• Newmark Facilitates Morgan Stanley/MorningStar Deal

    by | Dec 6, 2025 12:28 pm | Acquisitions

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management made a splash in announcing the acquisition of three Class-A seniors housing communities in the Denver, Colorado MSA. The communities comprised 463 units and were previously owned by Kayne Anderson Real Estate. They were managed by MorningStar Senior Living, which is based in Denver and staying on as operator... Read More »

  • Town Lane Announces First Deal with Arcole Platform

    by | Dec 6, 2025 12:26 pm | Acquisitions

    Town Lane, a real estate investment management firm, and Atlas Senior Living, a Birmingham-based seniors housing operator, acquired The Overlook at Suwanee, a 175-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Suwanee, Georgia. The community was formerly Heartis Suwanee, which was built in 2018 by Caddis. Tremper Capital... Read More »

  • Evans Senior Investments Handles Two-SNF Trade

    by | Dec 6, 2025 12:25 pm | Acquisitions

    Two skilled nursing facilities in northeast Pennsylvania found a new owner, after its independent owner/operator decided to fully exit the business. Evans Senior Investments was the exclusive sell-side advisor on the deal, which featured the 133-bed/unit Ellen Memorial Health Care Center in Honesdale and the 115-bed Carbondale Nursing & Rehab... Read More »

  • Alabama AL/MC Asset Sells

    by | Dec 6, 2025 12:23 pm | Acquisitions

    Daniel Geraghty and Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of an assisted living/memory care community in Anniston, Alabama. The property underwent a full interior renovation in 2025 and was being sold by a Southeast-based owner that was exiting the industry. A publicly traded REIT, leveraging one of its existing... Read More »

  • SVN Senior Living Advisors Sells Two Texas SNFs

    by | Dec 6, 2025 12:22 pm | Acquisitions

    A regional owner/operator was looking to grow its portfolio in Texas and acquired two skilled nursing facilities totaling 188 beds in the state. SVN Senior Living Advisors (SVN SLA) represented the private seller, which had been referred to SVN SLA by one of its institutional lender clients. Managing Director Josh Salzman led an efficient and... Read More »

Ensign Expands Into Texas and Wisconsin

by | Jun 28, 2017 6:01 am | Acquisitions

The Ensign Group boosted its position in two markets with the acquisition of five assisted living communities previously operated by Brookdale Senior Living. First, in Texas, where the company already owns nearly fifty properties, Ensign acquired two 37-unit assisted living communities located in the towns of Lancaster (Dallas MSA) and Paris (rural east Texas). Lately, Ensign has only acquired skilled nursing facilities in the state: one San Antonio SNF in February 2017 and two others previously owned by National Health Investors in April 2016, to name a couple. So, while Ensign may have veered slightly from its recent Texas strategy with those two communities, the company doubled down in... Read More »

Ensign crosses the Mississippi…East

by | Aug 5, 2015 8:32 am | Acquisitions

An operator of skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities primarily in western states, The Ensign Group made its first eastward crossing of the Mississippi in a big way, by acquiring the operations of 15 assisted living communities with 687 total units in Wisconsin. Bridgestone Living LLC, Ensign’s seniors housing subsidiary, assumed a long-term master lease on the properties, which includes an option to purchase all of the real estate. The portfolio, with a combined occupancy rate of 83%, is expected to be mildly accretive to earnings in 2015. In addition, the next day Ensign bolstered its already strong presence in Southern California with the acquisition of two... Read More »