• 60 Seconds with Swett: The Problem with CMS Interpretive Guidelines

    Just a day after we highlighted the potential downsides of overregulation of assisted living from the federal level, a case of regulatory overreach involving a nursing home just headed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth District in hopes of overturning a $1.8 million civil monetary penalty. Without getting into the minutiae too much, the... Read More »
  • Kayne Anderson Fund Tops Target

    The familiar refrain continues, with more capital continuing to flow into the seniors housing industry, property prices should keep rising. Kayne Anderson Real Estate, the real estate private equity arm of Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., has closed the largest opportunistic equity fund in its history, at more than 70% above its initial... Read More »
  • Well-Performing Full-Continuum Community Sells

    Blueprint announced its role in the sale of Morningstar at Golden Ridge, a seniors housing community in Peoria, Arizona (Phoenix MSA). Built in 2019, the community has 38 independent living, 65 assisted living and 35 memory care units. It is nearly fully occupied. The community is one of the newest and most well-appointed assets within a... Read More »
  • Kaplan Development Divests to Cedarwood Group

    Cedarwood Group closed its acquisition of Saranac Village at Will Rogers, a 75-unit independent living community in Saranac Lake, New York. The seller was Kaplan Development Group, which took over Will Rogers after the first year of it being open as a senior living community. The community was originally built in 1928 as a Tudor-style... Read More »
  • Omega Welcomes New CEO and CFO

    Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.’s President, Matthew Gourmand will become the REIT’s Chief Executive Officer in conjunction with the planned retirement of Taylor Pickett, effective October 1, 2026. Pickett will also step down from the Board of Directors upon his retirement, and the Board of Directors intends to appoint Gourmand to the Board,... Read More »
Not-for-Profit Divests Its CCRC Portfolio to Another Not-for-Profit

Not-for-Profit Divests Its CCRC Portfolio to Another Not-for-Profit

A portfolio of CCRCs in South-Central Pennsylvania changed hands from one faith-based not-for-profit organization to another, with Toby Siefert and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the process. The pair represented the seller, SpiriTrust Lutheran, an 80-year-old operator based in York, Pennsylvania, in the sale of six locations across York, Adams and Franklin counties. In total, there are 553 independent living units, 261 personal care units and 244 skilled nursing beds and more than 1.2 million building square feet.  Operations could be improved, with occupancy at 82% at the time of marketing in summer 2025 but a substantial operating loss on more than $53 million... Read More »
AL/MC Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells

AL/MC Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells

Blueprint’s suite of services was on display in the sale and financing of an assisted living/memory care community in Fredericksburg, Texas. Built in 2018, The Villages of Windcrest was performing well at the time of marketing, and was trending towards stabilization. Newer, performing properties are getting the most interest in the M&A market these days, and following a competitive process, ownership ultimately selected a buyer that partnered with a new operator looking to grow its footprint in Texas.  There were some challenges to bring the deal to closing, including fluctuating occupancy during diligence, but the deal successfully closed. In addition to leading the disposition,... Read More »
Montgomery Intermediary Group Brings on New Advisor

Montgomery Intermediary Group Brings on New Advisor

Continuing its momentum in 2026, Montgomery Intermediary Group (MIG) announced that it hired Colin Thomas, CFA as an investment sales advisor. In this role, Thomas will lead seniors housing and skilled nursing transactions across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, expanding MIG’s coverage and capabilities in these markets. Thomas’s experience bridges institutional finance and front-line operations. Most recently, he held executive operating roles in post-acute care, where he led enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, financial restructuring efforts, and a full-platform transition involving more than 2,000 patients and over 200 employees across home health, hospice and... Read More »
PACS Group Expands in Alaska

PACS Group Expands in Alaska

PACS Group has acquired its fourth building in the state of Alaska. At the beginning of the year, it was announced that the company acquired three seniors housing communities in the state from a seniors housing owner/operator that was represented by Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage (more on that deal can be found here on LevinPro LTC). SLIB also handled the sale of the fourth building. Independently operated subsidiaries of PACS Group have now acquired the operations of Ridgeway Senior Living, an assisted living community in Anchorage, Alaska, that was built in 2019 and has 92 beds. As part of the transaction, PACS acquired... Read More »
Sabra Health Care REIT Picks Up the Transaction Pace

