• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
  • Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

    On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above... Read More »

Sold before reaching the mountaintop

An assisted living community with an improving census and reputation sold to a regional operator before fully realizing its potential. As rough starts go, this community in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania may take the cake. Built in 1984 as a skilled nursing facility, it never opened as such because the developer defaulted on the bond financing the project. A Lutheran senior housing group then bought it and operated it as an assisted living community until January 2013, when a group of doctors bought the community with just 12 residents occupying it. After remodeling the third floor to add 29 memory care units and an adult day care program, the doctors brought the census up to 66 residents... Read More »

High-quality rural senior living sells

Just how does a high-quality assisted/independent living community located in rural Northeast Ohio maintain a combined occupancy over 90%? Well, aside from having an excellent reputation for care and services, the community was owned by a local golf pro and golf course owner with ties to the seniors housing industry, who would let residents and guests of residents play at his neighboring course free of charge. That added feature certainly must have helped keep census strong over the years, and maybe prompted a few more visits from family members. The community was built in 2001 with 56 units of assisted living, and added 12 independent living cottages between 2004 and 2008. At the time of... Read More »

Hospital-owned entrance-fee community sells to non-profit

A 122-unit entrance-fee independent/assisted living community in Marietta, Ohio sold to a faith-based not-for-profit for a net purchase price of $4.4 million, which excludes the assumption of about $6.8 million of entrance fee liabilities. Built in 1997, the community features 60 IL units, 9 IL villas, 48 assisted living units and five IL units that are used for guests. The property was cash flow positive during the Recession (a difficult ask for any entrance fee community) and today operates on a 27% margin, which may improve if the buyer can increase occupancy. The villas are fully occupied, with the IL units at about 87% occupancy and the AL units at about 85% occupancy, for a combined... Read More »