• In Memoriam: Doug Korey

    We just heard the unfortunate news that our friend and colleague Doug Korey passed away last week. He had been battling cancer for a while but always put a brave face on his journey. We have known Doug since he got into the senior care industry more than 25 years ago. We served on panels with him and had many off-the-record conversations about... Read More »
  • 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 »
Insignia Divests Georgia Standalone Memory Care Community

Insignia Divests Georgia Standalone Memory Care Community

Senior Living Investment Brokerage facilitated the sale of a standalone memory care community in Alpharetta, Georgia, that benefits from strong on-site leadership and a great reputation in the local market. The seller, Insignia Senior Living, is selling its United States-based assets to focus on its core geographic markets in Puerto Rico and Latin America. Built in 1991 and renovated in 2016, Tapestry House Memory Care features 42 units across one story. The community sits on 1.93 acres in Fulton County and comprises 28,266 square feet. SLIB created a national, yet confidential market for this transaction. There were multiple offers from both regional and local buyers. The eventual... Read More »
Inspired Healthcare Capital Acquires in Texas

Inspired Healthcare Capital Acquires in Texas

JLL Capital Markets arranged the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in San Marcos, Texas. The seller was a joint venture between Bow River Capital and Investcor, and the buyer was Inspired Healthcare Capital. Built in 2020, Sage Spring Senior Living comprises 90 units of assisted living and memory care. The community was stabilized at the time of sale. Jay Wagner, Rick Swartz, Aaron Rosenzweig and Dan Baker handled the transaction. Read More »
SLR Healthcare ABL Provides Financing

SLR Healthcare ABL Provides Financing

SLR Healthcare ABL provided a $3.0 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a skilled nursing operator based in the upper Midwest. The management team has a combined 40 years of long-term care experience. It recently took over the operations of three skilled nursing facilities that total 230 beds in Iowa. Proceeds of the loan were used to provide working capital to support growth initiatives which include development of a memory care unit and expansion of a behavioral health unit. Stacy Allen handled the transaction. No additional details were disclosed. Read More »
Northern Wisconsin Facility Changes Hands 

Northern Wisconsin Facility Changes Hands 

Marcus & Millichap facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Northern Wisconsin. Aspen Health & Rehab is a skilled nursing facility featuring 86 beds in South Range, Wisconsin. Ray Giannini, Justin Knapp and Nick Stahler of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction. No additional details were disclosed. Read More »
BHI Senior Living Secures Financing

BHI Senior Living Secures Financing

Ziegler announced the closing of BHI Senior Living’s $32.0 million Series 2024AB bank loans. BHI is a faith-based not-for-profit organization that owns and operates 10 CCRCs across Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. The Series 2024AB bonds marks BHI’s eighth financing with Ziegler since 2000. BHI will finance two phases of new construction at Hoosier Village in Zionsville, Indiana. Hoosier intends to construct 20 independent living townhomes with 3,200 square feet each in two phases beginning spring 2024 and another in spring 2025 for a total of 40 units. BHI currently has a waitlist with over 400 households seeking an independent living unit in the community. Ziegler conducted a full bank search... Read More »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: What if Boomers Are Not the Disruptors?

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: What if Boomers Are Not the Disruptors?

How many times have you heard that the boomers will be major disruptors of the seniors housing sector, causing providers to rethink, and change, how they provide their care and services? Too many times? I admit, I have been guilty of this as well. But I have been thinking about this concept (I know, a scary thought), and now I have some doubts. What do seniors housing providers do? They provide housing, care, meals, and an environment for socialization, among other services, all in a safe setting. Since I am in the middle of the pack of boomers, I don’t see those services changing much. Tweaked? Of course. But the basics should always be there. Boomers are going to be very demanding, or so... Read More »
Public REIT Divests Two Georgia AL/MC Communities

Public REIT Divests Two Georgia AL/MC Communities

Berkadia was engaged in the sale of two assisted living and memory care communities in the Atlanta, Georgia MSA. The communities are located in Atlanta and Marietta and total 146 units. The seller was a publicly traded REIT. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders handled the transaction. No additional details were disclosed. Read More »
Missouri-Based Provider Acquires SNF Portfolio (with HUD debt)

Missouri-Based Provider Acquires SNF Portfolio (with HUD debt)

Blueprint was engaged by Birchwood Healthcare Partners, a Chicago-based private investor and owner/operator, in its sale of its eastern Oklahoma skilled nursing portfolio. The regionally clustered portfolio comprises seven facilities that total 561 beds. It benefited from the recent Medicaid rate increases and steady census rebounds. There was attractive assumable HUD debt on select facilities, and improved performance tracking towards historical highs.  The marketing process resulted in multiple competing offers and rounds of bidding. Birchwood selected a familiar Missouri-based provider as the ultimate buyer. There were bifurcated closings upon final HUD approval for the loan... Read More »
CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Massachusetts SNF

CFG Secures Bridge-to-HUD Loan for Massachusetts SNF

Capital Funding Group announced the closing of a bridge-to-HUD loan totaling $9.75 million on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. The loan supports the refinancing of a 123-bed skilled nursing facility in Massachusetts. Tim Eberhardt, Craig Casagrande and Ava Julio handled the transaction. This financing follows CFG’s announcement of the closing of a $36.2 million bridge-to-HUD loan that supported the refinancing of five skilled nursing facilities in North Carolina. The facilities total 522 beds. CFG refinanced an existing loan to include two additional underleveraged facilities on behalf of a nationally recognized borrower. Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires AL Community in Colorado

Joint Venture Acquires AL Community in Colorado

Ziegler was engaged by Bethesda Senior Living in its sale of a stabilized, well-performing assisted living community in Grand Junction, Colorado. Bethesda is divesting this non-core asset to focus on the growth of its mission. Cornerstone Management purchased the community in conjunction with a private real estate fund. Eric Johnson handled the transaction, noting that the largest hurdle to getting it closed was location, as the community sits outside the primary markets, which limited the buyer pool.  Read More »
60 Seconds with Swett: M&A Activity Heats Up in May

60 Seconds with Swett: M&A Activity Heats Up in May

We have said this before, but the seniors housing and care M&A market is on pace to record its best-ever year in terms of transaction activity, and by some margin. Already by this point in May, we are closing in on 250 transactions for the year, so far, which puts us on track for more than 600 publicly announced deals when we close out 2024. The split between skilled nursing and seniors housing activity followed historical norms, at 42% of the deals being for SNFs. And over $2.5 billion of transaction volume has been publicly disclosed, not including scores of deals with confidential prices, including large portfolios. How could volume be so high despite a challenging lending and... Read More »