• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
Ten-Property Portfolio Sells in the Southeast

Ten-Property Portfolio Sells in the Southeast

As the year comes to an end, many companies are announcing big portfolio deals, including Evans Senior Investments representing a regional owner/operator in their sale of a ten-property seniors housing portfolio located in Louisiana, Mississippi and South Carolina. The communities, which were built between 1972 and 2016 with a median year-built of 2007, comprise 590 seniors housing units (117 independent living, 293 assisted living and 180 memory care) and 666 functional beds. All of the communities have undergone significant renovations and capital improvements over recent years. The portfolio had an average bed occupancy of 91% in 2019 and produced a net operating income margin of 34%.... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Facilitates SNF Sale in New Mexico

Evans Senior Investments Facilitates SNF Sale in New Mexico

Evans Senior Investments represented the seller of a 100-bed skilled nursing facility in New Mexico for an undisclosed amount. A Chicago-based skilled nursing facility owner bought the facility from a regional owner/operator based in Louisiana. The acquisition presented an opportunity for a new operator to grow its presence in New Mexico.  The facility, which was built in the late 1990s, is approximately 50 miles away from the nearest nursing home in New Mexico. Shortly before going to market, it experienced an outbreak of COVID-19, which led to the loss of over 25 residents and lowered occupancy to an all-time low of 46% (after averaging 93% in fiscal year 2019). However, census... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Facilitates Sale in West Virginia

Evans Senior Investments Facilitates Sale in West Virginia

Hamister Group, a Buffalo, New York-based owner/operator, entered the West Virginia seniors housing market with the acquisition of a 65-unit assisted living/memory care community located outside of Charleston in the town of Dunbar. Originally built in 1990 but with expansions in 1999, 2003 and 2007, community has 75 functional beds and 85 licensed beds, with a 100% private pay census.   At the time of marketing, occupancy averaged 95% based on functional beds, but the pandemic caused census to plummet to 69%. However, at the time of the sale, occupancy had rebounded to 87%. In the trailing-12-month period before the sale, the community operated at a roughly 10% margin on more... Read More »
Legacy Senior Living Acquires Tennesee Community

Legacy Senior Living Acquires Tennesee Community

Legacy Senior Living announced its acquisition of a 58-unit assisted living/memory care community in Hendersonville, Tennessee for $5 million, or $86,000 per unit. The deal brings Cleveland-based Legacy’s portfolio to 16 senior living communities across the eastern United States. We learned about the sale earlier this month when Evans Senior Investments announced its role in brokering the deal, although the private equity seller has still not been disclosed.  Built in 2000, the community was just 62% occupied at the time of market and losing over $900,000 in NOI on revenues of $1.525 million. Once it turns operations around, Legacy will then expand the community into the excess land... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Facilitates Sale of AL Community

Evans Senior Investments Facilitates Sale of AL Community

Evans Senior Investments is continuing its busy month, representing a private equity company for the $6.5 million sale of Quail Creek, a 103-unit assisted living and memory care community. Built in 1999, this community in Quail Creek, Oklahoma is in the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The community averaged 41% occupancy at the time of marketing (100% private pay) and had revenues of $1.76 million. However, it was not profitable due to the low census and lost over $1 million of net operating income in the last 12 months. Quail Creek also had below-average rental rates compared to competing communities in the area, trailing their competitors by over 40% and contributing to the negative... Read More »