• New 1031 Exchange Platform Launches

    by | Mar 19, 2026 2:42 pm | Uncategorized

    A new 1031 exchange platform designed to provide advisors and their clients with access to institutional-quality real estate investments through Delaware Statutory Trusts has launched. A Fortress Investment Group affiliate, Fortress Real Estate Exchange, will initially target investments in seniors housing, student housing and multifamily... Read More »

  • Regional Operator Acquires Large Multi-State Portfolio

    by | Mar 19, 2026 1:59 pm | Acquisitions

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced a couple of portfolio deals this week totaling 15 separate properties. The larger deal featured 13 assisted living/memory care communities spread out in Georgia and South Carolina. Built between 1989 and 2014, the buildings have a combined 672 units, with 492 assisted living and 180 devoted to memory... Read More »

  • Oregon and Idaho Communities Sell

    by | Mar 19, 2026 1:43 pm | Acquisitions

    Blake Bozett and Spud Batt of The Zett Group sold a 48-unit independent living community in Pendleton, Oregon, on behalf of a local owner/operator who was exiting the business. Built in the 1970s, the community was well occupied but could improve its overall operations. Still, there was positive momentum in the NOI, which rose from $320,000 in... Read More »

  • Owner/Operator Purchases AL/MC Assets from Public Company

    by | Mar 19, 2026 1:42 pm | Acquisitions

    A publicly traded company sold its portfolio of eight assisted living/memory care communities located throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin, engaging Blueprint’s Kyle Hallion, Lauren Nagle and Ben Firestone to handle the deal. Each community included a smaller footprint, with 153 units total across the portfolio. The S&P 500 company owner... Read More »

  • Inland Acquires Class-A Asset

    by | Mar 18, 2026 8:48 am | Acquisitions

    Inland Real Estate Acquisitions announced its acquisition of a high-end seniors housing community in Monument, Colorado (between Colorado Springs and Denver). We heard about the Class-A transaction about six weeks prior, when Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage announced their... Read More »
Merrill Gardens Buys Big

Merrill Gardens Buys Big

by | Nov 5, 2019 3:35 pm | Acquisitions

Merrill Gardens, known more developing seniors housing communities than acquiring them, has acquired Blue Harbor, a Portland, Oregon-based company that currently manages 21 communities in 13 states. The seller was Fortress Investment Group. For Merrill Gardens, it is somewhat of a two-fer, as Blue Harbor’s CEO, Tana Gall, is joining Merrill Gardens as its CEO, replacing David Eskenazy who announced his retirement last month. What’s more, Gall was president of Merrill Gardens from 2013 to 2015 before leaving to start her own consulting company, but was then recruited by Blue Harbor. She also worked at Leisure Care for 19 years, rising to be president there. Not a bad resume. Merrill Gardens... Read More »