• Eight Wisconsin Senior Care Assets Sell in Four Deals

    by | Nov 21, 2025 3:02 pm | Acquisitions

    Senior Care Realty had an active October, with a handful of deals closed by Chad Wegner and Bob Richards. The four transactions involved senior care assets spread throughout Wisconsin. In one of the transactions, Chad Wegner of Senior Care Realty sold four assisted living and memory care communities across two campuses in Wisconsin. The... Read More »

  • Public REIT Offloads SNFs Following Lease Non-Renewal

    by | Nov 21, 2025 2:48 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint started the fourth quarter well after selling a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities in Florida, California and Virginia, on behalf of a public REIT. The existing tenant elected not to renew its master lease, prompting the portfolio divesture. The first closing was completed in Florida for two high-quality SNFs. The two facilities... Read More »

  • Senior Care Owner/Operator Acquires AL Community

    by | Nov 21, 2025 2:45 pm | Acquisitions

    Dan Mahoney and Dillon Rudy of Blueprint were engaged by a Louisiana-based not-for-profit owner/operator to market a 40-unit assisted living community in the Inland Northwest region of Idaho. The property maintained a steady resident base and in-place HUD financing. The organization was divesting because the asset no longer geographically aligned... Read More »

  • Developer Divests to Capital Group

    by | Nov 21, 2025 2:42 pm | Acquisitions

    A Class-A seniors housing community near Wichita, Kansas, found a new owner thanks to Evans Senior Investments. The seller developed the community in 2014 and has operated it since then. There are 101 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Occupancy was consistent around 90%, and the operating margin was in the high-20s,... Read More »

  • Stellar Senior Living Finances Arizona Community

    by | Nov 21, 2025 2:40 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    Marcus & Millichap arranged $22 million in financing for The Springs of Scottsdale, a 143-unit independent living community in Phoenix, Arizona. Paul Winterowd secured the financing with a national life insurance company on behalf of Stellar Senior Living. The sponsor secured a five-year loan at 60% loan-to-value, with a competitive interest... Read More »
Five Star Not Shining

Five Star Not Shining

by | Nov 16, 2018 7:03 am | Opinion

Hindsight is usually 20-20, and in the case of Five Star Senior Living, looking back two years, the company should have accepted the offer from Gemini Properties and the Thomas brothers of Senior Star, who offered to pay $325 million for 33 owned Five Star communities. They had already accumulated more than 6% of the company’s stock, an investment they most likely regret. But management, and really the then-controlling shareholder, the late Barry Portnoy, wanted nothing of it. In fact, Mr. Portnoy announced a tender offer to buy 10 million shares of Five Star at $3.00 per share to enhance his controlling position. That’s an investment where his estate would like a re-do. The Gemini/Senior... Read More »