• Focus Healthcare Partners Acquires in Minnesota

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired a seniors housing community that comprises 288 units in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Located 12 miles northwest of downtown Minneapolis, the community, SilverCreek on Main, was built in three phases between 2015 and 2024 by Ryan Companies.  The original independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Harborside CCRC Sale Approved

    Focus Healthcare Partners’ purchase of a struggling CCRC on Long Island has gone through the ringer, but Chief Judge Alan S. Trust of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York just approved the sale under modified terms, which should close within the next two months. The property attracted some attention in late 2024 when New... Read More »
  • Imagine Senior Living Acquires in Texas

    An owner/operator of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities acquired a seniors housing community in Amarillo, Texas. Built in 2000, The Reserve at Amarillo features assisted living and memory care units. The buyer, Imagine Senior Living, has an established footprint with communities in Texas, Idaho, Oregon, Washington,... Read More »
  • Brookdale Senior Living: Slow and Steady

    Brookdale Senior Living released its fourth quarter and full-year earnings results this week, and all we can say is that the improvements, while welcomed, are slow and steady. Management has had a lot on its plate the past 18 months or so in a post-pandemic environment, but things like occupancy are moving up, but not as fast as for others. The... Read More »
  • Three Communities Trade Hands in Pacific Northwest

    Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group shot out of the gates in 2025, closing three separate transactions in the Pacific Northwest so far this year. The largest was for an 88-unit seniors housing community in central Washington which closed this week. Owned by a regional operator based in Washington, this community consists of 36... Read More »
Texas MC Portfolio Changes Hands

Texas MC Portfolio Changes Hands

Blueprint facilitated the sale of a portfolio of standalone memory care communities in Texas on behalf of a real estate investment firm that predominantly invests in skilled nursing facilities. The three memory care communities, totaling 108 units, featured all private units in Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio. These were the seller’s only memory care assets. The deal was positioned as an opportunity for an incoming owner/operator with regional expertise to integrate the communities into an existing platform, implement key cost control measures and execute on a capex investment plan to elevate each community’s profile and drive private pay rents. Blueprint secured three competitive... Read More »
Meridian Senior Living Acquires CO Property

Meridian Senior Living Acquires CO Property

Meridian Senior Living acquired a seniors housing community in Parker, Colorado, through a joint venture with a state pension fund investor. This transaction represents the 11th acquisition within the partnership and introduces Meridian to the Colorado market. Meridian’s portfolio now comprises more than 46 communities in 16 states.  Built in 2018 with a strong rebound in occupancy post-pandemic, Pine Grove Crossing comprises 100 assisted living and 27 memory care units on 4.41 acres. Meridian intends to implement capital improvements to enhance resident amenities, including upgrading dining areas and outdoor spaces. Read More »
Radiant Senior Living Secures LifeCo Loan

Radiant Senior Living Secures LifeCo Loan

Berkadia announced the closing of an $11.35 million refinance with a life insurance company for La Conner Retirement Inn, a seniors housing community in La Conner, Washington. The community, owned by Radiant Senior Living, features 67 independent living and assisted living units. Steve Muth, Ed Williams, Garrett Sacco and Alex Rosenfeld handled the transaction on behalf of Berkadia. The loan features a multi-year term with an attractive fixed interest rate, an initial period of interest-only payments, a long-term amortization schedule, and a conservative loan-to-value ratio. Read More »
Roers Companies Secures Refinancing for MN Active Adult Community

Roers Companies Secures Refinancing for MN Active Adult Community

Thorofare Capital, an affiliate of asset management platform Callodine Group LLC, provided a $42.9 million bridge loan to refinance Risor of St. Louis Park, a 170-unit active adult community in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. The borrower, Roers Companies, will use the financing primarily to retire an existing construction loan on the Class-A property. Completed in November 2023, the community is 78% leased. Scott Loving, William Hintz, Scott Streiff and Gary Marchiori of JLL arranged the loan. Read More »
Luthercare Secures Bond Financing

