• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »
  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »
  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »
  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Inland Real Estate Group Buys in Minnesota

Inland Real Estate Group Buys in Minnesota

Cushman & Wakefield represented a joint venture of The Waters Senior Living, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and North Rock Real Estate in arranging the sale of The Waters on Mayowood, a 175-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Rochester, Minnesota. The property was sold earlier in February for a total of $67.3 million, or just under $385,000 per unit.   Inland Real Estate Group, one of the nation’s largest real estate and finance groups, is acquiring Mayowood and will retain The Waters to manage the community. The property was originally constructed in 2015 and has performed well since opening, averaging over 96% occupancy since January 2018.... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Recap in Arizona

Cushman & Wakefield Arranges Recap in Arizona

Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the recapitalization of Acoya Mesa, a seniors housing community in the Mesa suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. Developed in 2019 by Ryan Companies and Cadence Living, ACOYA Mesa is a 170-unit independent living, assisted living, and memory care community. Despite divesting the community, Ryan and Cadence Living will continue operating it.  The property, which was sold by EverWest Real Estate Investors, was acquired by a global real estate investment manager for $46.25 million, or $272,100 per unit. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Dan Baker and Jack Griffin represented the seller and procured the buyer. The team also... Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Advises Recap of Connecticut Community

Cushman & Wakefield Advises Recap of Connecticut Community

Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the recapitalization of two independent living, assisted living and memory care communities in the Hartford, Connecticut MSA. The 225-unit portfolio will be acquired by a joint venture between White Oak Healthcare REIT and Everbrook Senior Living. The communities apparently appeal to a more middle-market customer. Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Sam Dylag and Chris Remeika of Cushman & Wakefield represented Everbrook Senior Living in the transaction. No further details on the sale were disclosed.  Read More »
Cushman & Wakefield Sells Two Massachusetts Communities

Cushman & Wakefield Sells Two Massachusetts Communities

Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets team arranged the sale of Wingate Residences at Boylston Place, a 48-unit assisted living community, and Wingate at Chestnut Hill, a 135-bed skilled nursing facility on a campus in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.  C&W represented the institutional seller, a pension fund investor who is exiting the senior living space. They selected a joint venture between Harrison Street and LCB Senior Living, LLC as the buyer. LCB plans to upgrade the existing assisted living building and convert the existing skilled nursing portion to additional assisted living space, memory care and common areas.  This is the fifth closing in a series of... Read More »