• Public REIT Divests to Owner/Operator

    by | Oct 14, 2025 3:16 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint facilitated the sale of a Massachusetts skilled nursing facility on behalf of a public REIT in the senior care sector. The REIT determined that the facility was a strong candidate for sale due to its location. Plus, the former operator was switching focus to other assets in its mutual portfolio.  Purpose-built in 1982 with... Read More »

  • Development Company Acquires Through Membership Buyout

    by | Oct 14, 2025 3:15 pm | Acquisitions

    A Missouri-based real estate developer engaged Blueprint to facilitate its membership buyout of a joint venture partner. Brooks Blackmon, Ben Firestone and Lauren Nagle handled the transaction. Four years ago, the firm was brought on to raise capital, ultimately sourcing an institutional capital partner to develop a private pay seniors housing... Read More »

  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Previewing Our Capital Markets Conversation

    by | Oct 14, 2025 3:09 pm | 60 Seconds

    We know that the capital markets have made the biggest impact on M&A activity and property valuations in the last several years, changing the size of possible deals, the makeup of the properties sold and the buyers that could actually buy. Now that the capital markets have substantially improved and are getting better, barring a sudden and... Read More »

  • Seller Exits Seniors Industry with Divestment to REIT

    by | Oct 14, 2025 2:59 pm | Acquisitions

    A single-asset seniors housing owner is exiting the industry with the sale of their property in Murrieta, California. Built in 2016 and 2018, Renaissance Village Murrieta has 142 units of assisted living and memory care in three stories. It was operating just below 70% occupancy, so there is plenty of room for a new owner to improve performance... Read More »

  • Deal Closes Following Buyer Withdrawals

    by | Oct 14, 2025 2:58 pm | Acquisitions

    After a long process that saw multiple buyers pull out from the deal, the sale of Sarah Neuman Skilled Nursing Facility in Mamaroneck, New York, has closed with the help of Mark Myers at Kiser Group. Owned by a religious not-for-profit organization, The New Jewish Home, the facility features 301 beds and was losing money. Myers had previously... Read More »

Pay the rent

by | Nov 13, 2015 8:31 am | Acquisitions

After recently acquiring three skilled nursing facilities in Kansas (two of which were turnarounds), Birchwood Health Care Properties acquired another skilled nursing facility in need of some care, this time in Huntington, West Virginia. The facility, which includes 41 skilled beds and 17 assisted living units, was originally built in 1928 but was renovated in 2009. And despite having a stabilized occupancy at 90%, it was losing money. This was the only senior care asset of the owner, who decided to sell the facility when their operator tenant stopped paying rent and filed for bankruptcy. Enter Birchwood, which purchased the facility for $3.2 million, or $55,200 per bed/unit and brought in... Read More »

Birchwood Health Care Properties expands in Kansas

by | Nov 5, 2015 3:50 pm | Acquisitions

Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage had a busy end to October, representing the seller in three Kansas SNF sales to Birchwood Health Care Properties, which included a couple of turnaround opportunities. First, together with Ryan Saul, Mr. Cacciabando represented a private owner/operator in the sale of their 96-bed skilled nursing facility in Wichita, Kansas for $1.25 million, or $13,000 per bed. Although located in a major MSA in Kansas, this will be a difficult turnaround for the buyer. Built in 1968, the facility was just 67% occupied with a 92% Medicaid census, 6% Medicare and 2% private pay. Plus, it was losing more than $600,000 a year on $3.2 million of revenues.... Read More »