Luthercare Secures Bond Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of Luthercare’s $31.52 million Series 2025A and 2025B bonds (together the “Series 2025 bonds”). Luthercare is a Pennsylvania-based not-for-profit that currently operates two communities in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Luther Acres and St. John’s Herr Estate. They collectively feature 678 units.  Luther Acres is on 55 acres in Lititz and comprises 357 independent living units, 70 personal care units and 86 skilled nursing beds. St. John’s Herr Estate is on 48 acres in Columbia and includes 125 independent living units and 40 personal care units. Residents of St. John’s Herr Estate have priority access to the skilled nursing beds at Luther Acres, which... Read More »
Ikaria Capital Group Launches

Ikaria Capital Group Launches

Ikaria Capital Group, led by Jason Dopoulos and Ken Gould who were formerly with White Oak Healthcare Partners and Lancaster Pollard, announced its launch. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Ikaria specializes in financing skilled nursing and seniors housing communities. Ikaria brings more than 100 years of collective experience in financing, structuring, underwriting, servicing and asset-managing bridge and FHA/HUD loans.  Ikaria’s platform specializes in debt solutions, including bridges for acquisitions, recapitalizations, refinances and construction, permanent (long-term) debt structures, FHA/HUD loans and working capital lines for skilled nursing, hospitals and other healthcare... Read More »
Omega Healthcare Investors Continues Improvement

Omega Healthcare Investors Continues Improvement

It has been a slog for owners of nursing homes, but Omega Healthcare Investors continues to improve from the COVID messes it encountered. Major tenant LaVie, which entered into bankruptcy protection last June, paid its full monthly rent of $3.0 million from June 2014 through January 2025. And Maplewood, which ran into some serious problems, paid $4.5 million in rent in January and $12.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.  The REIT is also growing, having completed $340 million in new investments in the fourth quarter, and $939 million for the full year. The fourth quarter investments included $179 million in real estate acquisitions and $162 million in new loans. The new loans... Read More »
National Owner/Operator Acquires in Texas

National Owner/Operator Acquires in Texas

Matthew Alley and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by a local independent owner in Texas in the divestment of its only skilled nursing facility, as he looks to exit the industry. He was leasing the property to a regional operator. Built in 1961 and renovated in 1994, Bender Terrace is in Lubbock, with 120 beds. It sits on 2.65 acres and comprises 45,664 square feet. It was 43% occupied at the time of sale. Under the previous ownership, the facility was making $4.19 million in revenues and $270,000 of EBITDAR, not including additional QIPP revenue. The buyer, a national owner/operator that operates several Texas SNFs, paid $5.85 million, or $49,000 per bed. ... Read More »
MIG Closes Five Separate Transactions

MIG Closes Five Separate Transactions

Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group has reported a strong start to the year, closing four separate transactions, so far, and announcing an additional deal from October of last year. That one involved a 130-bed skilled nursing facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Built in the early 1900s, the facility was cash flowing with occupancy trending around 60% to 65% at the time of sale. The seller was an owner/operator that had been in the business for decades. Medicaid rates in Missouri are still on the lower end, but it was performing well for some time. The buyer was an owner/operator with SNFs across Missouri.  Next were three transactions in rural Missouri that closed in late... Read More »
Sunny Hills Management Purchases in California

Sunny Hills Management Purchases in California

A couple of California seniors housing communities changed hands as part of a larger divestment strategy for the national developer/investor seller. Before the pandemic, that entity had purchased more than a dozen geographically disparate, older-vintage communities. But operational headwinds prompted a portfolio re-prioritization and de-levering effort. The owner engaged Kevin Lukehart, Alex Florea and Scott Frazier of Blueprint to create an exit strategy for the assets.  The latest two communities to sell consisted of a 1986-vintage, 157-unit assisted living community in Corona, California, and a 1998-vintage, 101-unit assisted living and memory care community in Roseville,... Read More »
Illinois Owner/Operator Acquires AL Community

Illinois Owner/Operator Acquires AL Community

Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Sterling, Illinois. Built in 2001, Avonlea Cottage Assisted Living comprises 30 assisted living units and was being sold as part of a receivership process. The facility has been well maintained physically, but was in need of operational adjustments.  Plains was engaged by the receiver, Mike Flanagan, to market and sell the facility. The buyer is Shepherd Senior Living, an Illinois-based owner/operator with a specialty focus on smaller, residential-feel assisted living communities with operations in Illinois and Wisconsin. Read More »