• Ensign Makes a Splash in Texas

    The Ensign Group closed out April with a bang, announcing the acquisition of the real estate and operations of 17 skilled nursing facilities spread across Texas, plus the real estate of two seniors housing communities in Wisconsin.  The Texas portfolio is majority-SNF, with 2,080 skilled nursing beds. There are also some seniors housing... Read More »
  • Public REIT Sells Value-Add Community to Joint Venture

    Kandu Capital, a family office specializing in real estate and healthcare, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Ohio after strategically divesting a number of skilled nursing, behavioral health and seniors housing assets at healthy valuations. Those dispositions were initially... Read More »
  • 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... Read More »
  • 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... Read More »
  • 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... Read More »

Belmont Village Senior Living opens 23rd community—its first in Austin

Residents have begun moving into Belmont Village West Lake Hills, a 141-unit assisted living and memory-care community on a 13-acre site in suburban Austin, Texas. The new community has 115 studio and one-bedroom apartments for individuals needing various levels of assisted care and a 26-unit memory-care neighborhood for those with significant cognitive decline. Rents start at $4,500 per month; amenities and services include chef-prepared meals with more than two dozen menu choices, a bistro for casual dining, housekeeping services, daily transportation, a fitness center with wellness programs and therapy services, a saltwater swimming pool, a full-service salon, a technology center, and... Read More »

Wichita Presbyterian Manor redevelopment: Phase 1 nearing completion

Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America (PMMA) is on track to complete the first phase of its $35 million redevelopment of Wichita Presbyterian Manor by the end of this summer. Phase one of the overall project includes the transformation of 48 assisted living apartments, 24 memory care suites, and 50 skilled nursing suites. Phase one also includes a Post-Acute to Home (PATH) rehabilitation wing and new health-care common spaces, including a new main kitchen. The redevelopment project will allow Wichita Presbyterian Manor to provide memory care services for the first time. Phase two of the campus expansion will add The Westerly Residences at Wichita Presbyterian Manor, a new independent living... Read More »

Second Autumn Leaves community for Oklahoma City

The LaSalle Group recently broke ground on its latest Autumn Leaves-branded memory-care community, a 30,000 square-foot, $9.5 million project in Oklahoma City that will serve nearly 50 residents dealing with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. Autumn Leaves of Southwest Oklahoma City is The LaSalle Group’s second venture in the Oklahoma City metro area; the company recently opened Autumn Leaves of Edmond in nearby Edmond, Oklahoma. Autumn Leaves of Southwest Oklahoma City will feature LaSalle’s innovative building design, along with cutting-edge technology, to ensure a calm, safe, and engaging environment for residents. Unique to this particular new property, however, will be a... Read More »

Trilogy’s new communities open in Indiana, Michigan

Louisville, Kentucky-based Trilogy Health Services just celebrated the opening of its 81st and 82nd senior living health communities in the Midwest: Cedar Creek Health Campus, in Lowell, Indiana, opened on June 19; The Willows at Okemos, in Okemos, Michigan, opened a week later on June 26. Cedar Creek and The Willows at Okemos each offer assisted living, short-term rehabilitation, skilled nursing, and transitional care. Cedar Creek has the capacity to accommodate 24 residents in assisted living and 58 residents in its health center. The Willows at Okemos also can accommodate 24 residents in assisted living but 68 residents in its health center. Cedar Creek also offers specialized memory... Read More »

LCB Senior Living and The Congress Companies begin next project

The Residence at Five Corners, a senior living community in Easton, Massachusetts, is the latest project being undertaken by developer LCB Senior Living, LLC, and The Congress Companies, a full-service construction firm that specializes in senior living projects. The 84,000 square-foot, 74-unit community will offer independent living and assisted living apartments (studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom), along with common areas that include comfortable living rooms, a library, cafés, and an exercise room. Residents will also enjoy access to private dining, entertainment, and recreation activities. A separate memory care wing will have its own common areas and amenities in a secure... Read More »

