• Brookdale Finally Names a COO

    A decade without a Chief Operating Officer? Maybe that is why Brookdale Senior Living has been suffering. But, they are finally filling the position. Mary Sue Patchett is taking on the role, effective December 1st. With Brookdale’s new regional operating model, which she helped redesign and implement, she will have six regional vice presidents,... Read More »
  • EVA Care Group Refinances California Portfolio

    Helios Healthcare Advisors went to a private credit fund to secure a refinance for a senior care portfolio in California. Totaling 165 beds, there is a skilled nursing facility in San Bernardino and an assisted living community in Fillmore. The communities are owned by EVA Care Group, a Los Angeles-based national healthcare organization. ... Read More »
  • SLIB Sells a Class-A Mississippi Asset

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in the Gulfport/Biloxi area of Mississippi. Featuring 18 independent living, 60 assisted living and 62 memory care units, the community was built in phases between 2019 and 2025. It is located in the town of Ocean Springs with no major competitors in the local... Read More »
  • Marx Development Group Finalizes West Virginia Acquisition

    Lument Securities has closed the sale of four West Virginia-owned skilled nursing facilities to Marx Development Group (MDG). MDG subsidiary Majestic Care is taking over operations at the facilities in a smooth transition. The deal closed on October 31. Managing Director and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Laca Wong-Hammond orchestrated the... Read More »
  • Florida Portfolio Receives Financing

    Dwight Mortgage Trust, the affiliate REIT of Dwight Capital, provided a $120 million bridge loan to finance five skilled nursing facilities in Florida comprising 795 beds. The debt was used to refinance the 120-bed Parklands Care Center & Rehab in Gainesville, and the 120-bed Riverwood Healthcare & Rehab Center in Starke. It also funded... Read More »
Sonida Senior Living Grows For The Future

Sonida Senior Living Grows For The Future

The last to report 2024 earnings in our sector, Sonida Senior Living turned in a decent fourth quarter, but maybe not as good as they were hoping for. They are looking to the future, however, and not past performance, and are gearing up for growth.  While the same-community occupancy of 86.6% in the fourth quarter is certainly above average for the industry, the year-over-year increase of just 70 basis points was below average. Many providers are still putting out census growth numbers that will not be sustainable as communities begin to stabilize, so increasing by 70 basis points in the future will look pretty good. But we are not there yet, especially with new development still way... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: The Demand for SNFs

60 Seconds with Swett: The Demand for SNFs

We had a fantastic webinar last week that covered our recently published valuation statistics from The Senior Care Acquisition Report but also how valuations, the lending environment and M&A strategies are changing in 2025, so far. Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage, Steve Munn of VIUM Capital and JP LoMonaco of CBRE joined me for the discussion and all had fascinating and useful takeaways on the current state of the market. I ended the webinar with a question about what type of property each panelist would purchase themselves, if they had the equity to finance the rest of the acquisition with debt. Although much of the webinar centered around the seniors housing... Read More »
NHI Acquires in New Jersey

NHI Acquires in New Jersey

National Health Investors invested $46.3 million, or $386,000 per unit, inclusive of transaction costs, for the acquisition of a seniors housing community in Bergen County, New Jersey. Juniper Village at Paramus comprises 98 assisted living and 22 memory care units. The community has been operated by Juniper Communities since February 2021. The lease has a 15-year maturity with two five-year renewal options at an initial yield of 7.95% plus annual fixed escalators.  Read More »
Growing Owner/Operator Acquires Illinois SNF/SLF

Growing Owner/Operator Acquires Illinois SNF/SLF

Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group announced a couple of transactions in Illinois and Mississippi. First was for a skilled nursing/supportive living facility in a small, rural Illinois market. The facility features over 130 SNF beds and SLF units and sold to a large owner group that invested alongside a growing owner/operator in Illinois. The skilled nursing component originally opened in 2005, and the supportive living facility was added in 2007. Many owners have cited difficulties in operating senior care facilities in rural markets as their reason to divest, which may have been the case here. But we understand the buyer has committed to maintaining continuity of resident... Read More »
Berkadia’s Recent Activity

