• Cap Rates Continue Compression in JLL’s Investor Survey

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with Bryan Lockard, Executive Managing Director of JLL’s Value and Risk Advisory, to discuss the results of JLL’s recently published 2026 Seniors Housing & Care Investor Survey and Trends. They also covered some major topics heading into NIC in Nashville. Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Burning Questions for NIC Attendees

    This time next week, we’ll be heading out of Nashville from the Spring NIC conference likely buoyed by the overwhelmingly positive mood we’re expecting from most of our industry friends. It’s hard not to be optimistic when occupancy and margins are increasing to healthy levels nationally, and show no signs of stopping, when liquidity is... Read More »
  • Janus Living’s IPO Results

    Janus Living has completed its initial public offering, raising $878 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated expenses payable by the company. The REIT sold 48.3 million shares of its Class A-1 common stock at $20 per share, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ 6.3 million-share option. It made its New York... Read More »
  • VIUM Capital Secures Slew of HUD and Bridge Financings

    VIUM Capital recently closed a series of healthcare and seniors housing real estate financings across multiple states, spanning both HUD-insured loans and bridge executions for skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care assets. The largest loan was a $56.4 million HUD financing for a 325-bed skilled nursing facility in Florida. The facility... Read More »
  • Several Senior Care Finances Close

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group reported an active end of winter, closing a handful of debt transactions for clients in Illinois and Kentucky. First, he helped the owner of a 77-bed skilled nursing facility in Kentucky refinance existing acquisition debt following a successful operational turnaround. Since acquiring the facility... Read More »
Blueprint Sells SNF in Erie, Pennsylvania

Blueprint Sells SNF in Erie, Pennsylvania

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the sale of a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Erie, Pennsylvania. Connor Doherty, Michael Segal and Ryan Kelly handled the deal on behalf of the seller. Located in a competitive submarket, the facility was originally built in 1950 and underwent a major expansion in 1982. It had been steadily improving its operations and census prior to the pandemic, reaching about 85% occupancy. However, like at many facilities across the country, census dropped to around 60% by the time of closing.  Its regional owner/operator owner deemed the facility to be non-core to its long-term growth plans and hired Blueprint to handle the marketing and sale... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Entrance-Fee CCRC in West Texas

Blueprint Sells Entrance-Fee CCRC in West Texas

An entrance-fee CCRC in Odessa, Texas, with a major turnaround opportunity at its on-campus skilled nursing facility, just sold to a regional owner with the help of Amy Sitzman, Jacob Gehl, Giancarlo Riso and Humair Sabir of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. Originally built in 1987 with additions made in 1992 and 1997, the Type-C community features 55 independent living units, 23 high-acuity assisted living units and a 90-bed SNF, although just 71 beds were in operation. The independent living portion was almost always fully occupied (or close to it, even during the pandemic), but the SNF struggled with census in the last year, starting in the high-80s and eventually falling... Read More »
Blueprint Capital Markets Closes First Transaction

Blueprint Capital Markets Closes First Transaction

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Capital Markets Group, which is led by Alex Florea, has the first closing under its belt, as it was revealed the group secured acquisition financing for Chicago Pacific Founders’ purchase of an assisted living/memory care community in Tucson, Arizona. In addition, Blueprint’s Amy Sitzman, Jacob Gehl and Humair Sabir represented the developer and owner in the transaction.  Opened in May 2018 and about 90% occupied by the time of the sale, the community features 87 assisted living and 20 memory care units. Willis Development, in partnership with Dekel Capital which provided $8.4 million of equity, developed the community, and Milestone Retirement... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Down East

Blueprint Sells Down East

Steve Thomes and Ben Firestone of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors sold an assisted living/memory care community on the scenic Maine coast. Located just south of Portland, the property consists of a 57-unit assisted living and a 41-unit memory care building developed in 1996 and 1997, respectively. They were owned by a REIT and endured fluctuations in their occupancy throughout the pandemic. Eventually, a Massachusetts-based owner/operator with communities throughout New England emerged as the buyer, paying an undisclosed sum.  Read More »
Blueprint Handles Another Ohio Transaction

Blueprint Handles Another Ohio Transaction

Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors have been on a roll lately, closing transaction after transaction in the state of Ohio. The latest one features a skilled nursing/assisted living facility located near the University of Akron campus. Originally built in 1917 and comprehensively renovated in the mid-2000s, the facility was previously owned by a regional owner/operator that decided to focus on other aspects of their portfolio.   Straightforward transactions have been few and far between during the last year, and Messrs. Doherty and Kelly did encounter some acquirer hesitancy. However, negotiations continued, and the deal closed in early April. A... Read More »