• 60 Seconds with Swett: M&A Activity Tops 350 Deals in H1:25

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:47 pm | 60 Seconds

    In the second quarter of 2025, there were 176 publicly announced transactions, a preliminary number that is almost certain to increase in the weeks ahead. That brings our total for the first half of the year to 355 deals, or 710 on an annualized basis. Considering we finished 2024 with 716 total deals, which was a record by far, we are in a good... Read More »

  • Bloom Exits South Carolina’s Seniors Housing Market

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:46 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    Kandu Capital, LLC, and its operating company, Bloom Senior Living, collectively known as Bloom, sold its final seniors housing community in South Carolina. The company is seeking realignment as it exits the state after a decade-long presence in the region. The 129-unit independent living and memory care community, which is in Bluffton, sold for... Read More »

  • Improving Ohio SNF Sees Strong Price

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:44 pm | Acquisitions

    Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage secured a strong price for a skilled nursing facility in Cincinnati, Ohio. Built in 1965, the facility was originally licensed for 199 beds, but the decision was made to strategically reduce the beds to 167 to save on provider tax and improve the Medicaid rate.  The facility struggled for many... Read More »

  • Stacked Stone Ventures Makes Major SNF Acquisition

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:43 pm | Acquisitions

    Stacked Stone Ventures, a real estate investment firm founded by Kent Eikanas, has made a major acquisition in the skilled nursing sector, acquiring nine skilled nursing facilities for approximately $33 million, or $66,000 per bed, at a 13% cap rate. Stacked Stone bought the portfolio in a joint venture with Praxis Capital from a large... Read More »

  • Tremper Capital Group Announces Two Refinances

    by | Jul 1, 2025 3:42 pm | Financings

    Tremper Capital Group announced a couple of refinances at the end of the second quarter for seniors housing clients. The first was arranged on behalf of Kisco Senior Living for its 333-unit entrance-fee CCRC in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Built in 2004, the campus was acquired by Kisco as part of a larger CCRC deal in 2013, and since then it... Read More »
CBRE Sells A Second First Centrum Independent Living Community

CBRE Sells A Second First Centrum Independent Living Community

by | Oct 11, 2017 7:02 am | Acquisitions

CBRE sold another First Centrum independent living community in Virginia, a couple of years after selling the developer’s 118-unit Glen Allen (Richmond MSA) community for $25.88 million, or $219,280 per unit. The latest deal featured a 120-unit community in Williamsburg. Built in 2010 by First Centrum, it features a range of unit options, from 660- to 940-square foot one bedroom units to 880- to 1,267-SF two-bedroom suites. Current asking rents start at around $2,200 for the one-bedrooms and go up to about $2,900 for two bedrooms. Operations were strong, with a near-50% margin, and it was well-occupied, at 94%, which was certainly helped by the property’s location near historic Colonial... Read More »

Wolff eyes seniors housing

by | Nov 24, 2015 7:11 pm | Developments, Financings

Another major multifamily developer is getting into the seniors housing industry. In the past year, we have seen a number of either private equity groups or real estate developers, all with experience in the multifamily market but not so much in seniors housing, dip their toes (some more like cannonballed) into seniors housing development, including Drever Capital Management, Alliance Residential and Validus Group. Now, Scottsdale, Arizona-based The Wolff Company announced its plans to develop six independent/assisted living communities with 858 units throughout the Western United States. To build up its seniors housing team, in March 2014 Wolff brought on Mike Milhaupt, who has over 20... Read More »