• 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 »
  • Public REIT Acquires New England Seniors Housing Portfolio

    Blueprint announced that it handled the sale of a three-community private pay seniors housing portfolio in Rhode Island. A Dallas-based private equity firm engaged Blueprint in 2025 to sell the portfolio, which it acquired with Capital Health Group in 2019. The assets comprise 367 independent living, assisted living and memory care units in the... Read More »
  • Regional Owner/Operator Exits Senior Care Industry

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage completed a regional owner/operator’s exit from the seniors housing industry with a third and final disposition. The asset was The Homestead in Fallon, Nevada, about one hour east of Reno. It was originally built between 1972 and 1980 and has undergone significant renovations in 2007 and 2018. Most recently, in... Read More »
  • Well-Performing SNF Trades in Iowa

    A skilled nursing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, that boasted strong occupancy levels and consistent cash flow traded hands. The facility had long-standing referral relationships and a reliable census pipeline. But, there is still room for upside.  Ownership was intentional in selecting a buyer that would preserve and build upon the facility’s... Read More »
  • Class-A Active Adult Community Trades

    An active adult community north of Houston, Texas, sold with the help of Cody Tremper, Mike Garbers, Ross Sanders and Dave Fasano of Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare. Alders Magnolia encompasses 184 units in Magnolia, and was built in 2021. The seller was Capitol Seniors Housing, and the buyer was Texas-based active adult development and... Read More »
Bank Leumi Finances In Florida

Bank Leumi Finances In Florida

Bank Leumi provided a couple of Florida financings for owners of assisted living communities. First was a five-year $9.3 million acquisition loan provided to a South Florida-based owner/operator, Priority Life Care, to purchase two senior living properties in western Broward County. The Margate community features 111 licensed beds along with memory care services, while the Davie community is smaller, with just 20 beds. They join Priority’s existing portfolio of seven properties in Florida and 11 properties in seven other states. Bank Leumi also provided a $4.8 million, three-year term loan to refinance a 75-bed assisted living community in Orlando, Florida. The borrower, a Florida-based... Read More »
Strawberry Fields REIT Closes Landmark Deal

Strawberry Fields REIT Closes Landmark Deal

South Bend, Indiana-based Strawberry Fields REIT continued its steady growth with the addition of a large 252-bed skilled nursing facility in Louisville, Kentucky to its portfolio, for a price of $21.8 million, or $86,500 per bed. A $15 million loan from Bank Leumi helped facilitate the transaction. The facility was built in 1973 by a local real estate developer, who owned it until his death in 2001. It had been owned by a group of local investors since then. Going forward, The Landmark Group will operate the facility under a lease with Strawberry Fields. First-year rent is expected to be around $2.4 million. Read More »

Bank Leumi finances CCRC sale

When a 234-unit CCRC in St. Charles, Missouri managed by Innovative Management Associates, a Chicago-based seniors housing owner/operator, was acquired for $17 million, or $72,650 per unit, the buyer enlisted the help of Bank Leumi to finance the transaction. Built in 1977, with expansions in 2011 and 2013, the community features 138 independent living units, 32 memory care units, 27 assisted living units (recently converted from IL) and 66 skilled nursing beds. Overall occupancy was around 76%, but that was brought down by the struggling IL component, which was just 51% occupied. So, the buyer will have their hands full with this community, but by increasing IL occupancy to 80%, annual... Read More »

Bank Leumi refinances in Florida

Hely Santeliz of Bank Leumi’s Florida region led the way in structuring two refinancings for senior living properties in Florida totaling $43.7 million. In the first transaction, Bank Leumi structured a $54 million refinancing with it providing $27 million and a regional bank providing the other half for a retirement campus with independent/assisted living and memory care units in Central Florida. And staying in the area, Hely Santeliz also arranged $16.7 million in two credit facilities for Plantation Oaks Senior Living Management, a Florida-based seniors housing owner/operator. The first credit facility was secured by a first mortgage on an existing 67-unit AL/MC community and was... Read More »