• 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 »
CBRE Handles Sarasota-Area Sale and Financing

CBRE Handles Sarasota-Area Sale and Financing

It was all hands on deck at CBRE for the sale of an Englewood, Florida (Sarasota MSA) senior living community. We wrote about the deal earlier this week when Chicago Pacific Founders (CPF) announced its acquisition of the property. Featuring 118 units of assisted living and memory care, this community opened in 2017. It is located just minutes from the water and a number of shopping centers and medical facilities. There is also an adjacent 50-acre plot that CPF also acquired to add independent living units and cottages. After leasing up at a rate of approximately six move-ins per month until stabilizing in 2019, the community was 93% occupied at the time of closing. Grace Management will... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Adds Florida Community

Chicago Pacific Founders Adds Florida Community

We’ve written about how private equity firms are likely the buyers best equipped to acquire senior care assets in this current environment, given their deep pockets and penchant for value-add deals. One of those firms, Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors, has already shown its interest by closing several deals, including the $500 million acquisition of seven senior living properties from Welltower in June and the $97 million purchase of two brand-new senior living communities in the St. Louis, Missouri area announced just last week. AEW Capital Management is another that threw its muscle around with its $700+ million acquisition of another Welltower seniors housing operating portfolio made... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Again

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Again

Chicago Pacific Founders appears to be wrapping up 2019 with its sixth acquisition of the year, and eighth added property. The target was a 113-unit assisted living/memory care community in Naples, Florida, located just three miles from the city’s Fifth Avenue District and near shopping centers, medical facilities and entertainment venues. It was previously owned by Prevarian Senior Living and operated by Visiting Nursing Management Company. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but CPF will invest in improvements at the property and will have Grace Management take over as operator. Chicago Pacific’s previous acquisitions this year included two in Arizona, two in Texas and a three-property... Read More »
CBRE Returns for Two More Financings

CBRE Returns for Two More Financings

The closings keep on coming for the team of Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Tim Root from CBRE National Senior Housing, which just announced two financings totaling nearly $50 million. The team first arranged $4 million in supplemental financing on behalf of Chicago Pacific Founders (CPF) for its 160-unit senior living community in Las Vegas, Nevada. Two years ago, CBRE had originated the original $13.5 million in acquisition financing for the property. Featuring both independent living and assisted living services, the community has been operated by CPF’s subsidiary Grace Management since the deal. Provided through Fannie Mae, the non-recourse loan came with a seven-year, fixed-rate term and... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Flourishes This Summer

Chicago Pacific Founders Flourishes This Summer

Chicago Pacific Founders has been one of the most active buyers of senior living assets this summer, announcing four deals since the start of July. Its most recent acquisition involved an 83-unit assisted living/memory care community in Richardson, Texas. Opened in March 2017, the community quickly reached stabilization, with occupancy currently sitting at 94%. It features a number of amenities, including a bistro lounge, movie theater and outdoor courtyard, in addition to being located near shopping, dining and entertainment centers. Evans Senior Investments represented the seller, another private equity firm, in the transaction. To fund the deal, CPF turned to Aron Will, Austin Sacco and... Read More »