• 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 »
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 »