• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Blueprint Advises Texas SNF Repositioning

Blueprint Advises Texas SNF Repositioning

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors was engaged by the real estate owner ServiceStar Capital Management, a family office based in Denver, to advise on the repositioning of its skilled nursing facility in Grapevine, Texas. Through the process, Blueprint helped secure a new lease agreement with Eduro Healthcare, a Utah-based operator with experience in the transitional rehab industry. The Lodge at Bear Creek was built in 2016 and is licensed for 100 beds. Situated in an affluent suburb approximately 21 miles northwest of Dallas, it also benefits from being built near two prominent regional hospitals, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine and Texas Health Harris Methodist... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Two SNF Sales

Blueprint Closes Two SNF Sales

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly announced two recent SNF closings. We’re used to the pair working on deals in the Buckeye State, but the first transaction consisted of a 50-bed/19-unit private-pay skilled nursing facility and independent living community in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Named The Terrace Orleans, the facility was originally built in 1968 and was fully renovated in 2000. A Massachusetts-based operator seeking to grow its regional presence was selected as the buyer, and this purchase marks the operator’s first facility real estate acquisition. No purchase price was disclosed.  The second transaction involved the sale of two skilled nursing... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Sale of Rural Washington Community

Blueprint Closes Sale of Rural Washington Community

Blueprint Real Estate Advisors is closing 2021 with a slew of deals, including Blake Bozett’s sale of a 40-unit assisted living community in Prosser, Washington. Built in 1999, Amber Hills Assisted Living underwent a $2 million expansion in 2016. It has a nearly 30% Medicaid census, and the community was positioned as a value-add opportunity, with occupancy fluctuating during the transaction process.   The seller is a local group who has been in the senior living industry for decades but will focus their energy on different business endeavors, and the buyer is a regional owner/operator, which will look to increase the assisted living unit count through a... Read More »
Blueprint Closes Two SNF Sales

Blueprint Closes Two More Deals

What a week it was for Blake Bozett of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. In the same week that he closed an assisted living community sale in Nampa, Idaho, he and his wife welcomed their first child! We know the latter announcement is probably more important to him, but we’ll focus on the former here. Mr. Bozett facilitated the sale of Streamside Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 79-unit assisted living and memory care community located outside of Boise. Built in 2006, Streamside saw a healthy operating margin around 30% and stable occupancy in the 80s, even during the pandemic. The local sellers have been in the industry for over 20 years but are selling in order to focus on... Read More »
OHI Sells Two Michigan Properties

OHI Sells Two Michigan Properties

Omega Healthcare Investors divested a couple of small assisted living communities in the state of Michigan, hiring Michael Segal and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors to handle the sale. Built in the late 1980s and 1990s with renovations in the early 2000s, the communities are located in Marshall and Mt. Pleasant, operating under the Maplewood brand by Laurel Health Care. They were well maintained with occupancy surpassing 95% prior to the pandemic. Laurel decided to exit its only assisted living communities in order to focus on its skilled nursing business, prompting the exit. Several in-state operators submitted competitive offers but an entrepreneur with a... Read More »