• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Boutique Memory Care Community In Orange County

Blueprint Sells Boutique Memory Care Community In Orange County

A boutique 12-unit memory care community in Orange County, California sold to a local owner/operator in a transaction facilitated by Jacob Gehl, Ben Firestone and Scott Frazier of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Its owners, a joint venture between a REIT and a national operator decided to sell as a part of a larger portfolio disposition strategy. Originally opened in 1983, the community will be substantially renovated by its new owner, which is looking to expand its Southern California presence and is making its first Orange County acquisition. Read More »
Blueprint Handles Record Sale In Oregon

Blueprint Handles Record Sale In Oregon

We just recorded the highest-priced single-asset seniors housing sale in the state of Oregon, in a transaction handled by Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Dan Mahoney, Jacob Gehl and Blake Bozett. The target is located in Portland and was originally developed in 1992 by the current seller. Also renovated in 2000, the community features 286 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Integral Senior Living has managed it since 2011, and managed it well, apparently, as it was 94% occupied with a 100% private pay census. We have also estimated it operated at a roughly 45% margin on approximately $13 million of in-place revenues. Strategic Student & Senior... Read More »
Blueprint Ends Active August With Corpus Christi Closing

Blueprint Ends Active August With Corpus Christi Closing

Trent Gherardini wrapped up a busy month for Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors with the sale of a 204-bed skilled nursing facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. It was owned by a Florida-based owner for generations, but its lease with the existing tenant was coming to an end. Because the owner did not operate in Texas, the facility was deemed to be non-core. In addition, the facility was negatively affected by recent hurricanes, although with no major damage. It sold to a private owner/operator with a growing Texas portfolio. Read More »
Struggling SNFs Sell in the Rust Belt

Struggling SNFs Sell in the Rust Belt

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors sold two skilled nursing facilities in the Rust Belt that had experienced some operational struggles. First, things were looking up for a 160-bed facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After landing on the SFF list in 2014, which brought on a new third-party operator, the facility began to turn its operations (and cash flow) around by mid-2017. Built in 1965, it was renovated in 2011 to offer more private rooms and was situated only blocks from one of the largest full-service hospitals in the Milwaukee MSA. Its publicly-traded REIT owner determined the facility to be non-core and sold it to a Chicago-based investor for an undisclosed price. The buyer’s... Read More »
Blueprint’s Summer Bonanza

Blueprint’s Summer Bonanza

If you blinked, then you may have missed Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ five transaction announcements in just over 24 hours during the dog days of August, bringing the firm’s 2018 closings to 43, so far. That is just 10 off of their entire 2017 total. Chris Hyldahl, Ben Firestone, Gideon Orion and Michael Segal closed three transactions as a team, including the largest of the bunch, when they arranged the sale of nine skilled nursing facilities and 981 licensed beds to a private equity investor for over $81 million, or approximately $83,000 per bed. Formerly owned by a publicly-traded REIT and managed by a third-party operator, the facilities are the first part of a staggered... Read More »