• Ventas Acquires Class-A Portfolio in Texas and Louisiana

    Ventas acquired five Class-A, high-performing seniors housing communities in Texas and Louisiana with upside potential. Built between 2015 and 2019, the communities comprise approximately 90 units each, with a total of 67 independent living, 201 assisted living and 179 memory care units in the Houston and Dallas, Texas, markets and the Lafayette... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: An Update to Our Valuation Statistics

    The deal dynamics of 2025 appear to have changed very little, with a majority of transactions featuring value-add properties, a slowly increasing share of stabilized, Class-A properties being sold, steady improvements to the capital markets and liquidity and cap rates that have moved only slightly downwards. Taking all of those factors into... Read More »
  • PACS Group Gets Breathing Room After Defaults

    PACS Group (which operates 314 communities across 17 states), Truist Bank, and PACS’ lenders entered into forbearance agreements on Wednesday, August 13. This is the fifth change to the agreements. Deficiencies in financial reporting across multiple periods resulted in defaults under its master lease with Omega Healthcare Investors, which... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Class-A Arizona IL/AL Community

    Principal Asset Management (Principal Financial Group’s investment management division) and IRA Capital announced the acquisition of American Groves, a Class-A seniors housing community in Gilbert, Arizona, for $44.5 million, or $500,000 per unit. The sale was facilitated by JLL Capital Markets on behalf of the seller, American Care Concepts and... Read More »
  • Integrated Senior Foundation Purchases Seniors Housing Portfolio

    JLL Securities and JLL Capital Markets arranged $79.32 million in tax-exempt, floating-rate bank financing for Integrated Senior Foundation’s acquisition of three well-performing seniors housing communities in Oregon (2) and Montana. JLL secured a low spread bridge loan, financing the acquisition at 103% loan to cost. The JLL Securities... Read More »
All-Cash Buyer Purchases AL/MC Community in Washington

All-Cash Buyer Purchases AL/MC Community in Washington

The Zett Group was engaged by an owner/operator in the divestment of a seniors housing community it had owned for 33 years in Central Washington. The community comprises 60 units of assisted living and memory care. The buyer was an owner/operator based out of Seattle.  Blake Bozett handled the transaction, having called nearly every owner/operator in the state and procuring five offers. Ultimately, an all-cash buyer was identified. Recognizing the typically slower licensure process in Washington, The Zett Group recommended closing on an interim agreement until the full change of ownership was approved. Randi Nathanson and Parisa Zarelli of Lane Powell PC led the closing, ensuring all... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires Two Communities in Michigan

Joint Venture Acquires Two Communities in Michigan

JLL arranged the sale of two seniors housing communities in the Detroit, Michigan MSA. JLL represented the seller and procured the joint venture buyer, spearheaded by MedCore Partners. American House Senior Living Communities assumed management of both communities.  Built in 2017, Anthology of Troy comprises 93 assisted living/memory care units in Troy. The community will be rebranded as American House Somerset. Built in 2018, Anthology of Rochester Hills features 91 assisted living/memory care units in Rochester Hills. It will be rebranded as American House Hampton Village. Jay Wagner, Rick Swarts and Jim Dooley handled the transaction. No additional details were... Read More »
Pace Secures Financing for Minnesota CCRC

Pace Secures Financing for Minnesota CCRC

Pace Loan Group closed a $7.1 million PACE loan on a 134-unit new construction, market-rate senior living community in St. Francis, Minnesota. The 20-year loan complements a $30 million qualified tax-exempt loan on the project using Series 2023A bonds with Sunrise Bank as the senior lender. The project team also included Pope Architects and Bauer Design Build.  Vista Prairie at Eagle Point comprises 59 independent living, 43 assisted living and 24 memory care units as well as eight skilled nursing beds. Construction began in June and is expected to be completed by 2025, with a total project cost of $46.58 million, or approximately $350,000 per unit. Vista Prairie Communities, which... Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Overturning Chevron and the Effects on M&A

60 Seconds with Swett: Overturning Chevron and the Effects on M&A

There has been a lot of news to analyze from Washington, D.C. in the last couple of weeks, and the result of the 2024 election will certainly impact the operational and investment landscape in senior care. But we are still wrapping our heads around perhaps the most consequential news of late for the industry, which was the Supreme Court’s overruling of the Chevron doctrine, the 40-year judicial standard that had given a lot of leeway for administrative bodies to interpret statutes and implement regulations across the country. The case overturning Chevron is known as Loper. Now, it is up to the courts to determine those administrations’ regulatory powers, and ultimately Congress will... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Ohio SNF (with HUD Debt)

