• SLIB’s Red-Hot Start to May

    Senior Living Investment Brokerage shot out of the gates in May, announcing six separate closings within just a couple of days. The closings included a couple of portfolios, two seniors housing asset sales and two skilled nursing deals. SLIB is on track for another record-breaking year. The largest deal was an eight-property seniors housing... Read More »
  • Independent Living Asset Near Breakeven Changes Hands

    Blueprint handled the sale of a 60-unit independent living community located just outside of Cleveland, Ohio. At the time of sale, the property was operating around breakeven and offered the opportunity for upside. The option to transition the community to an assisted living waiver model was presented, but the incoming regional owner/operator... Read More »
  • National Health Investors Leans Further Into SHOP Growth

    National Health Investors is continuing to lean into its SHOP segment, having invested $742.5 million into the strategy throughout the first quarter, a 106% increase from the prior year period. Year-to-date, the REIT has announced $212.4 million of investments, and is continuing to evaluate additional opportunities, focusing on private pay... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures Refinancing

    T7 Capital, a boutique seniors housing and healthcare advisory firm founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson, recently arranged a large bank refinancing for a portfolio of seniors housing and skilled nursing assets in Massachusetts. Working on behalf of a New York-based family office, T7 secured a $57.979 million loan from... Read More »
  • Regional Bank Provides Financing for MC Community

    Jeremy Warren of Montgomery Intermediary Group arranged a refinancing for a client’s 48-unit memory care community in Merrillville, Indiana. Originally built in 2016, the community was stabilized and had an approaching debt maturity. The owner sought to retire both the existing bank debt and an outstanding seller note from the initial... Read More »
Sabra Health Care REIT Grows Its Southern California Portfolio

Sabra Health Care REIT Grows Its Southern California Portfolio

Sabra Health Care REIT has teamed up with Scottsdale, Arizona-based owner/operator Cadence Living to grow its senior living portfolio with the purchase of an assisted living/memory care community in Poway, California (San Diego MSA). Located adjacent to a 149-bed skilled nursing facility and near the Palomar Hospital, the community is spread out on 32 acres with seven separate buildings. It is unique in that it offers a horticultural-therapy program that grows more than 20,000 pounds of organic fruits and vegetables on several fields and greenhouses located throughout the property. There are of course many benefits to this program, from the obvious farm-to-table meals to providing excess... Read More »
Cadence Living Making Moves in Arizona

Cadence Living Making Moves in Arizona

A Scottsdale, Arizona-based senior living operator is set for a major expansion into its home state, joining other builders in the booming Phoenix metro market. Cadence Living and its San Diego-based development partner Global Seniors Housing acquired the 7.7-acre plot in the town of Chandler (about 20 miles southeast of Phoenix) and is set to start construction on the project later this year. Estimated about a cost of $46 million, or about $240,000 per unit, the community will feature 191 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care services. The community will join Cadence’s brand-new community in Glendale, which opened this March with 165 senior living units, plus two... Read More »