• Clarion Partners Expands in Nashville MSA

    by | Mar 3, 2026 2:29 pm | Acquisitions

    Clarion Partners, an affiliate of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc. acquired Vitality Living Franklin, a 126-unit seniors housing community in Franklin, Tennessee (Nashville MSA). The community was built in 2014, renovated in 2023 and faced little new competition in the area. It was... Read More »

  • Regional Buyer Acquires Community Adjacent to Its SNF

    by | Mar 3, 2026 2:28 pm | Acquisitions

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham recently sold a 42-unit assisted living community in Cashmere, Washington, near Wenatchee in the central part of the state. Epledalen Assisted Living was built in 1999 and was fully occupied, but its local owner/operator wished to exit the industry.... Read More »

  • National Healthcare Properties and Discovery Buy Large Portfolio

    by | Mar 3, 2026 2:28 pm | Acquisitions

    In an off-market deal, National Healthcare Properties acquired a portfolio of 13 seniors housing communities in eight states through a joint venture with Discovery Senior Living. The new SHOP assets total 592 units of assisted living and will be placed under a RIDEA structure with Discovery, which has been managing and will continue to manage the... Read More »

  • Debtor Sells SNF at Auction

    by | Mar 3, 2026 2:27 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint was engaged by the debtor and approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Eastern New York District to sell the real estate of a skilled nursing facility outside of Yakima, Washington. Arcadia Medical Resort of Parkside was built in 1972 and is licensed for 88 beds, providing long-term care, rehabilitation and therapy services. It is set... Read More »

  • Dwight Capital Buys HUD Mortgage Servicing Rights Portfolio

    by | Mar 3, 2026 2:26 pm | Acquisitions

    Dwight Capital acquired Midland States Bank’s seniors housing HUD mortgage servicing rights portfolio, which includes loans secured by skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities and hospitals. The portfolio totals over $500 million in unpaid principal balance from 69 loans across 22 states. Now, following the acquisition, the loan... Read More »
Masonicare Feels The Squeeze

Masonicare Feels The Squeeze

by | Oct 25, 2017 7:01 am | Acquisitions

After 34 years of ownership, Masonicare is selling its large skilled nursing facility in Newtown, Connecticut, citing many of the issues facing small SNF operators today as the reasons for its exit. The Connecticut not-for-profit currently operates a senior living community, a CCRC, a health center and a number of home health agencies throughout the state. But the skilled nursing facility in Newtown, which included 154 SNF beds and 55 assisted living units, had been losing money in recent years caused by declining census, rising patient acuity and tightening reimbursement. Athena Health Care Systems, a Connecticut-based specialty care provider with about 45 skilled nursing facilities in... Read More »

Back to Sims

by | Jul 15, 2016 8:30 am | Financings

A couple of years after purchasing two Rhode Island skilled nursing facilities, Athena Health Care Systems has gone to HUD to refinance the two properties, with the help of HJ Sims. Totaling 280 beds, the skilled nursing facilities combined for an occupancy in the mid-90s. This was not the first time Sims had gotten involved with these facilities. In fact, when Athena acquired them in 2013 and 2014, Sims issued both conventional bank financing and preferred equity to fund the deal. But, the bank debt was scheduled to mature in 2020 and 2021, respectively, and Athena chose to refinance through HUD to take advantage of the current low interest rate environment. So, Sims Mortgage Funding... Read More »