• 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 »
  • Not-for-Profit Divests to For-Profit Owner/Operator

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors announced the closing of two separate senior care sales. First, Brandon Bohland and Collin Hempfling handled a faith-based not-for-profit organization’s divestment of a senior care campus in the Charlotte, North Carolina MSA. The campus has a 50-bed skilled nursing facility and a 96-bed assisted living... Read More »
Blueprint and BlueMountain

Blueprint and BlueMountain

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced that it was involved in the Sabra Health Care REIT sale of 28 skilled nursing facilities in Texas and Louisiana to a joint venture of BlueMountain Capital Management, BM Eagle Holdings and Capital Funding Group for $282.5 million. Engaged by the joint venture buyer for their expertise on the Texas and Louisiana markets, Ben Firestone, Chris Hyldahl and Gideon Orion of Blueprint helped find local operating partners and tenants for the portfolio, which was previously operated by the now-bankrupt Senior Care Centers. Despite the bad news surrounding SCC’s financial troubles, these facilities were still operating decently well, particularly... Read More »
Skilled Nursing Portfolio Acquisitions Financed by KeyBank

Skilled Nursing Portfolio Acquisitions Financed by KeyBank

KeyBank Real Estate Capital arranged acquisition financing for two skilled nursing portfolios in Nevada and Texas. A joint venture between Capital Senior Ventures and BlueMountain Capital Management was the buyer in both transactions. In the larger deal, Grant Saunders and Peter Trazzera provided a $105.8 million bridge loan to fund the purchase of 12 skilled nursing facilities and to refinance the existing debt of four SNFs located throughout Texas. In total, the 16 facilities have 1,924 beds. Then, Messrs. Saunders and Trazzera arranged a $21.9 million loan for the acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities and 359 beds in Las Vegas and Carson City, Nevada. Read More »

KeyBank, Kindred and BlueMountain

BlueMountain Capital Management has been steadily working to close its large acquisition of 96 skilled nursing facilities from Kindred Healthcare (a deal valued at approximately $700 million). For its latest tranche of closings, the firm received $128 million in acquisition financing originated by Grant Saunders and Peter Trazzera of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Healthcare Mortgage Group. The term loan funded the purchase of 13 facilities including nine in California, three in Massachusetts (that are nearing approval) and one in Nashua, New Hampshire. Of the California facilities, five are located in San Francisco, plus one each in Salinas, Stockton, Walnut Creek and Livermore. This marks... Read More »

Kindred Healthcare Sells SNF Division To BlueMountain

Kindred Healthcare announced an agreement to sell 89 skilled nursing facilities with 11,308 beds and seven assisted living communities with 380 licensed beds for $700 million, or $59,890 per bed. In today’s world, that can be considered cheap, since it is nearly 40% below the average price paid per bed in 2016, but there is more to it than meets the casual eye, since there is a group of leased facilities outside of the Ventas-owned properties that will be purchased from Ventas as part of the larger transaction. However, occupancy stands at 78%, which is below the historically low current national average of about 82%. The buyer is private equity firm BlueMountain Capital Management, LLC,... Read More »