• 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Brookdale Senior Living, What’s Next?

    So, the big vote occurred last week, and shareholders of Brookdale Senior Living have spoken. We are sure that the recent increases in occupancy convinced some shareholders to stick with management and its “plan.” But the nominees from activist shareholder Ortelius Advisors were not off-the-wall candidates. It was an excellent group, and despite... Read More »
  • Optalis Healthcare Acquires Michigan Portfolio

    Blueprint was engaged by Michael F. Flanagan, the duly appointed receiver of Spartan Holdco, LLC, et al. and approved by the Oakland County Circuit Court to run a marketing process sourcing qualified overbids for the auction sale of the SKLD (Skilled Living and Development) portfolio. Dubbed Project Spartan, the portfolio comprises eleven skilled... Read More »
  • National REIT Divests to Cougar Capital Management

    Haven Senior Investments facilitated a transaction between a national REIT and a real estate development firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The seller, Summit Healthcare REIT, divested a seniors housing community in Littleton, New Hampshire, The Village at Riverglen. Built in 2002, The Village at Riverglen features 60 beds across 50 independent... Read More »
  • CFG’s H1 Financing Volume

    Capital Funding Group’s bridge-to-HUD and HUD teams financed more than $930 million across 50 transactions in the first half of 2025. These financings included 14 HUD loans, 21 bridge loans and 15 accounts receivable loans for clients across the country. Managing Director of Real Estate Craig Casagrande originated a few transactions throughout... Read More »
  • Stabilized Class-A IL Community Secures Refinancing

    Greystone arranged a $43.5 million debt placement to refinance a seniors housing community in Oregon. The 142-unit property is a recently built and stabilized Class-A independent living community. The community had strong trailing cash flows, on a shorter trailing period, but an upward trend. The financing was sourced by David Young.  The... Read More »
Iowa CCRC Finds New Not-For-Profit Owner

Iowa CCRC Finds New Not-For-Profit Owner

A struggling CCRC in Perry, Iowa traded from one not-for-profit owner to another, with Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors facilitating the sale. Set on over 20 acres about 40 miles northwest of Des Moines, the campus was originally built in the late 1950s, with eight independent living cottages added in the 1980s. A more recent $20 million expansion/replacement project in 2014 added 16 assisted living units and 57 new skilled nursing and transitional care beds, plus an eight-unit memory care unit in 2015.  It was owned by a Board of Directors through the Grand Lodge of Iowa, with a trust agreement administered by the District Court of Dallas... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Two Vacant Assisted Living Communities in New Jersey

Blueprint Sells Two Vacant Assisted Living Communities in New Jersey

Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the sale of two vacant assisted living communities in New Jersey, thereby completing the seller’s exit of its entire vacant seniors housing portfolio, of which Blueprint successfully advised on eight of the transactions in states including Arizona, Idaho and Texas. This deal featured two purpose-built, 39-unit assisted living communities located within 45 miles of each other. They also have similar floorplans and layouts.  Blueprint positioned the properties as an opportunity for an incoming investor to acquire both communities below replacement cost, implement a capex/renovation... Read More »
Blueprint Arranges Utah Seniors Housing Exit

Blueprint Arranges Utah Seniors Housing Exit

A Pacific Northwest-based ownership group decided to divest its only seniors housing community in the state of Utah, working with Giancarlo Riso, Amy Sitzman and Jacob Gehl of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors to get the deal done. The well-maintained community was built in 1999 about 10 miles east of Park City. It features 32 assisted living and 10 memory care units, with historically consistent operations.   However, there are some immediate value-add opportunities for the new owner, which is based in Salt Lake City, has an existing portfolio in the state and should be able take advantage of some economies of scale. Blueprint helped arrange the sale and assumption of the in-place... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Five Skilled Nursing Facilities

Blueprint Sells Five Skilled Nursing Facilities

The team at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced a couple of closings, including a skilled nursing portfolio deal in Texas and a SNF sale in Rhode Island. The Texas transaction featured four skilled nursing facilities and a combined 340 beds that were owned by a REIT. Two of the facilities were built in the late-1960s/early-1970s and two in 2000. They are spread out in suburban and rural areas with relatively low average market census.   Three of them were also enrolled in QIPP. The REIT was winding down its relationship with the in-place, in-state provider, hence the sale. Two buyers emerged, a growing Texas operator and a large, national owner/operator, which acquired the... Read More »
Private Equity Investor Acquires Dallas Seniors Housing Community

Private Equity Investor Acquires Dallas Seniors Housing Community

Joshua Salzman, Michael Segal and Alex Florea of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented a REIT in its divestment of a 170-unit seniors housing community in Dallas, Texas. Originally built in 1987, community received a thorough renovation in 2013 and additional capital improvements since 2016.   Following a previous operator transition, the REIT owner converted the remaining assisted living units to independent living, resulting in the community being fully focused on independent living. Occupancy had initially dropped after the conversion, but the community was repositioned as an affordable independent living option, and census steadily improved as a... Read More »