• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
  • Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

    On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above... Read More »
American Healthcare REIT Continues Its Momentum

American Healthcare REIT Continues Its Momentum

American Healthcare REIT expanded both its Integrated Senior Health Campus and SHOP segments in 2025, completing $950 million of new investments across the two. The ISHC portfolio grew from 126 properties at year-end 2024 to 147 by the end of 2025, while the SHOP segment increased from 70 to 83 properties.  Same-community ISHC properties delivered 18.4% year-over-year NOI growth. Average occupancy reached 89.6% for full-year 2025, up 250 basis points from the prior year, with steady quarterly gains culminating in 90.6% in the fourth quarter, a 275-basis point year-over-year increase.  Same-community SHOP performed well, with NOI rising 25.2% year-over-year. Average occupancy was 88.3%... Read More »
Town Lane and Arcole Acquire Their Fifth Community

Town Lane and Arcole Acquire Their Fifth Community

Town Lane and Arcole made the fifth seniors housing investment in their inaugural $1.25 billion real estate fund. Town Lane is a real estate investment firm, and Arcole is a recently launched seniors housing platform that partners with operators to acquire newer-vintage, full-continuum communities in high-growth markets. The joint venture will bring Solera Senior Living on to manage the newly acquired property.  Built in 2016 by Senior Lifestyle Corporation, The Sheridan at Green Oaks comprises 78 independent living, 64 assisted living and 56 memory care units with more than 220,000 square feet on 17 acres. The community sits in Lake Bluff, Illinois, in close proximity to golf and... Read More »
NYC’s First CCRC Development Secures Major Financing

NYC’s First CCRC Development Secures Major Financing

Ziegler closed River’s Edge, the largest senior living tax-exempt bond transaction to date, totaling more than $600 million. River’s Edge is the first CCRC project in New York City and will be located on the campus of its sponsor, not-for-profit RiverSpring Living, in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. An affiliate of the sponsor, RS Services, will manage the community upon opening. RiverSpring Living enlisted Chicago-based Integrated Development II as its development consultant, and Ziegler as its senior manager. River’s Edge is the first not-for-profit project for Integrated Development II, which has a team with significant experience in the for-profit CCRC sector. The project, which is... Read More »
LTC Properties Buys into SHOP Growth

LTC Properties Buys into SHOP Growth

LTC Properties released its 2025 fourth quarter results and 2026 guidance, and in it reiterated its shift toward its newly established SHOP segment. During the second quarter of the year, the company established the segment, marking its shift in focus from the skilled nursing sector. Later in Q2, it terminated its Anthem Memory Care triple-net master lease, converting the 12 communities covered under it into its SHOP segment. In the fourth quarter, the REIT terminated a master lease and converted the two assisted living communities with 186 units into its SHOP segment. Those two assets now operate and account for one. Also in 2025, the company acquired 11 communities for $353 million,... Read More »
Portland IL/AL Community Finds New Purpose in Multi-Family

Portland IL/AL Community Finds New Purpose in Multi-Family

Calaroga Terrace has traded hands, from a national owner/operator to a regional developer. The community sits north of the Oregon Convention Center, in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built in 1968 and renovated in 2016, the 15-story high rise is situated on just under one acre and features 181 independent living and 84 assisted living units. The community never fully recovered from the pandemic, and with it potentially requiring significant capex in the near future, the owner decided to divest, engaging Senior Living Investment Brokerage to handle the process.  Jeff Binder and Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale, as well as a multi-family brokerage firm that... Read More »
New England SNFs Struggling to Breakeven Sell

New England SNFs Struggling to Breakeven Sell

Blueprint represented a private equity investor in its divestment of a 302-bed skilled nursing portfolio in New England. The three facilities had challenged occupancies, however, they generated approximately $27 million in revenue. Inflated operating costs took its toll on EBITDAR, with the asset struggling to breakeven. Dubbed Project Red Coats, the buildings are located in the Boston, Massachusetts MSA, a strong market.  Steve Thomes, Ryan Kelly, Kory Buzin and Connor Doherty emphasized the opportunity for a new owner to focus on rate and occupancy optimization, while managing expenses and maintaining the facilities’ in-place referral network. The result was several written letters of... Read More »
Assisted Living Portfolio Secures Refinance

Assisted Living Portfolio Secures Refinance

Berkadia announced the refinancing of a nine-property assisted living portfolio spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania. Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco, Austin Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld arranged the $114.37 million financing through Bloomfield Capital Partners, LLC on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture with an experienced owner and New Perspective Senior Living, LLC. The two-year, interest-only bridge loan closed in less than 30 days from signed application. Proceeds are being used to refinance maturing debt and position the portfolio for its next phase of the business plan.  Acquired by the joint venture in 2022, the 580-unit portfolio is in the Cleveland, Ohio MSA, and in multiple markets... Read More »
Lument Rolls Out Seniors Housing Investment Sales Platform

Lument Rolls Out Seniors Housing Investment Sales Platform

Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart have joined the Lument team as managing director and director, respectively. This expands Lument’s real estate investment sales platform into seniors housing. Florea will lead the team, working closely with John Sebree, head of real estate investment sales, and Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare debt production. Florea comes over from Blueprint, most recently as a managing director leading the national institutional coverage team. In that role, he closed more than $2 billion in transactions as a broker. As principal in prior roles, he closed more than $7 billion at Ventas, Enlivant, and Care Capital Properties (now part of Sabra Health Care... Read More »
Diversified Healthcare Trust’s SHOP Delivers Strong Results

Diversified Healthcare Trust’s SHOP Delivers Strong Results

Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) announced fourth-quarter earnings and full-year 2025 results, and its SHOP segment delivered. Same-property SHOP NOI in the fourth quarter jumped 27.6% year over year to $38 million, and full-year SHOP NOI climbed 31.3% to $129.3 million. Same property SHOP occupancy reached 82.4% in Q4, up 90 basis points from the prior year. Momentum should continue into 2026, particularly following DHC’s transition of 116 SHOP properties previously managed by AlerisLife to a roster of seven new operators.   Sinceri Senior Living and Discovery Senior Living assumed the largest shares, 38 communities with 7,299 units and 44 communities with 5,338 units,... Read More »
Lease Option Closes for High-Performing CT SNFs

Lease Option Closes for High-Performing CT SNFs

A long-time regional owner/operator looking to secure capital for future redeployment into the skilled nursing sector approached Blueprint to market two skilled nursing facilities. The high-performing assets sit 40 miles apart in southern and western Connecticut with 301 total beds. The non-union facilities were generating $4.4 million of EBITDAR on $36 million of revenues, with a combined 86% occupancy. The physical plants present well.  The offering was initially brought to market as a sale, however, the optimal offer was a lease with a purchase option. Steve Thomes, Michael Segal, Kory Buzin and Daniel Waldhorn handled the deal, which allows for assumption of the existing HUD loan if... Read More »
Not-for-Profit Acquires North Carolina Seniors Housing Portfolio

Not-for-Profit Acquires North Carolina Seniors Housing Portfolio

A few seniors housing communities in North Carolina were recently divested by a North Carolina owner/operator. The three assets total 61 independent living units and 173 assisted living and memory care beds. The independent living component was developed by the seller. The buyer, a not-for-profit with more than 30 years of experience acquiring and operating assisted living and memory care communities, is expanding its presence in the portfolio’s region. Brandon Bohland and Collin Hempfling of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors handled the deal. Read More »