-bed assisted living community in the state of Florida. Arranged for 428 Healthcare, which wanted to take equity out of a well-performing asset that it had purchased in 2019, the loan totaled $7.7 million ($3.7 million of initial funding with $4 million in earn-outs). After a two-year seasoning process, the loan will be submitted to HUD. To close out the... Read More »

Knapp-Stahler Group Closes Oregon Transaction

Nick Stahler and Michael Mooney of The Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus and Millichap sold a37-unit residential care facility in Oregon that specializes in traumatic brain injuries and other cognitive disorders. The property sold for $9.25 million or $250,000 per unit. It maintained strong occupancy and financial performance throughout the pandemic. Plus, the regional owner/operator buyer which has a presence in the state sees upside in revenues and margin, which we imagine helped the deal pencil out for them. The sellers developed and operated the facility over the past 20 years and were able to secure multiple offers on the property. Read More »

Lloyd Jones Gets Bigger in Texas

Lloyd Jones continues to march across the country acquiring senior living communities that have included trophy properties and value-add opportunities, alike. The investment firm just bought a 75-unit senior living community in Granbury, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA) from Living Care Lifestyles for an undisclosed amount. JLL Capital Markets’ Charles Bissell and Dean Ferris represented the seller in the transaction. Quail Park of Granbury consists of 41 independent living, 15 assisted living and 19 memory care units across a 30-acre campus. On the property, there are also 20 acres available for future development, which was appealing to Lloyd Jones. At the time of closing, the community was... Read More »