• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »
Genesis Exits Idaho

Genesis Exits Idaho

Genesis HealthCare decided to exit the Idaho market, prompting its REIT landlord, National Health Investors, to divest its senior care property in Nampa (Boise MSA). The single-story community, which features 107 independent living units, 18 assisted living units and 42 licensed skilled nursing beds, was Genesis’ only asset in the state.   Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors’ Michael Segal, Blake Bozett and Lauren Nagle positioned the property as a value-add opportunity, with the potential to realign the different care levels. Cascades Healthcare, a skilled nursing operator started by four healthcare clinicians in 2014 that has now grown to 15 SNFs in Utah and Idaho, emerged as the... Read More »
Genesis HealthCare Makes Changes

Genesis HealthCare Makes Changes

Just after announcing that its CEO would be stepping down, Genesis HealthCare revealed more changes. The current COO, Paul Bach, the Chief Nursing Officer, JoAnne Reifsnyder, and the CFO, Tom DiVittorio, have all announced they will be leaving the company. They have spent the past 38 years, 10 years and 25 years, respectively, at the company, so a lot of institutional knowledge will be walking out the door.   The new COO will be Melissa Powell, who most recently was the President and COO of The Allure Group, a New York City-based nursing home operator. Orrin Feingold joins Genesis as the new CFO. He has had similar positions... Read More »
Genesis HealthCare Sells SNF in Indianapolis

Genesis HealthCare Sells SNF in Indianapolis

Decatur Township Center, a skilled nursing facility, has changed ownership. Formerly owned and operated by Genesis HealthCare, the 88-bed subacute and skilled nursing facility, renamed Chalet Rehabilitation and Healthcare, offers a wide range of services, including long- and short-term care, rehabilitation and more. It was built in 1975 on five acres and was acquired by Genesis from Sabra Health Care REIT in 2017 for an undisclosed price. The new ownership team is a group of skilled nursing facility managers and operators based in Indiana and the Midwest. The group has extensive expertise running similar-sized facilities in rural and suburban areas throughout the region. The change in... Read More »
The Ups and Downs of Genesis Healthcare

The Ups and Downs of Genesis Healthcare

Two weeks ago, we reported on the restructuring that is taking place at Genesis Healthcare, with the infusion of new capital that will eventually take this new investor to a fully diluted ownership interest in excess of 40%. That news sent the share price tumbling 47% to a low of $0.43 per share. Trading volume over two days was more than 59 million shares, or more than 53% of the total float.  Then, a week later, the share price jumped by 48% mid-day to a high of $0.74 per share, ending the day at an increase of “just” 20%. Trading volume on that day? A mere 73 million shares, or about two-thirds of the float. The day before and the day after that momentous day, another 26... Read More »
Genesis to be Delisted After Welltower Split

Genesis to be Delisted After Welltower Split

When Genesis HealthCare announced last year that it may not make it in the following 12 months, you knew something had to be done. And then at the beginning of this year when its longstanding CEO, George Hager, departed, you knew that replacing one person with another was just not going to cut it. But perhaps it enabled the Board to move on what had to be done to salvage a desperate situation.  Late on Tuesday, Welltower announced that it has substantially exited its 10-year operating relationship with Genesis HealthCare. The move cannot be seen as much of a surprise considering Genesis’ “going concern” notice last year, multiple major write downs associated with... Read More »