Sabra Health Care REIT Picks Up the Transaction Pace

Sabra Health Care REIT is ramping up its senior care M&A activity and its SHOP exposure, set to exceed the $450 million in investments it spent in 2025. The REIT completed several transactions during the first quarter, with investments closed year to date totaling $206.1 million, with an estimated initial cash yield of 8.0%. The pipeline includes an additional $200 million of managed seniors housing and skilled nursing investments awarded to Sabra with an estimated initial cash yield of approximately 8.2%, most of which is expected to close during the second quarter.  In the first quarter of this year, Sabra acquired three managed seniors housing communities and one skilled nursing... Read More »
Clarion Partners Continues Growing

Clarion Partners Continues Growing

Clarion Partners is continuing on its acquisition streak, adding Legacy House of Avondale to its portfolio. The 169-unit Class-A assisted living/memory care community is in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, with a strong operational footing. Clarion Partners further expanded its relationship with MorningStar Senior Living through the deal, partnering with the operator to manage the community. Clarion plans to focus on rate optimization and expense efficiencies to further enhance performance. Earlier in April, Clarion also announced the purchase of Golden Ridge in Peoria, Arizona, partnering with MorningStar on that deal too.  Amy Sitzman, Ryan Chase and Jake Rice of Blueprint handled the sale,... Read More »
Blueprint Handles Virginia Deal

Blueprint Handles Virginia Deal

A publicly traded company engaged Blueprint to sell a value-add independent living community in a growing submarket of Richmond, Virginia. Built in 1987, the 122-unit community could benefit from investments in the physical plant. It was also not stabilized.  A competitive market generated multiple bids in multiple rounds and improved pricing for the asset, although the price was not disclosed. Regional operators, national seniors housing platforms and private equity-backed groups showed interest, but the seller put significant weight on execution certainty.  So, an experienced seniors housing investor with a history of closing transactions on time and on terms was awarded the... Read More »
Public REIT Acquires Full-Continuum Communities

Public REIT Acquires Full-Continuum Communities

A pair of full-continuum seniors housing communities that sit approximately 10 miles apart traded in Northwest Arkansas. Village on the Park Bentonville in Bentonville and Village on the Park Rogers in Rogers offer a total of 208 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Each community also offers contiguous land for further expansion opportunities. The assets have a history of strong occupancy and performance. Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders and Mike Garbers of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed the sale on behalf of a joint venture between Harrison Street Asset Management and Bridgewood Property Company, a Houston-based senior living... Read More »
VIUM Capital Leads HUD LEAN Mid-Year Rankings

VIUM Capital Leads HUD LEAN Mid-Year Rankings

HUD’s fiscal year 2026 hit the halfway point on March 31, and so far VIUM Capital is leading the way in closed 232 loans and by total loan volume with 41 transactions and $598.0 million in volume, respectively. That represents 22% of the program’s closed loans in the first half of the fiscal year and 19% of the total volume. And 32 of VIUM’s HUD closings, or 78%, took out VIUM bridge debt. In second place was Greystone with 23 closed loans and $445 million of volume. Dwight Capital closed 17 loans, good for third place, and $304 million in volume, for fourth place. KeyBank and Capital Funding Group tied with 16 closed loans each and closed $344 million and $232 million in volume,... Read More »
Ikaria and G Capital Close Scattered Site HUD Deal

Ikaria and G Capital Close Scattered Site HUD Deal

Ikaria Capital Group and G Capital recently teamed up on a $30 million seven-asset portfolio HUD refinancing for Bethany Homes, a regional owner/operator based in Northern California. The portfolio included five six-bed Residential Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) homes (built in 1949, 1954, 1958, 1958 and 1979), a 20-unit assisted living community called Livermore Valley Senior Living (built in 1963), and a 29-unit assisted living community built in 2021 called Bethany Homes Assisted Living. The assets are scattered across the Bay Area towns of Concord, Lafayette and Livermore. Occupancies have held steady around 90% for many years. This was a long-term project over the course of... Read More »
Berkadia Is Off to the Races

Berkadia Is Off to the Races

Berkadia’s Seniors Housing & Healthcare platform had an active first quarter of lending, originating more than $508 million in financing volume. The mortgage banking platform closed 32 transactions, including $128 million in Berkadia Bridge fundings across 15 deals. The seniors housing investment sales platform closed an additional 40 seniors housing and healthcare transactions.  In one notable transaction, Berkadia completed the sale and financing of The Pillars at Lakeville, a Class-A community with 100 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in Minnesota. More on the deal can be seen here on LevinPro LTC. Berkadia also completed the sale and financing of The... Read More »