• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
Colliers Handles Two AL Sales in Pennsylvania

Colliers Handles Two AL Sales in Pennsylvania

Two assisted living communities in Allentown, Pennsylvania just sold with the help of Bob Gaines at Colliers International. The first community, called Victoria’s Place, includes 80 one-bedroom & studio assisted living apartments. Victoria’s Place was recently constructed and features 59,500 square feet but currently sits vacant. Amenities include common areas, a dining room, bistro, private family dining room, courtyards for assisted living and memory care, an entertainment area, multiple seating areas, movie theater, physical therapy and a salon. Built in 1991, Mountain View is operational and features 115 licensed beds, although occupancy was not disclosed. Across 54,693 square... Read More »
Colliers International Announces Florida Portfolio Deal

Colliers International Announces Florida Portfolio Deal

Damien and Ken Carriero of Colliers International kicked off their 2021 campaign with the sale of three assisted living communities totaling 180 units and 313 beds in Florida. Previously owned by Florida Seniors Properties, Inc., these communities are located in Port Richey, Casselberry and Zephyrhills, with an average occupancy of just 66%.   Best Care Senior Living, LLC purchased the Port Richey property, while another ownership entity bought the other two communities. Colliers simultaneously closed the transactions on January 12. The combined purchase price was $13.7 million, or $76,100 per unit.    Read More »
Colliers International Ushers Allina Health Out of Seniors Housing Industry

Colliers International Ushers Allina Health Out of Seniors Housing Industry

Allina Health exited the seniors housing market with the sale of its 45-unit independent living community in Cambridge, Minnesota, working with Brian Bruggeman and Louis Suarez of Colliers International to get the deal done. Built in 1988, the two-story community features both one-bedroom and two-bedroom unit options on its 4.35-acre campus adjacent to Cambridge Medical Center. There is a dining room, full kitchen, laundry room, beauty salon, lounge with fireplace, a library and an outdoor, three-season porch. Historically, occupancy was between 90% and 95%, which stayed consistent through 2020.  Not-for-profit Presbyterian Homes & Services (PHS) acquired... Read More »
Colliers International Handles Two Transactions

Colliers International Handles Two Transactions

Colliers International has been busy this week, closing the sale of a Section 8 senior apartment community in New Jersey and also a trio of HUD mortgages for three market-rate senior co-ops in the Midwest. First, to the sale. Colliers represented Squiretown Properties LLC in its disposition of a 405-unit community in this Newark suburb of East Orange. Built in 1980, but with no major renovations since then, the community’s affordability status was set to expire in 10 years. However, a partnership between Community Preservation Partners and L+M Development Partners has extended that to 30-years with their acquisition of the community. The purchase price totaled $94 million, or $232,100 per... Read More »
Colliers International Announces Two Closings

Colliers International Announces Two Closings

Colliers International closed a couple of sales involving assisted living communities that also cared for adults with mental disorders or developmental disabilities. First, the Tampa, Florida team led by Ken and Damien Carriero worked on behalf of Loving Care of St. Petersburg, Inc. to sell a 60-unit/120-bed AL community in St. Petersburg, Florida. It came with a Limited Mental Health Specialty License and was 80% occupied at the time of the sale. Best Care Senior Living at St. Pete, LLC was revealed as the buyer, but no purchase price was disclosed.  Then, Elena Bakina of Colliers International represented the seller of a similar community in southwest Houston, Texas. Classified as a Type... Read More »