• 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Brookdale Senior Living, What’s Next?

    So, the big vote occurred last week, and shareholders of Brookdale Senior Living have spoken. We are sure that the recent increases in occupancy convinced some shareholders to stick with management and its “plan.” But the nominees from activist shareholder Ortelius Advisors were not off-the-wall candidates. It was an excellent group, and despite... Read More »
  • Optalis Healthcare Acquires Michigan Portfolio

    Blueprint was engaged by Michael F. Flanagan, the duly appointed receiver of Spartan Holdco, LLC, et al. and approved by the Oakland County Circuit Court to run a marketing process sourcing qualified overbids for the auction sale of the SKLD (Skilled Living and Development) portfolio. Dubbed Project Spartan, the portfolio comprises eleven skilled... Read More »
  • National REIT Divests to Cougar Capital Management

    Haven Senior Investments facilitated a transaction between a national REIT and a real estate development firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The seller, Summit Healthcare REIT, divested a seniors housing community in Littleton, New Hampshire, The Village at Riverglen. Built in 2002, The Village at Riverglen features 60 beds across 50 independent... Read More »
  • CFG’s H1 Financing Volume

    Capital Funding Group’s bridge-to-HUD and HUD teams financed more than $930 million across 50 transactions in the first half of 2025. These financings included 14 HUD loans, 21 bridge loans and 15 accounts receivable loans for clients across the country. Managing Director of Real Estate Craig Casagrande originated a few transactions throughout... Read More »
  • Stabilized Class-A IL Community Secures Refinancing

    Greystone arranged a $43.5 million debt placement to refinance a seniors housing community in Oregon. The 142-unit property is a recently built and stabilized Class-A independent living community. The community had strong trailing cash flows, on a shorter trailing period, but an upward trend. The financing was sourced by David Young.  The... Read More »
REIT Buys Utah Senior Living Portfolio

REIT Buys Utah Senior Living Portfolio

Evans Senior Investments sold a portfolio of three new assisted living/memory care communities in the Salt Lake City, Utah metro area known as The Abbington Senior Living Portfolio. Totaling 229 units, split between 174 assisted living and 55 memory care, these communities were developed in the last five years, but two of the properties were still in the final stages of lease-up at the time of the sale. Occupancy averaged 85%, with a 93% private pay census, and the portfolio generated a 28% EBITDAR margin in the trailing 12 months. One community was subject to a long-term land lease. A real estate private equity company sold the portfolio to an East Coast-based REIT stepped in to purchase... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Structures Sale of Brand-New Tampa Community

Evans Senior Investments Structures Sale of Brand-New Tampa Community

A publicly traded REIT picked up a brand-new senior living community in Tampa, Florida, and we mean brand-new. Opened just this summer, the community was developed by Lindell Investments Inc. and Solutions Advisors, whose affiliate Solvere Living was also the operator. Featuring 64 assisted living and 38 memory care units, its total development cost was estimated to be $27.5 million, or around $270,000 per unit. The census, although still in fill-up, is 100% private pay. Amenities include a bistro and bar, a fitness center, and a salon and spa. The REIT buyer paid $28.75 million, or $281,900 per unit, for the community and will bring in a regional operator to manage it. The first task,... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Launches Senior Living Marketing Venture

Evans Senior Investments Launches Senior Living Marketing Venture

If the seniors housing industry is ever going to emerge from its current census slump, then rigorous and modern marketing efforts seem like a great way to start. However, many small regional operators and mom & pops have barely left the 20th century in their marketing strategies, and their websites show it. The truth is that they may have been operating just fine for years, but with a lot of new competition and a more tech-savvy clientele, that may not be an option anymore. And they will continue to lose out to the larger, national operators that can afford a comprehensive and state-of-the-art marketing strategy. Also, for the industry as a whole, better marketing can also improve... Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Sells New Nashville Property

Evans Senior Investments Sells New Nashville Property

Having just wrapped up its initial lease-up, a senior living community in Nashville, Tennessee just sold to a regional owner/operator based in North Carolina. Evans Senior Investments handled the transaction, which came with a $20.05 million, or $213,000 per unit, purchase price. Built in 2017, the community features 94 units of assisted living and memory care, with a 100% private pay census. Occupancy was a strong 94% at the time of the sale. It operated at around a 20% margin on $3.57 million of revenues. The seller was an independent owner/operator. Read More »
Evans Senior Investments Closes Two Sales

Evans Senior Investments Closes Two Sales

Evans Senior Investments announced a couple of transactions last week. First, the firm represented a regional owner/operator in the sale of two senior living/skilled nursing properties in Michigan. Each community had positive cash flow at the time of sale, but with the potential for some improvement under new ownership. It should help that 100% of the senior living census at both properties was 100% private pay, and the skilled nursing featured a high mix of Medicare residents. Then, Evans headed to Anderson, South Carolina to sell a struggling skilled nursing facility on behalf of its single-asset independent owner/operator. Built in 1965, with additions in 1974 and 1980, the 181-bed... Read More »