• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Growing Owner/Operator Acquires Illinois SNF/SLF

Growing Owner/Operator Acquires Illinois SNF/SLF

Andrew Montgomery of Montgomery Intermediary Group announced a couple of transactions in Illinois and Mississippi. First was for a skilled nursing/supportive living facility in a small, rural Illinois market. The facility features over 130 SNF beds and SLF units and sold to a large owner group that invested alongside a growing owner/operator in Illinois. The skilled nursing component originally opened in 2005, and the supportive living facility was added in 2007. Many owners have cited difficulties in operating senior care facilities in rural markets as their reason to divest, which may have been the case here. But we understand the buyer has committed to maintaining continuity of resident... Read More »
Berkadia’s Recent Activity

Berkadia’s Recent Activity

Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare handled two separate transactions in Michigan and Tennessee. First, Berkadia sold and secured financing for Clinton Creek Assisted Living and Memory Care. The community is in the Detroit MSA and was 90% occupied at closing. It was financed with a bridge-to-HUD loan, representing 67% of the purchase price. Dave Fasano, Ross Sanders, Cody Tremper and Mike Garbers handled the sale, while Jay Healy and Andrew Lanzaro completed the financing. Next, Fasano, Sanders, Tremper and Garbers were brought on to facilitate the sale of a 16-property seniors housing portfolio. The portfolio comprises over 1,200 units across nine states. The final asset in... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Purchases Seniors Housing Portfolio

Regional Owner/Operator Purchases Seniors Housing Portfolio

A portfolio of three Class-B seniors housing communities in tertiary markets in Northern California found a new owner. The communities all featured assisted living, memory care and independent living services, with 205 total units and 242 licensed beds. They were originally developed in 2001 and 2002, and occupancy stood at 71%, 89% and 84%, respectively, at the time of the sale. As a portfolio, they offered an attractive opportunity for an experienced regional operator to expand its footprint. A lender-appointed receiver oversaw the sale due to loan maturity and the previous owner’s inability to refinance. Dan Mahoney and Scott Frazier of Blueprint represented the nationally recognized... Read More »
Minnesota Community Secures HUD Refinance

Minnesota Community Secures HUD Refinance

Sam Butler of the Fort Worth office of Colliers Mortgage closed a $24 million HUD loan for the refinance of The Pillars of Mankato in Mankato, Minnesota. Built in 2019, the community features 118 units across 146,138 square feet on 3.9 acres. There are 98 independent and assisted living units plus 20 memory care units.  According to LevinPro LTC, The Pillars of Mankato was acquired at the end of 2023 by Tunbridge Peak LLC, an out-of-state real estate investment firm affiliated with Peak Capital Partners, that partnered with the in-place operator to manage the community. Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the 2023... Read More »
Solinity’s New Development

Solinity’s New Development

Solinity has partnered with the Scott County Economic Development Authority to develop a 100-acre multigenerational, mixed-use community in Scott County, Virginia, called Riverside. The development will feature a range of housing options, including age-restricted housing, such as active adult, independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Additionally, the community will offer non-age-restricted housing, workforce housing, restaurants, retail spaces, a children’s daycare and green spaces. Solinity has selected DKLEVY as the architectural and design firm for the master plan, and Solinity Marketing is the agency responsible for branding and marketing the project.  A key... Read More »
EF Senior Care Expands its Footprint

EF Senior Care Expands its Footprint

EF Senior Care, an owner/operator based in Plymouth, Massachusetts, grew its long-term care portfolio this month, having acquired the operations of a senior care campus in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Built in 1895, Berkeley Retirement Home comprises 44 skilled nursing and independent living beds. Berkeley Retirement Home represents EF Senior Care’s fourth management contract in the past year, and brings its beds under management to nearly 500. Read More »
Solera Grows through Acquisition of SageLife

Solera Grows through Acquisition of SageLife

Solera Senior Living expanded its portfolio through the acquisition of SageLife. SageLife’s portfolio includes five high performing seniors housing communities in Maryland, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. This acquisition brings Solera’s growing portfolio to 14 properties spanning nine states, including a growing concentration in the Mid-Atlantic. In conjunction with the acquisition, founder of SageLife, Kelly Cook Andress, will join Solera’s Advisory Board.  The communities that are now under Solera’s management include Plush Mills (an independent and assisted living community in Wallingford, PA), Daylesford Crossing (an AL and memory care community in Malvern, PA), Village Crossing at... Read More »
Joint Venture Acquires Class-A Seniors Housing Asset in Texas

Joint Venture Acquires Class-A Seniors Housing Asset in Texas

CBRE National Senior Housing acted as the exclusive advisor on the sale of a Class-A seniors housing community in the Houston, Texas MSA. Built in 2012, the community comprises 207 units offering independent living, assisted living and memory care services. CBRE National Senior Housing also arranged acquisition financing for the community on behalf of a joint venture between a national operator and an institutional equity partner. John Sweeny, Senior Vice President and Co-Head of CBRE National Senior Housing, and Aron Will, Vice Chairman and Co-Head of CBRE National Senior Housing, represented the seller in this transaction. The sales price is undisclosed. Will and Tim Root of CBRE... Read More »
Growing Owner/Operator Acquires Illinois SNF/SLF

Owner/Operator Acquires in Illinois

Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a supportive living community in the south suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. Waterford Estates totals 247 units with 170 independent living, 61 assisted living and 16 memory care units. The seller was a New York-based institutional owner seeking to recycle capital. Due to the scarcity of supportive living community transactions in Illinois, the offering generated significant interest from buyers. Following a competitive marketing process, the ultimate buyer was a growing owner/operator with an established footprint in the state. But the purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Purchases Seniors Housing Portfolio

AEC Living Secures Financing

Helios Healthcare Advisors structured the recapitalization of a 300-bed assisted living and skilled nursing portfolio in the San Francisco MSA. Facing a pending maturity with its existing lender, the borrower (AEC Living) engaged Helios to structure a refinance across two owned/operated assisted living communities and one skilled nursing property that was subject to a triple-net lease with a large public health district. All assets were geographically clustered and located in very high-income markets in the Bay Area. Helios secured a financing solution through a family office that sponsored a commercial real estate debt-fund. The total loan amount was $12 million and closing occurred... Read More »
EF Senior Care Expands its Footprint

Massachusetts SNF Secures New Future in Behavioral Health

Blueprint’s Behavioral Healthcare Team sold a vacant skilled nursing facility on behalf of a nationally recognized institutional REIT to a buyer that will convert the building into a behavioral health facility. The existing asset is in Agawam, Massachusetts, and was identified as a potential candidate for a behavioral healthcare provider due to the strong patient demand, referral networks and reimbursement for inpatient substance abuse treatment.  Andrew Sfreddo, Shane Harmon, Gunnar Raney and Colin Segner of Blueprint targeted behavioral healthcare-focused operators that would push price and terms well beyond vacant SNF values. The ultimate winning bidder was a large, privately held,... Read More »