American Healthcare REIT’s 2025 Investment Highlights
American Healthcare REIT closed over $950 million of new acquisitions in 2025, with no further acquisitions expected to close before year-end. All of the new acquisitions are concentrated in its operating portfolio, which consists of the Integrated Senior Health Campuses and Senior Housing Operating Properties segments, which have driven AHR’s strong operating momentum and growth in 2025. Entering the new year, these segments remain the company’s main focus for new external growth as it looks to further expand with its operating partners. In 2025, approximately $370 million of acquisitions were completed within its ISHC segment, and approximately $590 million within its SHOP... Read More »
National Health Investors’ New Investments
A publicly traded REIT based in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, acquired two assisted living and memory care communities and closed two loan agreements, investing $89.2 million, including transaction costs, across the four separate deals at an average initial yield of 8.02%. National Health Investors purchased a 107-unit AL/MC community in Jamison, Pennsylvania, that is operated by Priority Life Care. It appears to be The Bridges at Warwick, and Priority will remain in-place, marking a new relationship with NHI. The sales price was $52.1 million, or $486,900 per unit, including transaction costs. The community is leased pursuant to a five-year term with an initial lease rate of 8.00%... Read More »
NFP Acquires Hamilton Insurance Agency
NFP, an Aon company and property and casualty insurance broker and benefits consultant, expanded its risk management and integrated benefits administration capabilities through the acquisition of Alan J. Zuccari, Inc., doing business as Hamilton Insurance Agency, a P&C broker and benefits administration provider in Fairfax, Virginia. During the transition, Alan Zuccari, President, CEO and Founder of Hamilton, will serve as Chairman Emeritus, while Joe Zuccari, Executive Vice President, Life and Health, will join NFP as Senior Vice President. Jason Zuccari will maintain his Managing Director title and spearhead efforts to lead the new vertical at NFP. All three... Read More »
JV Acquisition Supported by Structured Capital Stack
After Verdot Capital announced that they partnered with 12 North Capital to purchase Cascades of Grants Pass (a 64-unit full-continuum community in Grants Pass, Oregon), Blueprint revealed that it structured the capital stack for the acquisition. Kristen Ahrens and Pat Maloney presented the transaction to more than 50 capital sources, leading to several parties showing interest. Both the debt and preferred equity were sourced on behalf of the experienced GP borrower. Blueprint targeted regional/national banks, life companies and private lenders for the debt, with a large regional bank winning the debt as a result of their strong terms and pricing, which... Read More »
New Owner/Operator Advances Growth Plan
Shortly after its November acquisition in Dallas, Texas, Unbridled Living acquired another seniors housing community, this time in North Carolina. This is the company’s third acquisition, all of which have been completed in under a year, and it currently has three additional acquisitions under contract scheduled to close in Q1:26 (see the details on its first and second acquisition on LevinPro LTC). The company is targeting the middle market, with a goal of delivering strong care at an affordable price point while operating profitably. Built in 1981 and 1998 and renovated in 2021, Heritage Place of Fayetteville features 137 independent living and... Read More »
Three Deals Close in Three States
Senior Living Investment Brokerage came out with a flurry of closings this week, spread across the country in Minnesota, Utah and New York. Jake Anderson and Ryan Saul first sold a 72-unit seniors housing community in Orono, Minnesota. Featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care units, the community was the sole seniors housing project developed by a group of local investors. It was 85% occupied at the time of marketing and operating at a 27% margin on $4.28 million of revenues. Operations improved throughout the process, as well. Vincent Companies revealed itself to be the buyer of Stonebay of Orono and will rename the community Valora Senior... Read More »
ESI Handles Ensign Acquisition
In one of the three acquisitions most recently announced by The Ensign Group, Evans Senior Investments served as the seller’s advisor, securing a capital buyer for the real estate and facilitating the new lease with Ensign. That deal included two skilled nursing facilities in the Denver, Colorado MSA, Edgewater Health and Rehabilitation in Lakewood with 69 beds and The Rehabilitation Center at Sandalwood in Wheatridge with 103 beds, which total 172 beds. While both facilities were performing well at the time of sale, ESI highlighted the opportunity for a new operator to drive further value by growing the post-acute census and reducing operating expenses... Read More »
Two Refinances Close in New York
NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC provided refinances to a skilled nursing facility in central New York and a skilled nursing facility in Bronx, New York. Erik Lindenauer, President of FHA and leader of the firm’s healthcare originations platform, arranged both transactions. First, Lindenauer arranged a $19.8 million FHA 223(f) loan to refinance a 112-bed skilled nursing facility in Central New York. The transaction featured a split mortgage structure with differing amortization schedules designed to align with the expiration of a portion of the property’s reimbursement stream. Next, Lindenauer arranged a $26.3 million bridge-to-HUD loan to refinance an assisted living community... Read More »
SLIB Closes North Carolina and Florida Deals
The closings keep on coming from Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Brad Clousing, Dan Geraghty and Patrick Burke first facilitated the sale of a 137-unit independent living/assisted living community in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Built in 1981 and 1998, with a renovation in 2021, the community was being divested in order for the seller to focus on communities in its current footprint. Unbridled Living, a regional owner/operator based in Kentucky, made the purchase, which is its third acquisition completed this year. Unbridled revealed that the community was previously known as Heritage Place of Fayetteville and will be rebranded Unbridled Living of Fayetteville. It made the... Read More »
