• Sabra’s Q4 Deals Push 2025 New Investments to $450 Million

    Sabra Health Care REIT released its fourth quarter results. On a year-over-year basis, same-store cash NOI increased 12.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025, while the 2025 quarterly year-over-year average increase was 15.0%, inclusive of the stabilized facilities formerly operated by Holiday Retirement.  Its Q4 acquisitions brought the... Read More »
  • CareTrust Closes 2025 with 169 New Property Investments

    CareTrust REIT came out with its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 earnings and is continuing on its growth trajectory. In Q4, the REIT added 19 properties to its portfolio, comprising 14 triple-net leased skilled nursing facilities, two triple-net leased seniors housing communities and three SHOP communities, all totaling $561.5 million in... Read More »
  • Separate Sellers Divest in Florida

    Berkadia announced two seniors housing closings, both involving communities in the Sunshine State. First, Berkadia represented a Maryland-based private equity investment firm in its divestment of a 130-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Jacksonville, Florida MSA. The asset was built in 2015. Ross Sanders,... Read More »
  • Idaho IL/AL Community Receives HUD Financing

    Berkadia secured $27.5 million in financing for a seniors housing community in Idaho. The asset comprises 191 independent living and assisted living units, and was 97% occupied at the time of closing. Bianca Andujo and Steve Muth closed the financing through HUD’s 232/223(f) program for a first-time Berkadia client based in Tennessee. The loan... Read More »
  • Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... 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 »