• SLIB’s Active Start to May 

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage hit a rich vein of activity at the start of May, reporting several closings for seniors housing and skilled nursing assets. First, Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell, Vince Viverito and Jake Anderson facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Grants Pass, Oregon. Built in the 1960s, Oak Lane Retirement... Read More »
  • Final Asset Closes in SNF Portfolio Acquired by Ensign

    The Ensign Group acquired the real estate and operations of Marianwood Health and Rehabilitation, a 117-bed skilled nursing facility in Issaquah, Washington. The real estate was acquired by a subsidiary of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Inc., Ensign’s captive real estate company, and will be operated by an Ensign-affiliated tenant. The... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Secures Financing for Two Standalone-Memory Care Communities

    BWE, together with Blueprint Capital Markets, closed two loans totaling $17.82 million to provide financing for the acquisition of two Class-A memory care communities: Windsong at Southridge ($10.42 million) and Windsong at Eola Hills ($7.4 million). Lundat Kassa of BWE handled the financing, having been brought onto the deal by the team at... Read More »
  • Montgomery Intermediary Group Announces M&A and Financing Activity

    Montgomery Intermediary Group continued its active 2025 with a financing and two recent M&A closings. First, Jeremy Warren worked on behalf of an owner/operator seeking to recapitalize a 210-unit assisted living community that was originally a purpose-built hotel. The goal was to generate cash for ownership and to finance cosmetic renovations... Read More »
  • Live Oak Closes Bridge-to-Sale Loan

    In April 2025, Live Oak Bank closed a $25 million bridge loan for a Harbert Seniors Housing Fund I, LP-held seniors housing community. The loan provides a bridge-to-sale and features a three-year initial term, 36 months of interest-only payments and $2.8 million in potential future earnout proceeds. Loan proceeds were used to return capital to... Read More »
Let’s Talk About Higher Wages

Let’s Talk About Higher Wages

To succeed this decade, seniors housing and care will have to deal with its wage structure in order to succeed. The title today, Let’s Talk About Higher Wages, was actually the title of last Sunday’s editorial in The New York Times. As many of you know by now, there is not much I agree with in The Times, because of its liberal bias in general, and its frequent attacks on nursing homes.  While the editorial was more from a policy perspective, believing that higher wages will drive economic growth, I still believe labor and wages will be “the” key issue moving forward in our sector, post-pandemic, of course. I keep hearing of staffing shortages in our sector, and this at a time when... Read More »
SLIB Handles DHC’s Latest Divestment

SLIB Handles DHC’s Latest Divestment

Diversified Healthcare Trust’s divestment strategy certainly wound down in 2020, but nine more senior living properties have so far sold this year. The most recent closing was for a 137-unit/bed rental CCRC in North Platte, Nebraska, which according to the REIT’s third quarter supplemental report sold for $3.0 million, or $21,900 per unit/bed. Built in stages from 1988 to 1997, the community has grown to include 68 skilled nursing beds in 62 units, 57 assisted living beds in 42 units and 27 independent living one-bedroom units. Occupancy was around 80% in May but began to improve throughout the summer until a COVID outbreak at the end of September.  The non-core property was marketed... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Five Skilled Nursing Facilities

Blueprint Sells Five Skilled Nursing Facilities

The team at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced a couple of closings, including a skilled nursing portfolio deal in Texas and a SNF sale in Rhode Island. The Texas transaction featured four skilled nursing facilities and a combined 340 beds that were owned by a REIT. Two of the facilities were built in the late-1960s/early-1970s and two in 2000. They are spread out in suburban and rural areas with relatively low average market census.   Three of them were also enrolled in QIPP. The REIT was winding down its relationship with the in-place, in-state provider, hence the sale. Two buyers emerged, a growing Texas operator and a large, national owner/operator, which acquired the... Read More »
OH-Based Buyer Purchases Pittsburgh-Area SNF

OH-Based Buyer Purchases Pittsburgh-Area SNF

An Ohio-based owner/operator bought a Pittsburgh-area skilled nursing facility in a deal arranged by Evans Senior Investments. Built in 1995 and maintaining a four-star rating, this 120-bed facility was locally owned and operated. However, this was the seller’s only skilled nursing facility, and occupancy stood at just 72%. High expenses also resulted in barely $50,000 of NOI on about $8.93 million of revenues, and performance was declining.   So, Evans ran a confidential marketing process to a group of regional owner/operators and obtained six competitive offers within 30 days. An Ohio-based owner/operator wishing to grow its presence in Pennsylvania ended up as the buyer,... Read More »
Two REITs Close Couple of Loans

