• Active Adult Community Secures Freddie Mac Refinance

    by | Nov 26, 2025 12:44 pm | Financings

    An active adult community in Hurst, Texas, paid off its existing bank debt with a Freddie Mac refinance arranged by Berkadia. Heritage Village Residences was built in 2014 with 120 units, including 10 cottages. It was part of multiple acquisitions over the years, first in 2020 when Edison Equity Management Corporation bought it for $23.3 million... Read More »

  • Upstate NY Seniors Housing Community Trades

    by | Nov 26, 2025 12:42 pm | Acquisitions

    Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint facilitated the sale of a seniors housing community in upstate New York that stakeholders were divesting to take advantage of positive performance trends and a strong M&A market. The Legacy at Cranberry Landing, a 95-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Rochester, was... Read More »

  • Seniors Housing Investment Vehicle Acquires First Asset

    by | Nov 26, 2025 12:41 pm | Acquisitions

    Focus Healthcare Partners acquired Bellingham at West Chester, a 274-unit seniors housing community in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The investment is Focus’ first for its newest investment vehicle, Focus Senior Housing Fund III. The property sits on an 11.8-acre site 20 miles west of downtown Philadelphia. It comprises 208 independent living, 50... Read More »

  • Management Transfer Includes Purchase Option

    by | Nov 26, 2025 12:41 pm | Acquisitions

    A senior care campus in Waterloo, Illinois, secured a new operator thanks to Ray Giannini of Marcus & Millichap. Featuring 144 skilled nursing beds and 50 independent living units, Oak Hill – Senior Living and Rehabilitation Center was well occupied with a strong quality mix. It was owned by Monroe County, which wanted to retain the... Read More »

  • Bank Provides Refinance to Family Office

    by | Nov 26, 2025 12:38 pm | Financings

    BHI, the U.S. branch of Bank Hapoalim, provided a $29.0 million loan for the refinancing of an assisted living and skilled nursing facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. Gold Standard of Care Group, a Florida-based family office with a focus on healthcare and senior care and over $150 million in assets, was the borrower.  Totaling 70,272... Read More »
Ensign Makes Another Arizona Acquisition

Ensign Makes Another Arizona Acquisition

by | Jun 8, 2018 7:02 am | Acquisitions

Despite its stated strategy to own more of the real estate in its portfolio of over 230 healthcare properties, The Ensign Group shunned its recent practice and acquired just the operations of a 140-bed skilled nursing facility in Sun City West, Arizona. Reporting 87% occupancy at the time of the sale, the facility will be operated by Ensign’s Arizona-based subsidiary, Bandera Healthcare, while Ensign acquired the operations subject to a long-term lease. The deal brings The Ensign Group’s portfolio to 184 skilled nursing operations, 22 of which include assisted living services, and 51 AL/independent living operations. Of that total, Ensign currently owns the real estate at 67 of the 235... Read More »

Go West, Young Broker

by | Sep 15, 2017 7:01 am | Acquisitions

The team at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors continued their successful year, completing two transactions on the West Coast. First up, Chris Hyldahl, Gideon Orion and Amy Sitzman represented a California-based regional owner/operator in its sale of two Arizona skilled nursing facilities to The Ensign Group. Included in the purchase was an 88-bed facility in Mesa built in 1978 and renovated in 2011, and a 115-bed facility in Tucson that was built in 1965 but expanded in 1974. Combined, they were approximately 68% occupied. Ensign ended up paying $15.25 million, or about $61,250 per licensed bed, for both the real estate and operations of the facilities. Its Arizona-based operating... Read More »
Ensign Executes In Arizona

Ensign Executes In Arizona

by | Sep 7, 2017 7:44 am | Acquisitions

Continuing its strategy to own more of the real estate in its portfolio of over 200 healthcare properties, The Ensign Group bought two skilled nursing facilities in Arizona for an undisclosed price. Included in the purchase is an 88-bed facility in Mesa (Phoenix MSA) and a 115-bed facility in Tucson, with a combined occupancy of about 68%. Ensign leased the facilities to its Arizona-based operating subsidiary, Bandera Healthcare, Inc. Including the operations and, of course, the real estate, the acquisition is expected to be accretive to 2018 earnings. Now, Ensign owns the real estate at 63 of the 229 facilities in its portfolio, but we imagine that 27.5% ratio will keep rising. That is... Read More »