• 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 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 »