Two REITs Close Couple of Loans

A couple of REITs in good financial shape (and still open to making new investments) announced a couple of loans closed for senior care facilities. CareTrust REIT completed a $15 million secured mezzanine loan for Next Healthcare’s acquisition of a nine-property skilled nursing portfolio with approximately 1,000 beds in Virginia. The loan came with a five-year term and annual interest rate of 12%, with CareTrust funding it from its $600 million unsecured revolving credit facility. White Oak Healthcare Finance was the senior lender on the deal. Then, National Health Investors funded a $22.2 million construction loan for the development of a 110-unit senior living community in Sussex,... Read More »
Colliers International Handles Two Transactions

Colliers International Handles Two Transactions

Colliers International has been busy this week, closing the sale of a Section 8 senior apartment community in New Jersey and also a trio of HUD mortgages for three market-rate senior co-ops in the Midwest. First, to the sale. Colliers represented Squiretown Properties LLC in its disposition of a 405-unit community in this Newark suburb of East Orange. Built in 1980, but with no major renovations since then, the community’s affordability status was set to expire in 10 years. However, a partnership between Community Preservation Partners and L+M Development Partners has extended that to 30-years with their acquisition of the community. The purchase price totaled $94 million, or $232,100 per... Read More »
National HealthCare Corporation Divests St. Louis-Area SNF

National HealthCare Corporation Divests St. Louis-Area SNF

After an attempt to replace its 282-bed skilled nursing facility in Town and Country, Missouri (St. Louis MSA) with a senior living community, and then running into zoning and planning problems earlier this year, National HealthCare Corporation (NHC) decided to sell the facility instead to a St. Louis-based owner/operator. Census challenges and quality of care issues plagued the SNF for several years.   Like so many facilities across the country, this was also an older property (built in 1962). So, NHC worked with Ryan Companies to develop a new 187-unit senior living community which would feature independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The cost was estimated to be... Read More »
Virginia SNF Sells With Monticello Financing

Virginia SNF Sells With Monticello Financing

MONTICELLOAM, LLC (Monticello) has provided $42.08 million in first lien debt to support the acquisition of a large skilled nursing facility in Virginia. The buyer was an experienced owner/operator that has previously worked with Monticello, including the funding of several other skilled nursing acquisitions in 2020. Monticello also provided a $3.5 million working capital loan to the facility’s operating company.  Read More »
An Interview with Hamilton Insurance

An Interview with Hamilton Insurance

Nearly 20 years ago, the insurance industry faced a major crisis as many insurers removed themselves from the general liability market, leaving providers naked from a coverage perspective. As a result, entire portfolios were sold off due to overpriced liability coverage and its lack of availability.   We sat down with Keith Parnell and Jason Zuccari of Hamilton Insurance Agency to discuss the state of the market as the pandemic looms over the country. Hamilton is a family-owned operation and one of the nation’s largest independent insurance brokerage firms that has specialized in the senior housing and long-term care space for more than 40... Read More »
Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending November 26, 2020

Recent Senior Care M&A Deals, Week Ending November 26, 2020

It was a short week, but there were still a number of senior care deals announced. Here’s our latest deal chart. Long-Term Care AcquirerTargetPrice In-state provider & Large national owner-operator4 skilled nursing facilities in TXN/A Owner/operatorSkilled nursing facility in VA$42.1 million+ Local operatorSkilled nursing facility in NJN/A Commonwealth Senior LivingCedar Manor Assisted LivingN/A SRZ ManagementNHC Healthcare Town &... Read More »
South Florida CCRC Funds Multi-Phase Expansion Project

South Florida CCRC Funds Multi-Phase Expansion Project

HJ Sims secured long-term, fixed-rate bond financing for a CCRC in Pompano Beach, Florida (Fort Lauderdale MSA). Set on 70 acres, not-for-profit John Knox Village has been serving the local community for more than 50 years. It features nearly 1,000 units of mostly independent living, with a 64-unit assisted living community and a 194-bed skilled nursing facility.   It is continuing to grow, with a $3.9 million welcome center with sales, marketing and discovery rooms, in addition to conference rooms and a nearly 2,500-square foot open-air space for communal gatherings, going up this spring. A massive aquatic center is replacing a small pool area with a resort-style... Read More »