• CBRF Trades in Wisconsin

    A community-based residential facility in southern Wisconsin came under new ownership. The seller had acquired the facility a couple of years ago and brought it to stabilization. They also conducted renovations in 2025 on the physical plant, which was originally built in 2001. The ultimate buyer was a Midwest ownership group that was looking to... Read More »
  • Watch The SeniorCare Investor’s Q1 Investor Call

    The SeniorCare Investor convened a panel on April 23 to discuss key topics front and center for investors. Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, moderated the discussion. Blueprint sponsored the Q1 2026 Investor Call webinar, with Kyle Hallion, Senior Director at Blueprint, joining. Investment firm perspectives came from Natalie... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Joint Venture Acquires IL Community

    Blueprint closed the sale of Parkwood Retirement, a 147-unit independent living community in Bedford, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). Sitting adjacent to the Texas Health HEB hospital campus, Parkwood has demonstrated consistent and strong operating performance, with occupancy hovering around 95% for several years. There was still some meaningful... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures HUD Financing

    A senior care portfolio secured $64.96 million in HUD financing for the refinance of three properties in Pennsylvania. Greystone provided the financing, with the deal originated by Christopher Clare and additional team members including David Young, Ben Rubin, Ryan C. Harkins, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher assisting on the transaction. The... Read More »
  • National Health Investors’ CFO Retires

    National Health Investors’ John Spaid, Executive Vice President and CFO, will retire effective July 1, 2026. The company will appoint Todd Siefert as Executive Vice President Corporate Finance, effective June 1, 2026, and he will succeed Spaid as CFO. Also as part of the transition, Dana Hambly has been promoted to Senior Vice President of... Read More »

What’s new with Watercrest

Watercrest Senior Living Group is unveiling its new concept in memory care, called Market Street Memory Care Residences, at a site currently under construction in Viera, Florida. The 47,000-square foot, 60-unit community is set to open in the fall of 2016, with two more 64-unit communities under the same concept opening in 2017 in Palm Coast and Tampa. The buildings are estimated to cost between $16 million and $17 million, or approximately $266,000 per unit, to develop. Financing has already been arranged for the Viera and Tampa properties, with EB-5 equity and commercial bank construction loans (Bank of Texas is providing the Viera one). As for Watercrest’s other projects, things are... Read More »

From fixing to building

A company with extensive experience in turning around struggling senior living communities is now developing its first property and is pulling together all manner of financing sources in its capital stack. Solutions Advisors, which got its start in 2010 advising senior living communities on management, marketing and sales strategies, has already broken ground on its flagship community in Hamilton, New Jersey. With 96 independent living, 75 assisted living and 24 memory care units, the community is expected to cost a total of $59 million, or about $302,600 per unit, to develop. In addition, 25 of the IL units can be converted to AL down the road, if the need presents itself. To operate the... Read More »

New EB-5 developer hits the ground running in California

Al Rattan, a real estate developer with over 30 years of experience building residential, commercial, industrial, office, health care and senior care properties, is jumping back into the seniors housing market with his company, Continental East Development (CED). Founded in 2009, CED has already developed a number of retail, office, and medical properties, but started to take a look at seniors housing in 2011. Having already developed and operated an independent/assisted living community in Anaheim Hills, California (before selling it at full occupancy), Mr. Rattan plans to utilize large amounts of EB-5 equity (up to 60% of the development cost) raised through his USA Continental Regional... Read More »