• 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 »
Greystone Provides a Rhode Island SNF Portfolio with Financing

Greystone Provides a Rhode Island SNF Portfolio with Financing

Greystone provided $29.9 million in bridge financing for the acquisition of a portfolio of six skilled nursing facilities in Rhode Island. The bridge financing was originated by Ryan Harkins and Christopher Clare, both Managing Directors at Greystone. The skilled nursing facilities include Bayberry Commons (120 beds in Pascoag), Eastgate Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (76 beds in East Providence), South Kingstone Nursing & Rehab Center (112 beds in West Kingston), West Shore Health Center (149 beds in Warwick), Village House Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (95 beds in Newport) and Elmwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (70 beds in Providence). Read More »
Solinity’s Recent Announcement

Solinity’s Recent Announcement

Solinity, a seniors housing developer, named William H. Holly and John Moore as Partners in Development to spearhead investor relations in the growth of the company’s development and acquisition pipeline. Solinity has a $300 million pipeline for new development and community acquisitions in the southeastern United States for expansion in 2025. Josh Crisp, Founder and CEO, is the visionary of the development pipeline, which includes plans for multigenerational and mixed use age friendly communities designed to meet the needs of the aging population. With over three decades of industry experience, and a native of Coral Gables, Holly began his career with the Codina Bush Group before holding... Read More »

Bay Point Nursing Pavilion Acquisition Profiled in LevinPro Database

Bay Point Nursing Pavillion, a Medicare-licensed not for profit skilled nursing facility situated at 4201 31st St S in Saint Petersburg, Florida, has been linked to a merger or acquisition in the LevinPro M&A deal database. Established on December 23, 2002, the facility is known for its skilled nursing services. LevinPro, a comprehensive service tracking M&A activity across more than a dozen healthcare sectors including hospitals, home health, medical real estate, and biopharma, has profiled this transaction involving Bay Point Nursing Pavillion. This information is featured in their deal database, accessible to subscribers here. With a robust history of tracking thousands of deals... Read More »
Activists Are Knocking On Brookdale’s Door

Activists Are Knocking On Brookdale’s Door

Not to toot our own horn (sorry), but very recently we predicted that Brookdale Senior Living’s growing percentage of owned properties would attract activist investors yet again. That, and the continued poor performance of its share price.  It has now happened, again. Ortelius Advisors, which controls approximately 1.3% of Brookdale’s common stock, announced a slate of candidates for the Board that it will propose at Brookdale’s annual meeting later this year. Ortelius, like many other investors, has grown tired of the unfulfilled promises made and slow turnaround at the company, especially compared with the rest of the industry.  The slate being proposed by Ortelius includes six... Read More »
Ziegler Handles Christian Horizons’ Portfolio Divestment

Ziegler Handles Christian Horizons’ Portfolio Divestment

Ziegler announced its role as exclusive sell-side financial advisor to Midwest Christian Villages (doing business as Christian Horizons) in the sale of its senior living and care portfolio pursuant to Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The sale of substantially all the company’s assets closed in multiple transactions on or before February 28th, 2025. Nick Glaisner handled the transaction. Christian Horizons was one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit, faith-based organizations and offered a comprehensive continuum of care that included over 1,200 independent living, assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing units/beds. The organization served older adults in Illinois,... Read More »
Blueprint’s Recent Activity

Blueprint’s Recent Activity

Blueprint recently closed three transactions involving skilled nursing facilities. First, a legacy owner/operator engaged Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint to facilitate the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Dayton, Ohio. Grafton Oaks comprises 99 beds and was cash flow negative at the time of sale. The seller was divesting their only asset to retire from the industry. Blueprint targeted a select group of well-capitalized investors and regional operators with a strong understanding of skilled nursing operations and Ohio regulatory considerations. Multiple groups expressed interest with the ultimate buyer being an owner looking to expand its presence in Southwest Ohio. The... Read More »
Ikaria Formalizing CareTrust REIT Relationship

Ikaria Formalizing CareTrust REIT Relationship

Newly formed Ikaria Capital Group is formalizing an arrangement with CareTrust REIT to provide capital to the seniors housing and nursing home sector. The Ikaria team, which is led by White Oak Healthcare Partners alums Jason Dopoulos and Ken Gould, has worked with CareTrust on several debt transactions since 2022, and this marks a continuation of that relationship. The Ikaria team will also continue to provide debt origination, underwriting, and asset management services.  CareTrust’s investment priority will still be on acquiring real estate through accretive transactions but will look to add to its debt investments, which can offer attractive yields. The REIT closed approximately... Read More »
Roers Companies Secures Financing

Roers Companies Secures Financing

JLL Capital Markets secured a $42.9 million bridge loan refinancing to take out the construction loan for a seniors housing community in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Scott Loving, Scott Streiff, Gary Marchiori and William Hintz of JLL worked on behalf of the borrower, Roers Companies, in arranging the 2.5-year, floating-rate refinance. Built in 2023, Risor of St. Louis Park comprises 170 units across six stories. Of the 170 units, 18 are affordable seniors housing units, while the remainder are active adult units. The unit mix consists of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. The community is situated in one of the most affluent suburbs in the metro, with an average household income... Read More »
Staten Island SNF Secures Financing

Staten Island SNF Secures Financing

MONTICELLOAM announced the financing of a $25 million mezzanine loan for a skilled nursing facility in Staten Island, New York. The sponsorship group, a longstanding MONTICELLOAM client, has an existing footprint with a portfolio spanning the East Coast. The loan proceeds will be used to recapitalize the existing equity in the 300-bed facility. Read More »

Estes Family Trusts Lead Alabama Skilled Nursing Market Through NHS Management

Jennifer Lee Estes Tr 031093 and James Norman Estes Jr Tr jointly lead Alabama’s skilled nursing facility sector with 30 facilities each, according to the most recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) data from January 2025. These related trusts share ownership interests in 45 facilities across four states, with Alabama representing their strongest market presence. The Estes family operates these facilities through NHS Management, LLC, a company led by J. Norman Estes as President and CEO. Ownership Structure and Portfolio Distribution The Estes trusts maintain primarily indirect ownership stakes in their facilities, with Jennifer Lee Estes Tr 031093 holding 6.25%... Read More »

Pacs Group, Inc.: California’s Dominant Skilled Nursing Provider

Pacs Group, Inc. has established itself as the dominant player in California’s skilled nursing facility (SNF) landscape, operating 118 facilities across the state according to the most recent CMS data from January 2025. Beyond California, the company has strategically expanded into eight additional states, with significant presence in Colorado and South Carolina (19 facilities each), and smaller footprints in Kentucky (7), Ohio (6), Arizona (4), Nevada (4), Missouri (2), and Texas (2). Founded in 2013, Pacs Group has grown into one of the largest post-acute care platforms in the United States, now serving over 22,000 patients daily across 218 healthcare facilities with approximately... Read More »