• Ensign Acquires Iowa Skilled Nursing Facility

    Nick Cacciabando and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage helped an industry veteran in Iowa sell his last solely-owned senior care facility, finding a publicly traded buyer in the process. The facility in question was Crystal Heights Care Center, a 72-bed skilled nursing facility in Oskaloosa, Iowa, about one hour southeast of Des... Read More »
  • Investor Group Enters the Seniors Sector Through Idaho Purchase

    An assisted living/memory care community in Twin Falls, Idaho, traded with the help of Chad Mundy and Nick Stahler of The Knapp-Stahler Group at Marcus & Millichap. The campus opened in 1989 with an eight-unit building, and added two 15-unit buildings in 2009 and 2015, respectively. Some units were added to each building in 2023 and 2024, and... Read More »
  • Value-Add Owner/Operator Grows in Texas

    Amy Sitzman, Giancarlo Riso, Connor Doherty and Ryan Kelly of Blueprint got a seniors housing deal across the finish line in Odessa, Texas. Built in 2013 as part of an expansion to an adjacent CCRC, the building has 67 assisted living and memory care units. It had gone through multiple operator changes over the years. The deal was marketed as an... Read More »
  • Seller Divests Its Only Out-Of-State Asset

    Senwell Senior Investment Advisors facilitated the successful sale of a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania. Built in 1987, the facility was developed by an Ohio-based operator as part of a broader growth initiative. Its occupancy rate was consistently strong, often exceeding 95%. It was the seller’s only out-of-state asset, leading... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Adds to Its Seniors Housing Footprint 

    Foundry Commercial and funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group acquired the RoseWood Village Assisted Living and Memory Care communities in Charlottesville, Virginia. The two communities, RoseWood Village at Greenbrier and RoseWood Village at Hollymead, will be operated by Foundry Commercial’s management company, Allegro Living,... Read More »
IPA Seniors Housing Handles Pittsburgh Portfolio Sale

IPA Seniors Housing Handles Pittsburgh Portfolio Sale

We wrote of Chicago Pacific Founders’ acquisition of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-area portfolio of independent living communities last week but have now learned that IPA Seniors Housing handled the transaction. The team of Joshua Jandris and Mark Myers, plus Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Pennsylvania, Sean Beuche, represented the seller, a partnership between Graziano Construction and Sweetbay Senior Living. Two of the communities were recently built, one in 2017 and the other opening earlier this year. The third property was developed in 2009 and is the only one that is fully stabilized. Totaling 384 units, the portfolio sold for $75 million, or $195,300 per unit. Jordyn... Read More »
IPA Seniors Housing Handles Pittsburgh Portfolio Sale

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Pittsburgh Portfolio

Chicago Pacific Founders announced its second acquisition for July, following up on its purchase of a senior living community in Scottsdale, Arizona by picking up three senior living communities in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market. One of the communities, in North Versailles, was opened in 2009 and is fully stabilized. The other two were opened more recently, in April 2017 for the Bethel Park community and just earlier this year for the community in Pittsburgh. So, cash flow was uneven across the portfolio. The two older properties are independent living communities, while the newest property also features personal care units. As usual, Chicago Pacific Founders’ operating subsidiary,... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Again

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Again

A week after it was announced that Chicago Pacific Founders acquired a new senior living community in Conroe, Texas, the firm followed it up with another purchase, this time in Scottsdale, Arizona. Featuring 101 units of independent living and assisted living, the community will now be managed by CPF’s operating subsidiary, Grace Management. The community was originally built in 1998 and is located close to numerous shopping and medical centers. Chicago Pacific Founders plans to invest in improvements to the community in addition to renaming it. The final purchase price came to $27 million, or about $267,300 per unit. Steve Gebing, Hamid Panahi, Cliff David and Tony Cassie of Institutional... Read More »
CBRE Comes Full Circle

CBRE Comes Full Circle

CBRE was all over the sale of a seniors housing community in Conroe, Texas, facilitating its sale on behalf of the previous owner and arranging acquisition financing for the buyer, Chicago Pacific Founders. Originally built in 2016 by a joint venture between Paradigm Senior Living and Padua (a real estate development firm based in Houston), this community features 60 independent living, 60 assisted living and 20 memory care units, along with 17 detached IL cottages across an 11-acre campus. Its $30 million construction cost was financed by one of Lancaster Pollard’s first Propero™ loans, which totaled about $26.7 million. The JV contributed a portion of equity and also received a purchase... Read More »
CBRE Sells (and Finances) Tucson Senior Living Community

CBRE Sells (and Finances) Tucson Senior Living Community

Over five years on from its acquisition of a 217-unit independent/assisted living community in Tucson, Arizona, MBK Senior Living is exiting the asset with the help of Matthew Whitlock of CBRE. Originally built in 1991, the property underwent a series of multimillion-dollar renovations that included the conversion of 78 units to assisted living and the renovation of the community’s clubhouse. It now features three two-story garden-style independent and assisted living buildings and three single-story buildings that house 19 casitas surrounding a greenhouse and putting green. When MBK bought the property from The Dermot Company in 2012 for $31.9 million, or $143,000 per unit, it was 90%... Read More »