• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »
Financing for Covenant Living Communities and Services

Financing for Covenant Living Communities and Services

The Colorado Health Facilities Authority plans to issue $148.6 million of bonds to pay for certain costs linked to long-term care facilities operated by Illinois-based not-for-profit organization Covenant Living Communities and Services. Covenant operates a continuing care system of retirement communities, assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities on behalf of the Board of Benevolence of The Evangelical Covenant Church. The authority will loan the proceeds from the Series 2025A revenue bonds to Covenant, which will use them for the payment of the costs of acquiring, constructing, remodeling, renovating and equipping long-term care facilities. The proceeds will also be used... Read More »
Sabra’s CIO Retires

Sabra’s CIO Retires

Sabra Health Care REIT announced that Talya Nevo-Hacohen, Sabra’s Chief Investment Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President, will be retiring effective December 31. Nevo-Hacohen helped build Sabra into a $6.5 billion enterprise with 399 investments from a newly formed REIT with 86 properties leased to a single tenant. Nevo-Hacohen is expected to remain in a consulting role with Sabra pursuant to a two-year consulting arrangement.  Darrin Smith, Sabra’s Executive Vice President, Investments, is expected to take on the role of Sabra’s CIO effective January 1, 2026. Smith has over 30 years of real estate experience, and has been with Sabra for five years. A seamless transition is... Read More »
Vacant Texas AL/SNF Community Trades Hands

Vacant Texas AL/SNF Community Trades Hands

Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint were engaged by a repeat client in the divestment of its vacant senior care community in Waco, Texas. Last operated in 2018, the community closed due to the prior operator’s inability to service above-market rent payments. Built in 2015, the community comprises 106 assisted living units and skilled nursing beds and was well maintained by ownership. It sits on 6.7 acres, directly adjacent to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Hillcrest, the leading acute care provider in Waco.  Blueprint advised the seller to move forward with a highly competitive all-cash offer that was submitted by a leading provider of transitional skilled... Read More »
Bob Jones University Divests AL/MC Community to Joint Venture

Bob Jones University Divests AL/MC Community to Joint Venture

Dan Geraghty and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in Greenville, South Carolina, on behalf of Bob Jones University. BJU is exiting the business to focus on its core values. With a solid long-term foundation of financial performance, the asset offers an opportunity to capitalize on existing cash flow with potential for profitability enhancement.  Built in 1927 with renovations completed between 1960 and 2014, Shepherd’s Care Assisted Living and Memory Care Community sits on 5.7 acres with 60 units across 65,762 square feet. The community was 88% occupied at the time of sale.  After reviewing several offers, the... Read More »
Cougar Capital Management Acquires in Tennessee

Cougar Capital Management Acquires in Tennessee

Berkadia sold the final property in a 16-property seniors housing portfolio, completed through 11 separate transactions over the past 12 months. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders represented the publicly traded REIT seller.  The portfolio comprised 16 assisted living and memory care communities, totaled over 1,200 units and spanned nine states. Eight buyers, primarily regional or local owner/operators, acquired the properties within the portfolio. The final property, an 86-unit AL/MC community in the Knoxville, Tennessee MSA, was purchased by Cougar Capital Management. Read More »
Regional Provider Purchases in Michigan

Regional Provider Purchases in Michigan

Michael Segal and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint were engaged by a Michigan-based owner/operator to facilitate the off-market sale of two of its skilled nursing facilities in Michigan. The facilities were deemed geographic outliers, motivating the seller to shift focus to its holdings in metro Detroit and the greater Saginaw submarkets.  The sale included 110-bed Aria Nursing & Rehabilitation in Lansing and 82-bed Allegra Nursing & Rehab Center in Jackson. At the time of sale, both facilities were generating positive cash flow with combined census and quality payor mix above 80% and 30%, respectively. Blueprint approached a limited number of potential buyers, procuring an... Read More »
Focus Healthcare Partners Secures Acquisition Financing

Focus Healthcare Partners Secures Acquisition Financing

BMO’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group closed on a $36.25 million facility for Focus Healthcare Partners to finance the acquisition of a seniors housing community in Bethesda, Maryland. Focus will bring on Solera Senior Living to manage the community.  Built in 2019, Brightview Bethesda Woodmont comprises 92 assisted living and 21 memory care units and will be rebranded as Modena Reserve at Bethesda. Occupancy was around 86% when Focus acquired the community. Newmark handled this transaction and arranged the five-year acquisition financing, with a three-year interest-only period, from BMO. Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: Loneliness, Health and the Active Adult Opportunity

60 Seconds with Swett: Loneliness, Health and the Active Adult Opportunity

We came across a recent survey by U.S. News & World Report that interviewed seniors who moved into either independent living, assisted living or memory care in the last two years, trying to gather how seniors experience social connection within their communities and also how they gauged their loneliness and health trajectories leading up to their move. To no one’s surprise, the percent of seniors who felt lonely a majority of the time dropped from 69% before the move to seniors housing to 42% afterwards, still a large share, unfortunately. A smaller percentage reported taking part in more activities, more physical activity or finding meaning or purpose in daily life more often after... Read More »
Superior Living Foundation Acquires SNF Portfolio in Texas

Superior Living Foundation Acquires SNF Portfolio in Texas

Superior Living Foundation, Inc., a Maryland-based nonstock, not-for-profit organization focused on providing affordable inpatient and outpatient healthcare, residential, and housing services to vulnerable populations, completed the acquisition of 14 skilled nursing facilities in eastern Texas. The transaction was valued at approximately $250.2 million. The private owner/operator seller will continue managing the facilities under the terms of the agreement. Superior Living Foundation is financing the deal through a public offering of approximately $247.3 million in tax-exempt bonds together with private debt that was purchased by the seller. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. served as sole... Read More »
Connecticut SNF Secures Bridge Loan

Connecticut SNF Secures Bridge Loan

Greystone provided a $33 million bridge loan to refinance a 190-bed skilled nursing facility in Connecticut. The facility provides long-term care and rehabilitation, Alzheimer’s and dementia care, wound care & IV therapy, and therapeutic recreation. The bridge loan carries a two and a half year term with an extension option, and the borrower intends to pursue permanent financing from HUD. The financing was originated by Fred Levine. Read More »
Financing for Covenant Living Communities and Services

CCHI Acquires and Repurposes MC Community

Blueprint was engaged by a public REIT in its divestment of a seniors housing community in Highland Park, Illinois, that was vacant at the time of sale. A not-for-profit organization, The Collaborative Community Housing Initiative, acquired the memory care community. CCHI will transform the community into a 45- to 50-unit co-living space for adults with disabilities in an environment designed for inclusion and independence through independent living, social engagement and recreational and educational activities. Ben Firestone and Lauren Nagle handled this transaction. Read More »