• 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 »
Kentucky and Connecticut SNF Sell in Separate Transactions

Kentucky and Connecticut SNF Sell in Separate Transactions

Jeffrey Vegh and Joe Schiff of Forest Healthcare Properties handled two separate deals, one in Kentucky and one in Connecticut. First, in an off-market transaction, Forest facilitated the sale of a skilled nursing facility with 150 beds in Lexington, Kentucky. The facility had positive EBITDAR and cash flow at the time of the sale.  After receiving five written offers from regional and local groups, the ultimate emerging buyer was a repeat client of both Forest and the seller, a large private healthcare group with an existing footprint in the state. This was the seller’s only asset in Kentucky. Next, Vegh and Schiff, in another off-market transaction, were engaged by a mom & pop... Read More »
Wachusett Healthcare Acquires in Connecticut

Wachusett Healthcare Acquires in Connecticut

Waschusett Healthcare, a provider of skilled nursing and rehabilitation services in Connecticut, acquired Beechwood Post Acute and Transitional Care. Built in 1898, Beechwood is in New London, Connecticut, with 60 beds. The purchase price was not disclosed. Waschusett has served as a consulting partner to Beechwood for the past three years. 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 »