• Berkadia Announces 2025 Activity and Latest Deal

    Berkadia recorded another successful year, with more than $2 billion in mortgage banking closings for the second consecutive year. In 2025, Berkadia’s financings were spread across 123 properties including active adult, independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing communities. Multiple lending sources were utilized, such... Read More »
  • Bank Closes Refinance and Acquisition Financing

    Coastal States Bank announced that it recently closed $9 million in financing to refinance a 60-unit purpose-built memory care community near Centerville, Ohio, and to acquire a 53-unit memory care community in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Following the closing, the sponsor’s affiliated management company, Kauhale Healthcare Management, began managing... Read More »
  • SLIB Sells Ohio Assisted Living Portfolio

    Jeff Binder and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a portfolio of three seniors housing communities in Ohio. Built between 1987 and 2009, the three buildings consist of 314 total units. They were in receivership. Working on behalf of the out-of-state owner, which has other seniors housing communities throughout Ohio, SLIB... Read More »
  • AHR’s New Interim CEO

    American Healthcare REIT, Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer and President, Danny Prosky, has taken a medical leave of absence, effective February 3, 2026, due to a recent medical event. So, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Jeffrey T. Hanson, the Chairman of the company’s Board, to serve as Interim CEO and President, effective... Read More »
  • NHI Acquires Nine Communities

    National Health Investors made a large SHOP purchase, adding nine communities consisting of 460 total units across Kentucky, South Carolina and Tennessee. The properties will be managed by Allegro Living Management, an affiliate of Spring Arbor Management. NHI has an existing relationship with Spring Arbor totaling approximately $227 million in... Read More »
Two High-Quality SNFs Sell in Florida

Two High-Quality SNFs Sell in Florida

We don’t see too many transactions take just six weeks from engagement to closing, but the Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors team got it done for a Florida-based owner/operator seller. They were looking to divest two Florida skilled nursing facilities totaling 300 licensed beds and over 100,000 square feet, and after engaging Blueprint at the start of November gave them until the end of the year to close on an off-market sale.  These were high-quality facilities located near local medical centers in the towns of Palatka (Jacksonville MSA) and Ocoee (Orlando MSA). An undisclosed owner/operator bought the facilities for $51 million, or $170,000 per bed, showing just what buyers are... Read More »
Blueprint Announces Two Deals in the Western U.S.

Blueprint Announces Two Deals in the Western U.S.

Two seniors housing deals were announced in the western United States by Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, and neither buyer plans to keep operating the properties as seniors housing. Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso and Ben Firestone kicked things off with the sale of an independent living community in the Southwest. Built in the late-1980s with a more recent renovation, the community features more than 130 units. The owner had invested significant equity into the physical plant, and operations were trending positively.   They decided to sell the community to a multifamily company that had purchased another property of the seller’s in mid-2021, also with the help of the... Read More »
Blueprint Advises SNF Portfolio Sale in Ohio

Blueprint Advises SNF Portfolio Sale in Ohio

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Connor Doherty, Ryan Kelly and Christopher Hyldahl represented the seller of a five-facility skilled nursing portfolio. Located in northwest Ohio with one facility located southeast of Columbus, the facilities were constructed throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The private equity seller chose to strategically exit the facilities after purchasing them as part of a larger portfolio transaction in 2017. Their operating partner will also be exiting the portfolio. The facilities have struggled with occupancy recently but were ultimately purchased by an Ohio-based regional owner/operator looking to capitalize on the previously announced Ohio Medicaid rate... Read More »
Blueprint Facilitates AL Sale in Florida

Blueprint Facilitates AL Sale in Florida

Ben Firestone, Lauren Nagel and Michael Segal at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors recently facilitated the sale of a Jupiter, Florida-based senior living community. Built in 2001, Village of Tequesta, Tequesta Terrace is a 100-unit assisted living/memory care community. It was previously owned by a New England-based owner/operator with a single community in Florida. They chose to strategically exit the state in order to focus on its New England operations. Over the next nine months, Alta Senior Living, the acquirer of the property, will invest another $2.5 million in capex to enhance the community. No purchase price was disclosed.  Read More »
Blueprint Facilitates Refinancing of Two Communities

Blueprint Facilitates Refinancing of Two Communities

Green Lake Senior Living, a Washington State owner/operator, was able to procure a cash-out refinance on two of its seniors housing communities in the Tri-Cities area with the help of Alex Florea and Dan Mahoney at Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Capital Markets group. Green Lake acquired the communities during the pandemic as value-add investments from a pair of national operators. Both were older, “C” quality communities combining for 160 beds.  Green Lake was able to quickly improve performance through its regional presence and by leaning into the state’s Medicaid program. Such an improvement made a cash-out refinance a no-brainer, and Blueprint marketed the... Read More »