Spectrum opens Meadow Brook Senior Living in Fishers, Indiana

Denver-based Spectrum Retirement Communities announced the completion of its newest community, Meadow Brook Senior Living in Fishers, Indiana—a fast-growing suburb of Indianapolis. The 80,250-square-foot community, located just off Easy Street in the town of Fishers, will offer a total of 88 rental units: 10 independent living, 60 assisted living, and 18 memory care. Residences include studio, one-, and two-bedroom apartments. As with all Spectrum communities, Meadow Brook hosts on-site personal care services and provides licensed professionals who offer occupational and speech therapies, monthly health screenings, and physical rehabilitation. Meadow Brook features two levels of memory... Read More »

Jewish Home Lifecare offers affordable assisted living in the Bronx

Jewish Home Lifecare recently began welcoming residents to University Avenue Assisted Living, a new program on the organization’s five-acre Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Campus in the Bronx, New York. Specifically available to low-income seniors in the borough, University Avenue Assisted Living is one of the first facilities of its kind in the Bronx that is also Medicaid-eligible. The brand-new, five-story building was funded by a $26 million grant from the New York State Department of Health’s Health Care Efficiency and Affordability Law (HEAL) program. University Avenue Assisted Living has 72 studio apartments, each with a kitchenette, private bathroom, resident-controlled heating and... Read More »

Erickson Living’s third CCRC in New Jersey—underway and selling well

Construction is underway on Lantern Hill, Erickson Living’s new, 540,000-square-foot CCRC on 21 acres in New Providence, New Jersey—about 20 miles west of New York City. This will be Erickson’s 18th senior living community and its third in northern/central New Jersey. Upon completion, Lantern Hill will have five interconnected buildings that comprise 275 independent living apartments (one- and two-bedroom units) and 85 continuing care residences that offer assisted living, memory care, long-term care, and short-term rehabilitation. Residents will enjoy a fitness facility with an indoor swimming pool, along with a wide range of services and amenities, such as restaurants, housekeeping, and... Read More »

Vista Ridge Grand Opening Today

Today, June 5, Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL) is celebrating the grand opening of Vista Ridge, an independent living community on the 77-acre campus of Ware Presbyterian Village CCRC in Oxford, Pennsylvania. The $24.5 million expansion adds 31 one- and two-bedroom apartments and eight duplex “carriage houses” to Ware’s existing 79 independent living villas, 52 assisted living units, and 137 skilled nursing beds. A clubhouse with community space and a dining pavilion were also part of the expansion project. Sustainability was a major factor that PSL incorporated into its plans for Vista Ridge. All apartment units will benefit from a geothermal HVAC system that uses underground... Read More »

“Flex-room” design for new DFW Metroplex community

Construction will begin this month on Rochester Springs Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 95-unit senior-care community in Mansfield, Texas—a suburban town in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The $11.5 million project is part of a larger office and mixed-use campus. When completed, Rochester Springs will comprise 51 assisted living and 44 memory-care units. The ground floor of the two-story building will have two memory-care neighborhoods—residences and common areas—with secure activity courts. Assisted living residences and common areas will be on the second floor. The building will feature two interior courtyards, two dining venues, a salon, and other amenities. All of the residential... Read More »

Groundbreaking in Connecticut for Masonicare at Mystic

Masonicare, one of Connecticut’s oldest and largest organizations dedicated to seniors and health care, launched its new retirement community, Masonicare at Mystic, on May 29 with a ceremonial groundbreaking celebration. The 18-acre site in the town of Stonington’s historic (and charming) borough of Mystic abuts 45 acres of open space recently acquired by Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center. Masonicare at Mystic will have 179 upscale rental units—81 independent living, 50 assisted living, and 48 dedicated to memory support. The community will offer one- and two-bedroom apartments and a few studios; amenities will include a bistro, several dining rooms, a pool, fitness center, shops, and... Read More »