• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
Welltower Continues To Divest

Welltower Continues To Divest

For news on Welltower’s leadership change, please watch “60 Seconds with Steve” above. The REIT did this week finally disclosed (what we broke last week) its $702 million sale of 11 senior living properties in California, Washington and Nevada to a joint venture between AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens, which has been operating the portfolio for Welltower.  We reported that the cap rate of pre-COVID cash flow was about 5% based on trailing-12 months ended March 31, 2020. But with the occupancy decline in the past six months, August’s cash flow annualized had dropped to about $25.3 million, producing a cap rate based on that annualized number of 3.6%. The... Read More »
PGIM Real Estate Funds AEW/Merrill Gardens Portfolio Purchase

PGIM Real Estate Funds AEW/Merrill Gardens Portfolio Purchase

Earlier this week, we reported on the Welltower sale of 10 seniors housing communities to AEW Capital Management and Merrill Gardens Senior Living, and now we have learned that PGIM Real Estate provided the acquisition debt. The partnership buyer obtained a $460 million loan with a seven-year term. There is also a combination of fixed-rate and floating-rate terms.   The debt funded both the acquisition and the recapitalization of the 10-property portfolio, which includes a total of 1,507 units of independent living, assisted living, memory care and even some multifamily units. There are also approximately 29,000 square feet of... Read More »
Welltower Portfolio Sold

Welltower Portfolio Sold

Since last March, we have been wondering what happened to Welltower’s large sale of a prominent seniors housing operating portfolio of western senior living properties. It would have been the largest deal of the year so far at the original $740 million price, but it fell apart, as we assume many deals did once the coronavirus pandemic unleashed its terror.  We had heard through the grapevine that it was still in the market, but it wasn’t until late last week that we saw in some local publications out West that a few of the pieces of the portfolio were closed, according to the local real estate filings, including identifying Merrill Gardens as the operator. That would... Read More »
Capital Health Group and AEW Capital Management Sell Florida Communities

Capital Health Group and AEW Capital Management Sell Florida Communities

We just learned of the sellers in Sino-Ocean Capital and Meridian Senior Living’s acquisition of two seniors housing communities in Florida. After funding the land acquisition and development of the two communities, Capital Health Group and AEW Capital Management are selling the properties for an undisclosed amount. The deal involved a 106-unit community in Fort Lauderdale built in 2016 and a 132-unit community in Boca Raton just opened last year, both operating under the “Symphony” brand. They were both well occupied. The buyers engaged Capital One to serve as administrative agent for a large multi-purpose financing package. The $108.9 million loan will be used to... Read More »
Cooper City Community Sold to Artemis Real Estate Partners

Cooper City Community Sold to Artemis Real Estate Partners

Artemis Real Estate Partners recently acquired a 120-unit assisted living/memory care community in Cooper City, Florida (Broward County) for approximately $37.5 million, or $312,500 per unit. AEW Capital Management was the seller, having purchased the original site in 2015 for $2.5 million and developed the community in 2017. Senior Lifestyle Corporation operates the community. Artemis reportedly took out a $23.4 million loan to finance the acquisition. Rents start at $4,000 at the community, which features amenities such as a barber shop, card room, business center and a fitness center. The community also provides physical, occupational and speech therapy, catering for private functions,... Read More »