• Public REIT Acquires New England Seniors Housing Portfolio

    Blueprint announced that it handled the sale of a three-community private pay seniors housing portfolio in Rhode Island. A Dallas-based private equity firm engaged Blueprint in 2025 to sell the portfolio, which it acquired with Capital Health Group in 2019. The assets comprise 367 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in the... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Exits Senior Care Industry

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage completed a regional owner/operator’s exit from the seniors housing industry with a third and final disposition. The asset was The Homestead in Fallon, Nevada, about one hour east of Reno. It was originally built between 1972 and 1980 and has undergone significant renovations in 2007 and 2018. Most recently, in... Read More »
  • Well-Performing SNF Trades in Iowa

    A skilled nursing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that boasted strong occupancy levels and consistent cash flow traded hands. The facility had long-standing referral relationships and a reliable census pipeline. But, there is still room for upside.  Ownership was intentional in selecting a buyer that would preserve and build upon the facility’s... Read More »
  • Class-A Active Adult Community Trades

    An active adult community north of Houston, Texas, sold with the help of Cody Tremper, Mike Garbers, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare. Alders Magnolia encompasses 184 units in Magnolia, and was built in 2021. The seller was Capitol Seniors Housing, and the buyer was Texas-based active adult development and... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests to For-Profit Owner/Operator

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors announced the closing of two separate senior care sales. First, Brandon Bohland and Collin Hempfling handled a faith-based not-for-profit organization’s divestment of a senior care campus in the Charlotte, North Carolina MSA. The campus has a 50-bed skilled nursing facility and a 96-bed assisted living... Read More »
Owner/Operator Purchases AL/MC Assets from Public Company

Owner/Operator Purchases AL/MC Assets from Public Company

A publicly traded company sold its portfolio of eight assisted living/memory care communities located throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, engaging Blueprint’s Kyle Hallion, Lauren Nagle and Ben Firestone to handle the deal. Each community included a smaller footprint, with 153 units total across the portfolio. The S&P 500 company owner ultimately sold the portfolio to an established owner/operator with an existing Wisconsin presence. That buyer emerged from multiple qualified offers from buyers active in the Midwest. Read More »
Inland Acquires Class-A Asset

Inland Acquires Class-A Asset

Inland Real Estate Acquisitions announced its acquisition of a high-end seniors housing community in Monument, Colorado (between Colorado Springs and Denver). We heard about the Class-A transaction about six weeks prior, when Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced their handling of the deal.  Built in 2017 within a master-planned development, Jackson Creek Senior Living features 132 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. It was the only seniors housing community in the builder/seller’s portfolio, but it was a strong operator. Occupancy hit 95%, and the community operated at a nearly 40% margin on... Read More »
Institutional Investor Acquires Oklahoma SNF at Record Price

Institutional Investor Acquires Oklahoma SNF at Record Price

A private investor looking to exit the skilled nursing business to focus on other ventures recently sold its Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, asset. The building is one of the newest skilled nursing facilities in the state.  The facility had a strong census at the time of sale, but there was some upside with a shift in the operating model. Daniel Morris of Plains Commercial Real Estate handled the deal, highlighting the potential for a new buyer to add value to a skilled nursing facility with a high-quality physical plant in a prime location. An institutional investor ultimately secured the opportunity, engaging an operator with a focus on short-term stay skilled nursing and with which it has... Read More »
PE Firm Sells Community in Texas

PE Firm Sells Community in Texas

A seniors housing community in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA recently traded with the help of Nick Stahler, Austin Diamond and Hap Knowles of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. The large community, which features more than 200 units and 230,000 square feet, includes 163 independent living, 42 assisted living 15 and memory care units. Built in 1982, it had recently benefitted from physical improvements, and while occupancy was improving and recently surpassed 50%, there is still work to do to stabilize the asset. It was sold by a mid-sized private equity firm that had operated the community through a third party management platform.  Hap Knowles served as the referring... Read More »
DST Investor Buys Idaho MC Community

DST Investor Buys Idaho MC Community

A leading DST investor recently acquired a memory care community in northern Idaho. Set in the town of Rathdrum, about 25 miles northeast of Spokane, Washington, Generations Memory Care features 48 private units and is managed by Senior Services of America, an experienced regional operator with 15 properties in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. It was built in 2005 with expansions in 2007 and 2013. It had previously sold in 2017 for $8 million, or $166,700 per unit, to an investment group based in northern California. 1031 CF Properties acquired the community for an undisclosed amount and plans to invest in operational enhancements and capital improvements intended to optimize occupancy,... Read More »
Thrive Adds Three Assets in Georgia

Thrive Adds Three Assets in Georgia

Thrive Senior Living grew its presence in its home state of Georgia, with the addition of three seniors housing communities. Developed by the Sawyer family between 2019 and 2022, the communities operated under the At Home Senior Living brand and are located in Cochran, Thomson and Jesup. Beginning in 2024, Thrive partnered with the Sawyer family to operate the communities, with the idea of eventually bringing the communities into the Thrive portfolio. All three communities were strong performers, with occupancy around 94%. Prior to Thrive’s operational partnership, Shanna Dupree led operations for At Home Senior Living, and was a principal and owner in the communities. Dupree has now... Read More »
West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

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 $12.5 million, or $181,200 per bed. Next, Orion sold a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Northern California, in another value-add transaction. He represented an owner/operator, which sold the facility for $11.4 million, or $115,200 per bed. Also, in California, Orion arranged a land sale featuring 2.2 acres in Reseda to Meta Housing for $9.35... Read More »
Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

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 units.  Tuscan Gardens of Palm Coast, LLC was placed in receivership as of June 2023 after its owner, Tuscan Gardens Senior Living Communities, Inc. (run by CEO Larry Pino, Esq.), failed to establish an approximately $1.55 million reserve fund, as formally requested by the master trustee (U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association) in February... Read More »
Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

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 entire seniors housing spectrum, and include transactions in Michigan, Massachusetts, Louisiana and Wisconsin, as well as a two-property transaction in Ohio. Plus, the team provided advisory services on a skilled nursing transaction in the St. Louis MSA. The deals all included value-add, private client-owned communities. The buyers were also primarily... Read More »
Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

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 customary prorations and adjustments. Selectis also signed an operations transfer agreement with Journey-affiliated entities to transition management of the two facilities. Read More »
Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

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 the upper collar price since the transaction was announced, Sonida issued about seven million fewer shares to the CNL shareholders than was originally anticipated. For existing Sonida owners, this was great since it cut the dilution. Some industry observers were not happy with the deal, believing that Sonida paid a hefty price. One counter to that... Read More »