Regional Owner/Operator Acquires Ohio SNF (with HUD Debt)

Blueprint was brought in in the divestment of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio. Purpose-built in 2015 as a transitional care facility in a northeastern suburb of Akron, the SNF comprises 80 beds and presents numerous paths to stabilization with strong fundamentals and attractive in-place HUD financing.  Both regional and national acquirers were targeted, resulting in offers from five credible groups. The selected bidder was a regional owner/operator with significant experience in northeast Ohio, allowing for a quick HUD Transfer of Physical Assets Approval. The transaction closed before the end of June, enabling the facility to remain eligible for the Quality Incentive Payment... Read More »
Operator Retains Management After IL/AL/MC Divestment

Operator Retains Management After IL/AL/MC Divestment

Berkadia was engaged by Indianapolis-based Leo Brown Group in its divestment of two Class-A seniors housing communities in strong submarkets in Indiana and Ohio. The properties demonstrate robust operating performance with impressive margins, top-line revenue and high occupancy rates.  Each being the newest vintage in their respective submarkets, built in 2020 and 2021, the communities comprise 247 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The communities were developed by Leo Brown Group and operated by Traditions Management. Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers handled the transaction. Berkadia ran a competitive process that ultimately allowed... Read More »
Ziegler Closes Acquisition Financing for CCRC Group

Ziegler Closes Acquisition Financing for CCRC Group

Ziegler announced the closing of New Jersey-based FellowshipLIFE’s Series 2024 bonds and taxable term loan in an aggregate par amount of $42.5 million for the Senior Living Finance Practice. FellowshipLIFE, a not-for-profit provider of seniors housing, has an obligated group (subject of this financing) that currently consists of only Fellowship Village and is rated “BBB-” by Fitch Ratings. In connection with this financing, the obligated group will purchase a CCRC in Freehold, New Jersey, and bring it into the obligated group, which will result in no change to the current rating. Before the acquisition, the obligated group only included the Fellowship Village CCRC in Basking Ridge, New... Read More »
Sunrise Expands Horizon with 13 Added Communities

Sunrise Expands Horizon with 13 Added Communities

Sunrise Senior Living added 13 communities to its growing North American portfolio, with more community additions to follow in the third quarter. Sunrise now operates more than 240 seniors housing communities in the United States and Canada, serving more than 20,000 residents. First, Sunrise assumed a new joint venture ownership interest in two, high-quality assisted living/memory care communities in the suburbs of Chicago, expanding its AL/MC services in a high-performing market. Next, Sunrise assumed management of a portfolio comprising eight independent living communities in the greater Rocky Mountain area. Three additional communities are anticipated to close in the coming weeks. ... Read More »
Owner/Operator Expands in Missouri

Owner/Operator Expands in Missouri

Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group represented a buyer that was not disclosed in its purchase of a skilled nursing facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Built in the late 1990s, the SNF comprises 120 beds. Current operations were not disclosed, but the facility was considered to be a “value-add” opportunity. Its previous owner, a local mom & pop, was exiting the sector with the sale. They were represented by Matt Bukhshtaber of CBRE. Meanwhile, Montgomery represented the buyer, a growing owner/operator that was expanding their existing footprint in the state of Missouri. The purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
PE Firm Divests in Philadelphia

PE Firm Divests in Philadelphia

Blueprint was engaged by a real estate private equity firm in its divestment of a seniors housing community in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built in 1988, the community comprises 114 units of assisted living and memory care. The PE firm acquired it in 2018 with a plan to execute a capex investment and repositioning strategy, subsequently investing significant capital to renovate and modernize the community, materially elevating its FF&E, common areas and resident units to a quality on par with a newer vintage product. Kory Buzin, Steve Thomes and Ben Firestone handled the transaction, marketing the opportunity as one with upside upon respositioning it to better serve the local,... Read More »
Sonida Expands Through the Addition of 10 Properties

Sonida Expands Through the Addition of 10 Properties

Sonida Senior Living announced it added eight seniors housing communities and two management contracts to its portfolio. Sonida’s portfolio now consists of 70 communities. Including the two new management contracts, Sonida’s operating portfolio is now comprised of 82 communities. The growth also comes on the heels of the 160% increase in its share price in the first six months of 2024. The company executed two separate joint venture investments acquiring eight seniors housing communities in attractive submarkets within Sonida’s geographic footprint. The transactions include 790 independent living, assisted living and memory care units. The acquired assets consist of private-pay communities... Read More »