• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
CareTrust REIT Continues Growth Strategy with Covenant Care

CareTrust REIT Continues Growth Strategy with Covenant Care

While many REITs have been net sellers in the last couple of years, especially in the skilled nursing market, CareTrust REIT has been quite the opposite, growing its portfolio to nearly 200 healthcare properties by the start of 2019. In its latest deal, the REIT announced a large sale/leaseback acquisition in the state of California. Involving four skilled nursing facilities and 503 beds, this portfolio has been owned and operated by Covenant Care. CareTrust already had a relationship with Covenant, having previously acquired two other skilled nursing and assisted living assets from a private landlord in 2016 and leased them back to the California-based operator under three separate... Read More »
CareTrust REIT Adds to Its Illinois Portfolio

CareTrust REIT Adds to Its Illinois Portfolio

Seeking to expand a partnership that is clearly working, CareTrust REIT tacked on an extra senior care campus to its existing seven-property master lease with WLC Firm, LLC. Located in the southern Illinois town of Mt. Carmel (and right in WLC’s geographic wheelhouse), the facility features 90 licensed skilled nursing beds and 38 supportive living beds. WLC will replace the outgoing operator, which is leaving behind a sold four-star rated facility. The initial annual cash rent for the property is expected to be about $853,000, and the lease comes with a 15-year term, plus two five-year extension options. CareTrust used cash on hand to pay to purchase price, which came out to about $9.0... Read More »
CareTrust REIT Picks Up Parker, Colorado SNF

CareTrust REIT Picks Up Parker, Colorado SNF

CareTrust REIT made its second acquisition in the state of Colorado (nearby its first purchase), spending $19.6 million, or $127,300 per bed, to buy a 154-bed skilled nursing facility in Parker, Colorado (Denver MSA). The REIT’s Salt Lake City-based operating partner, Eduro Healthcare, sourced the transaction with an eye to immediately improve operations at the facility. Built in 2012 across the street from Parker Adventist Hospital, the facility was the only SNF in Parker that is certified for both Medicare and Medicaid. Eduro also benefits from having a local footprint, which includes a 170-bed skilled nursing facility in Lakewood that CareTrust bought in 2015 for $12.2 million, or... Read More »
Blueprint and Birchwood

Blueprint and Birchwood

Birchwood Healthcare Partners is making a successful exit from their skilled nursing/assisted living facility in Huntington, West Virginia, more than doubling the facility’s value after just three years of ownership. When Birchwood originally purchased the 55-bed/unit facility from an individual owner in 2015 for $3.2 million, the facility was losing money. Originally built in 1928, the facility was totally renovated in 2009 making it one of the more modern facilities in the area. It also featured an assisted living component. Although it was 90% occupied, its operator tenant stopped paying rent and filed for bankruptcy, prompting the owner to sell. So, Birchwood brought in Providence... Read More »
CareTrust Completes Second HCR ManorCare Acquisition

CareTrust Completes Second HCR ManorCare Acquisition

CareTrust REIT headed to Fargo, North Dakota for its latest acquisition, adding a 110-bed skilled nursing facility to its portfolio for a purchase price of approximately $4.75 million, or $43,200 per bed, inclusive of transaction costs. There is also an estimated cap rate of about 13.25%. The facility was previously operated by HCR ManorCare and represents the second HCR facility CareTrust has picked up this year, having previously purchased a 99-bed facility in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Like the Aberdeen property, the North Dakota facility was added to an existing master lease with Eduro Healthcare at an annual rate of $425,000, with a remaining term of 12 years, two five-year renewal... Read More »