• Quarterly Investor Call #1

    Skip the in-person conference, and get the latest senior care M&A and valuations data, market analysis and case studies on notable deals by watching The SeniorCare Investor’s first ever Quarterly Investor Call. Read More »
  • Pacific Companies Acquires National Portfolio

    Pacific Companies, LLC, a privately owned real estate private equity firm based in San Diego, California, acquired the majority of the not-for-profit Retirement Housing Foundations market-rate seniors housing and skilled nursing assets. Ziegler served as exclusive sell-side advisor to RHF on the transaction, which closed in phases throughout late... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Chooses Refinance Over Sale

    A national owner/operator faced with an underperforming seniors housing property in Missouri and maturing debt on the property secured a refinance thanks to JD Stettin of Carnegie Capital. The borrower, which has over 30 properties in its portfolio, acquired the 45-unit assisted living community in late 2017.  Occupancy and cash flow... Read More »
  • Two Seniors Housing Communities in Indiana Trade Hands

    Blueprint facilitated the divestment of two seniors housing communities in northwest Indiana. The value-add communities are in Michigan City and Merrillville and comprise 119 assisted living and memory care units. They had strong pre-pandemic financial performance but more recently benefited from a substantial Medicaid Waiver reimbursement rate... Read More »
  • Artemis/Bridgewood Acquire Texas Portfolio

    CBRE was engaged in the sale of four seniors housing communities in the Dallas, Texas MSA: Village on the Park Plano (Plano), Village on the Park Denton (Denton), Village on the Park Stonebridge Ranch (McKinney) and Village on the Park McKinney (McKinney). The communities comprise 366 total units of assisted living and memory care and were built... Read More »

Ensign Extends Its Reach In Colorado

Always a prolific buyer, The Ensign Group is keep up its steady pace of acquisitions in 2017, most recently adding two more communities in Colorado to its portfolio. Already this year, the firm has bought several properties in Texas and Wisconsin, four in Utah and one each in Iowa and Nevada. Now, in Colorado, Ensign purchased two CCRCs: a large 64-acre campus in Thornton with 134 skilled nursing beds, 198 independent living units and 35 assisted living units and a community in Colorado Springs with 60 skilled nursing beds, 64 IL units and 44 AL units. Previously operated by a faith-based not-for-profit, CHI Living Communities, we imagine the properties could improve their operations. At... Read More »
Ensign’s quiet 2016

Ensign’s quiet 2016

The Ensign Group (NASDAQ: ENSG) has cooled off significantly in 2016, following its 23 transactions in 2015. The company has only closed three deals so far this year, including its purchase of the Legend Healthcare properties (with eight skilled nursing facilities in Texas) and a small hospice operation in Iowa. Most recently, Ensign acquired a 171-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas City, Kansas, which included the operations and the underlying real estate, for an undisclosed price. The facility includes a 10-bed assisted living unit, and was 56% occupied under the ownership of a faith-based not-for-profit. Ensign’s subsidiary, Endura Healthcare, Inc., will take over... Read More »