• Brookdale Occupancy Gains

    Continuing a steady stream of small occupancy increases, Brookdale Senior Living bucked the historical norm of first quarter census declines for the seniors housing industry. In the first quarter, the monthly weighted average occupancy increased by 20 basis points to 79.5% in March. In addition, month-end occupancy hit a five-year high of 80.9%,... Read More »
  • CareTrust and Real Estate Investor Acquire in California

    Nick Stahler, Michael Mooney and Hap Knowles of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap closed the sale of a senior care campus in Los Alamitos, California. The campus includes a 150-bed skilled nursing facility (Alamitos West Health and Rehabilitation) and a 68-unit/140-bed RCFE (Katella Senior Living Community). The skilled nursing... Read More »
  • Alta Senior Living Expands in California

    Alta Senior Living has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of a seniors housing community in Sacramento, California, through a joint venture with its capital partner, Brasa Capital Management. Built in 2017, The Village at Heritage Park features 162 total units, with 54 independent living, 60 assisted living and 48 memory care units. The... Read More »
  • Lee & Associates’ First Seniors Transaction Closes

    Lee & Associates’ Senior Housing team, led by Robert Black, was engaged by Sugar Creek Capital, which specializes in tax credit investments nationwide, in its divestment of an outlier asset. Built in 1985 with a renovation and expansion of 48 units in 2016, Terrace Retirement Community comprises 178 independent living units in Columbia,... Read More »
  • Interview with Bryan Lockard of JLL Value and Risk Advisory

    The SeniorCare Investor’s Ben Swett sat down with JLL’s Bryan Lockard to discuss the firm’s latest investor survey and any surprising results in it. The conversation also covered prices and cap rates seen for the different property groups in 2025, so far. Read More »
Marcus & Millichap’s Recent Activity

Marcus & Millichap’s Recent Activity

Michael Mooney and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap sold a seniors housing community in Bellingham, Washington. Built in 1978, the community comprises 66 assisted living units and 70 beds. It was not stabilized, although there was some positive cash flow and occupancy was in the mid-80s. The deal was initially marketed more than a year ago, and Stahler and Mooney eventually secured the best bid from a regional operator with a pre-existing footprint in the Bellingham market. The improving capital markets, operating and M&A environments across that period helped push that final purchase price up, as well. No additional details were disclosed. In another... Read More »
Newland Realty Capital Closes First Deal

Newland Realty Capital Closes First Deal

Newland Realty Capital, a healthcare real estate advisory and investment firm founded by Kayne Anderson veteran Max Newland in 2024, announced its first acquisition for a large community in Lantana, Florida. Known as Carlisle Palm Beach, the community was originally built in 1999 with 290 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. It has traded a few times over the years, passing from Starwood to AEW and more recently (in 2017 according to LevinPro LTC) to Bridge Investment Group. Since that acquisition, Bridge has invested in significant capex and had its affiliate Bridge Senior Living take over operations in 2023. It currently features 277 units, with a majority serving... Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Here We Go Again

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Here We Go Again

Investigate, investigate, investigate. Regulate, regulate, regulate. Why not assist? Why not help? Why not try to understand? Liz, Ron and Kirsten, of U.S. Senate fame, have asked the GAO to investigate the assisted living industry and to see if federal oversight is needed. Really? Are we going down this road again? How did that work out for the nursing home industry? As we know, the assisted living sector is predominantly private pay, unlike nursing homes, but the senators are using information from state Medicaid agencies to back up their claims. I suppose I could see them investigating any assisted living community that is receiving Medicaid funds to make sure the money is wisely spent,... Read More »
New Buyer Enters Seniors Housing

New Buyer Enters Seniors Housing

A privately held REIT focused primarily on private pay seniors housing communities throughout the U.S. engaged Blueprint in the sale of its seniors housing community in Bloomfield, Michigan. Michael Segal, Brooks Blackmon, Daniel Waldhorn and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Built in 2001 with significant renovations starting in 2015, the community features 81 independent living units and offers assisted living care services as well as respite stays. It appears to be Comfort Cove Premier Senior Living.  Showcasing operational upside through occupancy improvement and rental rate growth, Blueprint’s process resulted in an attractive offer from a local home health care provider,... Read More »
Bull Realty Handles Georgia AL/MC Transaction