Berkadia’s Recent Activity

Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare handled two separate transactions in Michigan and Tennessee. First, Berkadia sold and secured financing for Clinton Creek Assisted Living and Memory Care. The community is in the Detroit MSA and was 90% occupied at closing. It was financed with a bridge-to-HUD loan, representing 67% of the purchase price. Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers handled the sale, while Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro completed the financing. Next, Fasano, Sanders, Tremper and Garbers were brought on to facilitate the sale of a 16-property seniors housing portfolio. The portfolio comprises over 1,200 units across nine states. The final asset in... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Purchases Seniors Housing Portfolio

Regional Owner/Operator Purchases Seniors Housing Portfolio

A portfolio of three Class-B seniors housing communities in tertiary markets in Northern California found a new owner. The communities all featured assisted living, memory care and independent living services, with 205 total units and 242 licensed beds. They were originally developed in 2001 and 2002, and occupancy stood at 71%, 89% and 84%, respectively, at the time of the sale. As a portfolio, they offered an attractive opportunity for an experienced regional operator to expand its footprint. A lender-appointed receiver oversaw the sale due to loan maturity and the previous owner’s inability to refinance. Dan Mahoney and Scott Frazier of Blueprint represented the nationally recognized... Read More »
Minnesota Community Secures HUD Refinance

Minnesota Community Secures HUD Refinance

Sam Butler of the Fort Worth office of Colliers Mortgage closed a $24 million HUD loan for the refinance of The Pillars of Mankato in Mankato, Minnesota. Built in 2019, the community features 118 units across 146,138 square feet on 3.9 acres. There are 98 independent and assisted living units plus 20 memory care units.  According to LevinPro LTC, The Pillars of Mankato was acquired at the end of 2023 by Tunbridge Peak LLC, an out-of-state real estate investment firm affiliated with Peak Capital Partners, that partnered with the in-place operator to manage the community. Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the 2023... Read More »
Solinity’s New Development

Solinity’s New Development

Solinity has partnered with the Scott County Economic Development Authority to develop a 100-acre multigenerational, mixed-use community in Scott County, Virginia, called Riverside. The development will feature a range of housing options, including age-restricted housing, such as active adult, independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Additionally, the community will offer non-age-restricted housing, workforce housing, restaurants, retail spaces, a children’s daycare and green spaces. Solinity has selected DKLEVY as the architectural and design firm for the master plan, and Solinity Marketing is the agency responsible for branding and marketing the project.  A key... Read More »
EF Senior Care Expands its Footprint

EF Senior Care Expands its Footprint

EF Senior Care, an owner/operator based in Plymouth, Massachusetts, grew its long-term care portfolio this month, having acquired the operations of a senior care campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Built in 1895, Berkeley Retirement Home comprises 44 skilled nursing and independent living beds. Berkeley Retirement Home represents EF Senior Care’s fourth management contract in the past year, and brings its beds under management to nearly 500. Read More »
Solera Grows through Acquisition of SageLife

Solera Grows through Acquisition of SageLife

Solera Senior Living expanded its portfolio through the acquisition of SageLife. SageLife’s portfolio includes five high performing seniors housing communities in Maryland, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. This acquisition brings Solera’s growing portfolio to 14 properties spanning nine states, including a growing concentration in the Mid-Atlantic. In conjunction with the acquisition, founder of SageLife, Kelly Cook Andress, will join Solera’s Advisory Board.  The communities that are now under Solera’s management include Plush Mills (an independent and assisted living community in Wallingford, PA), Daylesford Crossing (an AL and memory care community in Malvern, PA), Village Crossing at... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires Class-A Seniors Housing Asset in Texas

Joint Venture Acquires Class-A Seniors Housing Asset in Texas

CBRE National Senior Housing acted as the exclusive advisor on the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Built in 2012, the community comprises 207 units offering independent living, assisted living and memory care services. CBRE National Senior Housing also arranged acquisition financing for the community on behalf of a joint venture between a national operator and an institutional equity partner. John Sweeny, Senior Vice President and Co-Head of CBRE National Senior Housing, and Aron Will, Vice Chairman and Co-Head of CBRE National Senior Housing, represented the seller in this transaction. The sales price is undisclosed. Will and Tim Root of CBRE... Read More »