• 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 Ventures into MOBs

Blueprint Ventures into MOBs

After a busy year of closing seniors housing and care transactions (with 72 separate sales announced in 2020), Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors is now expanding its services into the medical office building brokerage world. They have brought on medical office veterans Eric Lee and Chris Lashmet to lead the practice.   The market for MOBs certainly showed plenty of activity in 2020, and that doesn’t seem to be slowing down in 2021. According to search results in our Healthcare Deals Database, there have been at least 19 transactions publicly announced since January 1, driven primarily by announcements from Montecito Medical Real Estate, which reported nine of those deals.   MOBs... Read More »
Blueprint Arranges Another Ohio Transaction

Blueprint Arranges Another Ohio Transaction

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has closed another senior care transaction in the state of Ohio. Connor Doherty, Michael Segal and Ryan Kelly arranged the deal, which consisted of a 61-bed skilled nursing facility in Hicksville, Ohio, about 40 minutes northeast of Fort Wayne, Indiana.   Built in 1966, the facility is the only licensed provider in the area and features mostly semi-private units. Services include post-acute care, respite care, wound care, respiratory and oxygen therapy, adult day care, hospice care, IV therapy and tracheostomy care, among others. There are also extensive on-site services, including a portable x-ray, laboratory work, a pharmacy, a mental health... Read More »
Blueprint Sells Birmingham-Area Community

Blueprint Sells Birmingham-Area Community

Brooks Blackmon of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors sold a well-run senior living community in Birmingham, Alabama. The Alabama-based developer seller originally purchased the property in 2016 when it was just a small assisted living community. It has since grown to include around 55 units, the majority of which are independent living. The IL sector has held up relatively well during the pandemic, and occupancy was over 90% at the time of the sale. Plus, there is some upside with the AL rents. The developer also fully renovated the community in addition to adding the three-story IL building.   Inspired Healthcare Capital emerged as the winning bidder and... Read More »
Regional Owner/Operator Settles On Ohio SNF

Regional Owner/Operator Settles On Ohio SNF

Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the sale of a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in northeastern Ohio. The property, which is located near Youngstown, faced occupancy issues, prompting the regional owner/operator to strategically divest.   Blueprint put the property under contract earlier in 2020, but uncertainty stemming from the pandemic caused the initial buyer to pause the process. They forfeited their exclusivity to do so, and Blueprint took the property back out to market, generating three new competitive offers. Ultimately, however, the initial buyer was the best fit. Nothing wrong with a bit of caution, we suppose.... Read More »
Blueprint Arranges Atlanta-Area Transaction

Blueprint Arranges Atlanta-Area Transaction

Brooks Blackmon, Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented a national owner/operator in its sale of a 160-unit assisted living/memory care community located near Atlanta, Georgia. The large, well-maintained community is set in an affluent suburb and recently underwent a multi-million-dollar renovation. It catered to a more middle-income resident, but occupancy had been lagging for some time before the sale.   Blueprint leveraged the asset as an opportunity to buy a community in a major metro area for significantly below replacement cost and yielded seven qualified offers in the bidding process. Ultimately, a buyer with a... Read More »