• Berkadia Announces Array of Closings

    Berkadia is riding a transaction hot streak, closing 19 property sales in the last 45 days. The activity included a portfolio featuring five assisted living/memory care communities across Utah, Wisconsin and Minnesota sold to Jaybird Capital, an affiliate of Jaybird Senior Living, through HUD assumptions. Jaybird assumed management of the... Read More »
  • Tremper Capital Group Closes Several Financings

    Tremper Capital Group showed off its variety with a series of financings closed for clients across the country. They included a construction loan, an acquisition loan, a bank refinance and a portfolio financing. First, the team closed non-recourse construction financing for an assisted living/memory care community in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.... Read More »
  • Upstate New York SNF Trades Between Not-for-Profits

    Joe Knapp of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in upstate New York. The Center For Nursing And Rehab in Hoosick Falls, New York, comprises 82 beds in a single-story building that sits on four acres. It was built in 1954, but renovated in 1979 and 1995.  Apparently, the facility... Read More »
  • Acquisition Financing Closed for Distressed California Community

    Private debt fund and direct commercial real estate lender Wilshire Finance Partners closed an $8.15 million first lien bridge loan for the acquisition and repositioning of a distressed seniors housing community in California. The financing included reserves specifically allocated for capital improvements and operational support during the... Read More »
  • Developer and Operator Secure Construction Financing

    Another new development will soon be underway, with BLDG Real Estate and The Fellowship Family securing financing for a $100 million full-continuum community, Fellowship Wildlight. BLDG Real Estate is a real estate development firm that specializes in design, development and asset execution across multiple product types. The Fellowship Family is... Read More »

Lument Secures HUD Express Lane Transaction

Lument closed a refinance through HUD’s Express Lane for a 120-unit seniors housing community in Lincoln, Nebraska. Built in 2017, Pemberly Place Senior Living features 132 licensed beds and offers independent living, assisted living and memory care services. It also has an on-site medical clinic to offer a range of other healthcare services. The community is locally owned and operated, and it has a partnership with MJ Senior Living, a Nebraska-based management company.  In order for the owner to pay off existing bank debt from a construction loan originated by Lument several years ago, the firm secured a firm commitment from FHA on a $21.2 million loan just seven days after application... Read More »
CBRF Trades in Wisconsin

CBRF Trades in Wisconsin

A community-based residential facility in southern Wisconsin came under new ownership. The seller had acquired the facility a couple of years ago and brought it to stabilization. They also conducted renovations in 2025 on the physical plant, which was originally built in 2001. The ultimate buyer was a Midwest ownership group that was looking to grow its seniors housing portfolio. Senior Care Realty’s Chad Wegner handled the sale. Read More »
Watch The SeniorCare Investor’s Q1 Investor Call

Watch The SeniorCare Investor’s Q1 Investor Call

The SeniorCare Investor convened a panel on April 23 to discuss key topics front and center for investors. Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, moderated the discussion. Blueprint sponsored the Q1 2026 Investor Call webinar, with Kyle Hallion, Senior Director at Blueprint, joining. Investment firm perspectives came from Natalie Wynn, Senior Vice President, Transactions at Clarion Partners, and Theo Harrison, Vice President at Fortress Investment Group. Representing the REIT side was Lauren Nisley, Vice President, Investments at Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. Read More »
Not-for-Profit Joint Venture Acquires IL Community

Not-for-Profit Joint Venture Acquires IL Community

Blueprint closed the sale of Parkwood Retirement, a 147-unit independent living community in Bedford, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). Sitting adjacent to the Texas Health HEB hospital campus, Parkwood has demonstrated consistent and strong operating performance, with occupancy hovering around 95% for several years. There was still some meaningful rate upside for the 1980s-vintage asset. Kyle Hallion, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint were engaged by a joint venture led by a well-regarded national owner/operator to market the community. Its size and stabilized profile attracted strong interest from the investment market, before a joint venture between two leading not-for-profit... Read More »
Senior Care Portfolio Secures HUD Financing

