• 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 »
Stand-Alone MC Community Trades in Arizona

Stand-Alone MC Community Trades in Arizona

Blueprint represented an institutional seller in the sale of its stand-alone memory care community in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona MSA. Built in 2009, the asset features 48 units with 60 beds and received approximately $2 million in recent capital improvements. There is opportunity for occupancy growth and rental rate optimization.  The marketing process generated strong interest from a range of regional owner/operators, with the selected buyer being a real estate investor that partnered with an experienced operator looking to establish a presence in the market. The transaction was structured as a lease with a purchase option, marking the first deal between the newly formed... Read More »
Clarion Partners Continues Its Acquisition Streak

Clarion Partners Continues Its Acquisition Streak

Clarion Partners continued on its acquisition streak, adding two communities in California to its growing portfolio. The latest deal featured The Commons on Thornton and The Commons at Union Ranch, two seniors housing communities totaling 198 units in California’s Central Valley. They were previously owned and operated by MBK Senior Living, which was represented by JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team in the deal. JLL’s Aaron Rosenzweig and Dan Baker led the transaction. Thornton was completed in 2004 and consists of a two-story building with 100 assisted living and memory care units in a variety of floor plans. It was 94% occupied. Built in 2008, Union Ranch offers 98 units of... Read More »
Multiple Senior Care Acquisition Financings Close

Multiple Senior Care Acquisition Financings Close

M&A transactions are getting done at a near-historic pace, and CIBC Bank USA recently financed three deals. The largest was $43.3 million in acquisition financing for two senior care assets in the Nashville area of Tennessee. The properties include a combined 310 independent living units, 273 skilled nursing beds and 93 assisted living/memory care units. Both buildings have an effective age of 35 years and reported an average occupancy rate of 75%. The financing was handled by Matthew Tyler and Neal Netzel with CIBC. Next, the same pair closed a new $5.7 million commercial mortgage term loan for a regional operator’s acquisition of a 114-bed senior care facility in North Carolina.... Read More »
Olympus Retirement Living Expands

Olympus Retirement Living Expands

The Zett Group closed the sale of a 63-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Boise, Idaho market. Set in the town of Emmett, Meadow View Senior Living was trending positively in its operations, but there was still some work to be done. An owner/operator engaged Blake Bozett and Spud Batt to sell the community to an undisclosed buyer. Olympus Retirement Living will take over operations. Read More »
Large Senior Care Portfolio Trades Hands

Large Senior Care Portfolio Trades Hands

A portfolio comprising senior care assets across Washington State recently sold with the help of JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage. At first, only one of the assets was brought to market, but an offer emerged for the entire nine-facility portfolio. The price for the skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living campuses ranged from $70,000 per bed to $120,000 per bed, with a total price of $55 million. Cindy Hazzard handled the deal. No additional details have been disclosed. Read More »
Stellar Senior Living and Clarion Partners’ Active March

Stellar Senior Living and Clarion Partners’ Active March

Stellar Senior Living announced it completed three transactions with Clarion Partners in March. In one of the deals, they completed the recapitalization of The Gallery at Spokane in Spokane, Washington, which was rebranded as The Grand at Spokane. Developed in 2024 by NexCore Group, the community offers 137 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Stellar Senior Living has operated the community since it opened and will continue to do so.  In another transaction, the joint venture acquired San Martin Senior Living in Las Vegas, Nevada, and renamed it The Grand at Southern Hills. The community was completed in two phases in 2008 and 2010, and features 144 independent... Read More »
Otterbein Senior Life Affiliates with Michigan CCRC

Otterbein Senior Life Affiliates with Michigan CCRC

A CCRC in Jackson, Michigan, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Otterbein Senior Life. The campus features 318 independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing units/beds on 22 acres. Kauhale Healthcare Management began managing the community in 2022 following the purchase and refinancing of outstanding bonds by Lapis Advisers. Visa Grande Village was first opened with independent living apartments and skilled nursing services in 1972, but over a five-year period it was transitioned to a rental community. The affiliation will enable bondholders’ repayment in four years. When Kauhale took over, the campus was 71% occupied and generated $655,000 in EBITDAR. In less than four years,... Read More »
ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings, recapitalizations, working capital and portfolio-level financings.  Director Hank Fuller and Senior Capital Associate Jeremy Laboe will lead the capital markets practice. The team brings direct relationships with more than 500 capital sources across banks, debt funds and agency platforms, and they will utilize Evans’ proprietary transaction database... Read More »
Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

Lument Closes Freddie Mac Refinance

Lument closed a $26.8 million Freddie Mac refinance for Treeo South Ogden, a 143-unit independent living community in Ogden, Utah, approximately 30 miles north of Salt Lake City. Tyler Armstrong, Chris Cain and Taylor Russ, all managing directors with Lument, led the transaction. Treeo South Ogden was purpose-built in 2015, and has been owned and operated by Seattle-based Leisure Care. After being presented multiple options, the borrower obtained low, fixed-rate, long-term debt from Freddie Mac that funds a capex plan, extends the loan maturity and right sizes the capital stack. The loan took out bank debt and provides cash-out proceeds for future development. It has a 10-year term, five... Read More »
Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

Berkadia Handles Detroit-Area Deal

Berkadia closed the sale of Oakleigh of Macomb, an 85-unit assisted living/memory care community in Macomb, Michigan (Detroit MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 55 assisted living and 30 memory care units. It was 91% occupied, so given its vintage and performance, we imagine it attracted significant investor interest. Berkadia represented the seller, US Capital Development (which originally developed the community), and sourced the REIT buyer, which was not disclosed. Read More »