• Brookdale Boosts Short Term Stability

    Brookdale Senior Living completed a series of financing transactions totaling approximately $600 million that refinanced all of its remaining 2026 mortgage debt and maturities, around $350 million, and a portion of 2027 mortgage debt maturities, approximately $200 million. The company also secured more fixed-rate debt, helping to cut rate risk.... Read More »
  • Ikaria Announces $1 Billion in Q4 Volume

    Ikaria Capital Group closed out a successful 2025, announcing several significant transactions in the fourth quarter that exceeded $1 billion in volume. The activity comprises financings in the seniors housing, skilled nursing and behavioral health sectors across multiple states and borrowers.  The largest deal was a $595.5 million senior... Read More »
  • PE Group Enters Oklahoma after Medicaid Rate Bump

    A skilled nursing facility in Oklahoma that recently benefited from the state’s Medicaid rate bump sold to a national private equity firm looking to enter the state. Built in 1967, Maplewood Care Center features 180 beds on over three acres in Tulsa. It is located close to several major hospitals and healthcare campuses, but occupancy was sitting... Read More »
  • Community Purchased through HUD Assumption

    Chad Mundy of the Knapp-Stahler Group of Marcus & Millichap sold an 82-unit assisted living/memory care community in Lewiston, Idaho. Built in phases in the early 2000s, the community featured five separate buildings, one of which was vacant after sustaining damage from a flood. As a result, occupancy was lower, based on the 89 licensed beds,... Read More »
  • The Zett Group Rounds Out Q4

    The Zett Group closed out Q4 with several closings in the Pacific Northwest. First was the sale of Fox Hollow, a 58-unit seniors housing community in Eugene, Oregon. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 51 assisted living units and seven independent living “cottage-style” units. Set in a nice area of Eugene, it was owned by... 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 »