Senior Care Portfolio Secures HUD Financing

A senior care portfolio secured $64.96 million in HUD financing for the refinance of three properties in Pennsylvania. Greystone provided the financing, with the deal originated by Christopher Clare and additional team members including David Young, Ben Rubin, Ryan C. Harkins, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher assisting on the transaction. The portfolio comprises 408 skilled nursing beds, 88 assisted living and memory care beds and 10 independent living units across multiple Pennsylvania facilities delivering a full continuum of care. The portfolio is operated by an experienced regional healthcare group with a track record of improving facility performance, contributing to strengthened... Read More »
National Health Investors’ CFO Retires

National Health Investors’ CFO Retires

National Health Investors’ John Spaid, Executive Vice President and CFO, will retire effective July 1, 2026. The company will appoint Todd Siefert as Executive Vice President Corporate Finance, effective June 1, 2026, and he will succeed Spaid as CFO. Also as part of the transition, Dana Hambly has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Finance to assume expanded responsibilities. Siefert brings more than 25 years of experience in corporate finance, capital markets, treasury management and investor relations, with expertise in publicly traded REITs. He most recently served as CFO of Hillsboro Residential, where he oversaw debt and equity financing, financial underwriting, and investor... Read More »
NHI and National HealthCare Corporation Ending Master Lease

NHI and National HealthCare Corporation Ending Master Lease

In a move to concentrate its portfolio on private pay seniors housing, National Health Investors divested a large skilled nursing portfolio for $560 million, before estimated transaction costs between $6 million and $8 million. The buyer was the current lessee, National HealthCare Corporation, whose legacy master lease was established in 1991 and set to expire in December 2026. Last year, NHI had formally notified National HealthCare Corporation that it was in default, and this deal will bring an end to the master lease.  The portfolio encompasses 32 skilled nursing facilities with 4,550 beds, and three independent living communities with 250 units. The assets sit across Alabama,... Read More »
Seniors Housing Communities Sell in Southwest Florida

Seniors Housing Communities Sell in Southwest Florida

Berkadia has announced a couple of closings in southwest Florida. First, Brooks Minford headed to the Tampa, Florida area to sell a 138-unit assisted living/memory care community on behalf of a local developer that was looking to exit the seniors housing business. They had built Tessera of Brandon in 2017 to feature a mix of 98 assisted living and 40 memory care units. And it was operated by a third-party operator under a net lease, which was terminated upon the sale closing. An Orlando-based owner/operator emerged from an active bidding environment to purchase the community, with plans to add value through census improvement and physical enhancements.  Berkadia’s Ross Sanders, Dave... Read More »
Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

Global Investment Firm Re-Enters the Senior Care Industry

Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has re-entered the seniors housing sphere after its exit in 2008. The company has acquired three communities in Massachusetts, California, and New York, all within a short period.  The Massachusetts community is in Boston, and it offers both independent living and affordable seniors housing units. It appears to be The Woods at Merrimack in Methuen, which was built in 2018 and includes 102 market-rate units with a separate three-story building that encompasses 38 affordable units. The seller, Sunshine Retirement Living, developed the buildings and will continue to operate them. Investcorp purchased the asset in a joint venture with Capitol... Read More »
Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector

Stone Brook Assisted Living in the Dallas, Texas MSA, has traded hands from a single-community owner/operator to a regionally-based investor. The seller was looking to enter retirement, and the investor wanted to make their first investment in the seniors housing space. Both seller and buyer agreed to pause the process in Fall 2025 to allow the seller to make some final adjustments, and after picking back up, the transaction moved quickly towards closing. The process was handled by Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate. The physical plant sits in Denison, Texas, and presents well. It totals 44 assisted living units with 60 beds. Read More »
Public Company Divests in Arizona

Public Company Divests in Arizona

A publicly traded company focused on seniors housing recently divested a community in Mesa, Arizona. The asset features 68 assisted living and memory care units, and offered meaningful upside potential. Amy Sitzman, Kyle Hallion and Jake Rice of Blueprint handled the deal, which saw a competitive process with multiple offers from groups looking to expand in the East Valley. The public company ultimately selected a buyer with an established footprint in the market. Read More »