• Senex Foundation Divests SNFs to Owner/Operator

    by | May 12, 2026 3:00 pm | Acquisitions

    Vince Viverito, Jason Punzel, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage were engaged by Senex Foundation, a Denver, Colorado-based owner/operator, to help with the disposition of a four-property portfolio and recently closed the second tranche involving two skilled nursing facilities in Nebraska. The deal included the... Read More »

  • 60 Seconds with Swett: The REITs’ Acquisition Appetite

    by | May 12, 2026 2:40 pm | 60 Seconds

    With most of the Q1 earnings results in, we’ve been sifting through a lot of good news on occupancy growth, resident rate increases, expanding NOI margins and the phenomenal long-term outlooks. But our main takeaway had to be the major M&A plans that almost every publicly traded company has completed so far this year and plans to close... Read More »

  • Sonida Senior Living Reports Q1 as CNL Deal Reshapes Portfolio

    by | May 12, 2026 2:39 pm | Uncategorized

    Sonida Senior Living reported its first quarter results after becoming the eighth largest seniors housing owner toward the close of the quarter. The company completed its acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties, a public, non-traded REIT that owned 69 seniors housing communities, bringing Sonida’s owned portfolio to 153 owned properties and... Read More »

  • Alta Senior Living Secures Refinance

    by | May 12, 2026 2:38 pm | Financings

    At the end of 2021, Alta Senior Living acquired Tequesta Terrace Senior Living (at that time, Village of Tequesta, Tequesta Terrace), a 106-unit assisted living/memory care community in Palm Beach County, Florida. After executing its value-add capex, operational turnaround and lease-up plan, Alta engaged Blueprint to run a full debt process. A... Read More »

  • All-Cash Skilled Nursing Deal Closes

    by | May 12, 2026 2:36 pm | Acquisitions

    An undisclosed buyer acquired a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Ohio through an all-cash transaction after the seller’s senior lender pushed for an exit. Stan Klos III of 3G Healthcare Real Estate handled the deal. An initial buyer walked away from the deal after a conversion from a lease-only structure was declined by the lender. Another... Read More »
Strawberry Fields Grows In Kentucky

Strawberry Fields Grows In Kentucky

by | May 18, 2018 10:16 am | Acquisitions

Kentucky’s largest not-for-profit senior living and long-term care provider, Christian Care Communities, worked with Ben Firestone and Michael Segal of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors to sell its 92-bed skilled nursing facility in Louisville. Ideally located near multiple hospitals and other referral sources, the facility was originally built in 1962, but was recently renovated in both 2012 and 2014. Occupancy was around 81%, but trailing cash flows were negative, prompting Blueprint to position the asset as a value-add opportunity. For a purchase price of $6.5 million, the facility ultimately sold to Strawberry Fields REIT, which leased it to Landmark Group to operate. The deal... Read More »
CBRE Closes Five Financings

CBRE Closes Five Financings

by | May 18, 2018 10:11 am | Financings

Aron Will of CBRE showed off his strength and variety this month, closing five transactions so far in May. First was a $10.2 million Freddie Mac loan arranged on behalf of Chicago Pacific Founders to acquire a 100-unit independent living/assisted living community in Easley, South Carolina. The loan came with a seven-year floating-rate term and 42 months of interest only. Mr. Will also arranged acquisition financing for a global investment manager for its purchase of two assisted living/memory care communities in Cincinnati, Ohio and Salt Lake City, Utah. Both were originally developed by CA Ventures in partnership with another institutional equity partner and Senior Lifestyle Corporation.... Read More »
CBRE Finances Willows of Easley

CBRE Finances Willows of Easley

by | May 3, 2018 4:23 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

Chicago Pacific Founders turned to Aron Will of CBRE to arrange financing for its latest acquisition in Easley, South Carolina. We reported last month that Evans Senior Investments had represented the independent owner/operator in its sale of a 100-unit independent/assisted living community. Originally built by the seller in 1997 and expanded in 2004, the Easley property was 96% occupied with 100% private pay and operated at a 36% EBITDAR margin. CPF bought it for $14.5 million, or $145,000 per unit, with the help of a $10.2 million Freddie Mac loan that featured a seven-year floating rate term and 42 months of interest only, arranged by Mr. Will. Grace Management will take over management... Read More »
CBRE Does Deal Double

CBRE Does Deal Double

by | Apr 11, 2018 7:01 am | Acquisitions, Financings

The CBRE National Senior Housing group flexed its muscles this week, closing two acquisition financings and an asset sale. First, Lisa Widmier represented HCP in its divestment of a 159-unit independent living/assisted living community in Beaumont, Texas, for an undisclosed price. Featuring a majority of independent living units, the community was built in 1996. Under management by Atria Senior Living, it was 93% occupied as of February. Chicago Pacific Founders stepped in as the buyer, through its affiliate CPF Living Communities, and hired Grace Management to operate. Then, in comes CBRE’s Aron Will, who secured a seven-year floating rate loan, with 24 months of interest only, through... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Jacksonville Assisted Living Community

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Jacksonville Assisted Living Community

by | Dec 19, 2017 9:22 pm | Acquisitions

After already buying a 124-unit assisted living community in Cincinnati, Ohio this month, Chicago Pacific Founders added another community to its portfolio in December, this time in Jacksonville, Florida. The private equity firm acquired a 189-unit senior living community, with independent living, assisted living and memory care services, in a newly developed residential section of Jacksonville, nearby dining, shopping, medical facilities and, of course, the beaches. Like in all of its transactions, Chicago Pacific Founders hired Grace Management to operate the community. Read More »