• Ensign Makes a Splash in Texas

    The Ensign Group closed out April with a bang, announcing the acquisition of the real estate and operations of 17 skilled nursing facilities spread across Texas, plus the real estate of two seniors housing communities in Wisconsin.  The Texas portfolio is majority-SNF, with 2,080 skilled nursing beds. There are also some seniors housing... Read More »
  • Public REIT Sells Value-Add Community to Joint Venture

    Kandu Capital, a family office specializing in real estate and healthcare, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Ohio after strategically divesting a number of skilled nursing, behavioral health and seniors housing assets at healthy valuations. Those dispositions were initially... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests Its CCRC Portfolio to Another Not-for-Profit

    A portfolio of CCRCs in South-Central Pennsylvania changed hands from one faith-based not-for-profit organization to another, with Toby Siefert and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handling the process. The pair represented the seller, SpiriTrust Lutheran, an 80-year-old operator based in York, Pennsylvania, in the sale of six... Read More »
  • AL/MC Community Trending Towards Stabilization Sells

    Blueprint’s suite of services was on display in the sale and financing of an assisted living/memory care community in Fredericksburg, Texas. Built in 2018, The Villages of Windcrest was performing well at the time of marketing, and was trending towards stabilization. Newer, performing properties are getting the most interest in the M&A market... Read More »
  • Montgomery Intermediary Group Brings on New Advisor

    Continuing its momentum in 2026, Montgomery Intermediary Group (MIG) announced that it hired Colin Thomas, CFA as an investment sales advisor. In this role, Thomas will lead seniors housing and skilled nursing transactions across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, expanding MIG’s coverage and capabilities in these markets. Thomas’s... Read More »

CBRE helps refinance successful community

A 100-unit independent living community well located in Carmichael, California with a strong occupancy history was recently refinanced with the help of CBRE. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing and Kevin Randles of CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance office arranged a $12 million fixed-rate loan from Fannie Mae. CBRE Multifamily Capital originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Ray Stone, Inc., which operates five other communities with over 800 units in California and has operated the Carmichael community since its opening in 2003. Occupancy has ranged from 95% to 99% in the last few years, with rents starting at $1,500 a month and going up to about $4,000 a month. The refinance... Read More »

New Fund hits development market

Blue Moon Capital Partners, a seniors housing private equity investor founded by industry vets Kathryn Sweeney and Susan Barlow, just announced the first project for its $175 million fund, Blue Moon Senior Housing I LP (BMSH). In December 2014, Blue Moon secured a $175 million capital investment from Scout Fund II through Hawkeye Partners, LP. Kicking off development will be a 180-unit seniors housing project in Northville, Michigan being developed with The Damone Group, which has developed over 120 projects in the last 40 years. With 96 IL units, 44 AL units and 40 MC units, the community will be built by the developer’s construction arm, Damone Construction, and operated by its... Read More »