Bull Realty Handles Georgia AL/MC Transaction

Ernie Anaya of Bull Realty handled the sale of a seniors housing community in Cartersville, Georgia. Built in 2021 on 8.83 acres, Tiger Lily Estates is an assisted living and memory care community that features 48 units across five buildings with 38,339 total square feet. The community additionally offers adult day care, licensed for 23 guests.  The asset was vacant at the time of sale, and its zoning supports institutional uses including behavioral and substance abuse treatment facilities. Included in the sale are architectural work plans for Phase II to increase the size of the facility for an additional 31,940 square foot building with 49 units on 3.66 acres. The buyer and purchase... Read More »
Elevation Financial Group Acquires in Texas

Elevation Financial Group Acquires in Texas

Elevation Financial Group announced the acquisition by Elevation Real Property Fund VIII of Reunion Court of Kingwood in Houston, Texas. The asset was acquired for $7.25 million, or $38,000 per unit. Built in 2000, Reunion Court of Kingwood comprises 120 independent living, 42 assisted living and 28 memory care units. Elevation will repurpose the independent living building into senior apartments and the community will be rebranded as King’s Preserve at Kingwood.  The capital expenditure plan includes a new secured access and camera system, repairs to HVAC systems, sidewalk and parking lot improvements and fresh paint. The previous owner, a large private equity group, infused a... Read More »
IRA Capital Secures Financing

IRA Capital Secures Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group announced that it closed on a $58 million term loan with IRA Capital related to a 252-unit seniors housing community in Lynnwood, Washington. The property consists of independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Living Care Lifestyle manages the asset. According to LevinPro LTC, IRA and an institutional partner (with substantial dry powder) acquired Quail Park of Lynnwood in June 2024 from a joint venture. The joint venture seller included CA Senior Living, Goldman Sachs and Life Care Lifestyles. At the time, the buyer noted that it intended on investing additional capital to update common areas and amenities. JLL Capital Markets... Read More »
Senior Living Operator Secures Financing

Senior Living Operator Secures Financing

SLR Healthcare ABL provided an $8 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a Midwest based senior living operator. The operator manages more than 30 skilled nursing facilities across multiple states. Proceeds of the credit facility were used to refinance existing debt and provide additional liquidity for operations. The transaction was referred to SLRHC by an existing client. Read More »
Marcus & Millichap’s Recent Activity

Tremper Capital Group Secures Competitive Bank Loan

One of the takeaways from the NIC Spring Conference earlier this month was that more lenders seemed willing to jump back into the market, possibly offering more competitive terms to get deals, as well. Tremper Capital Group has seen that first hand with one of its latest financings.  The borrower was Focus Healthcare Partners, looking to finance its acquisition of Cedarhurst of Woodland Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Originally built in 2016 as an active adult community by Avenida Partners and Carlyle Group, Woodland Hills features 140 independent living units and has been rebranded as The Cedars at Woodland Hills, with 12 Oaks brought in to manage it. Occupancy was in the low-90s, and it... Read More »
Elevation Financial Group Acquires in Texas

Family-Owned Company Acquires in Texas

Matthew Alley and Brad Goodsell of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by a local partnership in its divestment of its only seniors housing asset. The buyer was a local family-owned company that intends to take advantage of the strong cash flow of the building. The community, which is in Plano, Texas, was acquired for $3.7 million, or $142,000 per unit. Built in 2016, Bader House Memory Care sits on 2.9 acres with 12,323 square feet and features 26 memory care units with room for expansion. The community was 92% occupied at the time of the sale. It was making $1.86 million in revenues and $397,000 of EBITDAR, and sold for a cap rate of 10.7%. Read More »
Senior Living Operator Secures Financing

California Investor Secures Three Separate Financings

Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare announced the closure of $26 million in bridge-to-HUD loans across three transactions for an El Segundo, California-based sponsor. Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro closed the loans on behalf of the repeat client. Berkadia anticipates closing all three subsequent HUD refinancings in the second half of 2025. The first transaction involved a $6 million bridge-to-HUD loan to facilitate the acquisition of a 48-bed memory care community in Jackson County, Oregon, for a joint venture between the sponsor and a Medford, Oregon-based operator that has managed the community since 2022. Constructed in 2016, the community had a 90% occupancy rate at closing with... Read More »