• LTC Properties Buys into SHOP Growth

    LTC Properties released its 2025 fourth quarter results and 2026 guidance, and in it reiterated its shift toward its newly established SHOP segment. During the second quarter of the year, the company established the segment, marking its shift in focus from the skilled nursing sector. Later in Q2, it terminated its Anthem Memory Care triple-net... Read More »
  • Portland IL/AL Community Finds New Purpose in Multi-Family

    Calaroga Terrace has traded hands, from a national owner/operator to a regional developer. The community sits is north of the Oregon Convention Center, in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built in 1968 and renovated in 2016, the 15-story high rise is situated on just under one acre and features 181 independent living and 84 assisted living units. The... Read More »
  • New England SNFs Struggling to Breakeven Sell

    Blueprint represented a private equity investor in its divestment of a 302-bed skilled nursing portfolio in New England. The facilities had challenged occupancies, however, they generated approximately $27 million in revenue. Inflated operating costs took its toll on EBITDAR, with the asset struggling to breakeven. Dubbed Project Red Coats, the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Secures Refinance

    Berkadia announced the refinancing of a nine-property assisted living portfolio spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania. Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco, Austin Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld arranged the $114.37 million financing through Bloomfield Capital Partners, LLC on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture with an experienced owner and New Perspective Senior... Read More »
  • Lument Rolls Out Seniors Housing Investment Sales Platform

    Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart have joined the Lument team as managing director and director, respectively. This expands Lument’s real estate investment sales platform into seniors housing. Florea will lead the team, working closely with John Sebree, head of real estate investment sales, and Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare... Read More »
Blueprint Sells a SNF in Louisiana

Blueprint Sells a SNF in Louisiana

Brooks Blackmon of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors headed down to the bayou to sell a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Oak Grove, Louisiana (near the border of Arkansas). Built in stages from the 1960s through 1987, the facility had been owned by multiple generations of a local family since its opening, and now they are seeking to exit the industry. Occupancy was just under 50%, and it was operating a little above breakeven.   Blueprint started the marketing process in late-2019, and a buyer was found in a Southeast-based regional owner/operator, but the pandemic led to numerous delays. Eventually, the deal closed with no purchase price reduction,... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Pair of Massachusetts Communities

Blueprint Sells Pair of Massachusetts Communities

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors found a new owner for two seniors housing communities in Massachusetts, also introducing the buyer to a lending intermediary to help the deal close. Connor Doherty, Amy Sitzman, Ryan Kelly and Giancarlo Riso handled the sale, which was a rare one these days in that it featured two stabilized properties.   Combining for 195 units, the communities are located across the state in Fall River (built in 1997 with 90 units) and West Springfield, the latter being a former 1890s-era monastery that was converted to a 105-unit assisted living/memory care community in 2001. Occupancy was strong, exceeding 96%, and combined EBITDAR was approximately... Read More »
Blueprint Announces Two SNF Deals

Blueprint Announces Two SNF Deals

Two Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors teams helped a couple of institutional owners divest or find new tenants for their senior care assets. Michael Segal and Gideon Orion first represented a REIT in the re-leasing of its 143-bed skilled nursing facility in San Antonio, Texas. Built in 1967 about 15 minutes north of downtown, the facility maintained a four-star rating from CMS, the highest in the area. Despite three regional hospitals within 10 miles of the facility and its enrollment in the state’s QIPP managed Medicaid program, the SNF struggled with census.   Part of a larger portfolio owned by the REIT and operated under a master lease structure with the... Read More »
Blueprint’s Two Buckeye Sales

Blueprint’s Two Buckeye Sales

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled a couple of senior care sales in the state of Ohio comprising a total of four properties. Connor Doherty, Michael Segal and Ryan Kelly handled the larger transaction, which featured three skilled nursing facilities located in Canton, Toledo and Rockford. That’s about 200 miles across the state.   Originally built in the 1960s and 1970s with significant renovations and upgrades since 2015, the facilities comprise more than 300 beds. They were well maintained, and the consolidated performance was steadily improving along with its occupancy until COVID-19 hit. At the onset of the pandemic, the REIT owner and operating partner... Read More »
Diversicare Healthcare Services Exits Florida Market

Diversicare Healthcare Services Exits Florida Market

Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Wauchula, Florida (about 40 miles southeast of Tampa). Consisting of 79 beds, the facility was originally built in 1980 and expanded in 1990. Owned by a REIT, this was the last facility operated by Diversicare Healthcare Services in the state, according to public records.   Historically, it had consistent operations, which were trending positively before COVID-19 hit and did not deteriorate during the pandemic. But being a non-core asset in Diversicare’s portfolio, the facility was slated for sale to a pre-identified buyer looking to... Read More »