• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    by | Apr 10, 2026 2:41 pm | Acquisitions

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »

  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    by | Apr 10, 2026 2:40 pm | Acquisitions

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »

  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    by | Apr 10, 2026 2:39 pm | Acquisitions, Statistics

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »

  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    by | Apr 10, 2026 2:36 pm | Acquisitions

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »

  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    by | Apr 10, 2026 8:09 am | Uncategorized

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
CBRE Does Deal Double

CBRE Does Deal Double

by | Apr 11, 2018 7:01 am | Acquisitions, Financings

The CBRE National Senior Housing group flexed its muscles this week, closing two acquisition financings and an asset sale. First, Lisa Widmier represented HCP in its divestment of a 159-unit independent living/assisted living community in Beaumont, Texas, for an undisclosed price. Featuring a majority of independent living units, the community was built in 1996. Under management by Atria Senior Living, it was 93% occupied as of February. Chicago Pacific Founders stepped in as the buyer, through its affiliate CPF Living Communities, and hired Grace Management to operate. Then, in comes CBRE’s Aron Will, who secured a seven-year floating rate loan, with 24 months of interest only, through... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Jacksonville Assisted Living Community

Chicago Pacific Founders Acquires Jacksonville Assisted Living Community

by | Dec 19, 2017 9:22 pm | Acquisitions

After already buying a 124-unit assisted living community in Cincinnati, Ohio this month, Chicago Pacific Founders added another community to its portfolio in December, this time in Jacksonville, Florida. The private equity firm acquired a 189-unit senior living community, with independent living, assisted living and memory care services, in a newly developed residential section of Jacksonville, nearby dining, shopping, medical facilities and, of course, the beaches. Like in all of its transactions, Chicago Pacific Founders hired Grace Management to operate the community. Read More »
CBRE Finds Financing With Freddie Mac

CBRE Finds Financing With Freddie Mac

by | Dec 8, 2017 7:01 am | Financings

Aron Will of CBRE worked with Freddie Mac for his two latest transactions, and crisscrossed the country to do so. First, with Andrew Behrens of CBRE Multifamily Institutional Group, Mr. Will closed a $29.8 million financing for a 144-unit senior living community in Escondido, California (San Diego MSA). Purchased in 2012 by Westmont Living, the community underwent a three-year capital improvement project that involved adding a 22-unit memory care wing. It clearly worked, as occupancy stands at 92% for the property. Westmont received a 10-year, fixed-rate loan with 60 months of interest only payments. Then, to Cincinnati, Ohio, where Mr. Will arranged acquisition financing (again through... Read More »
Chicago Pacific Founders All-In in Las Vegas

Chicago Pacific Founders All-In in Las Vegas

by | Jul 7, 2017 7:01 am | Acquisitions, Financings

For the third time in the firm’s three-year history, Chicago Pacific Founders is acquiring a senior living community in the Las Vegas market, with the help of financing arranged by Aron Will of CBRE. Located about 13 miles west of the Strip (and 3.5 miles northwest of Spring Valley Medical Center), the community features 160 units of about 80% independent living and 20% assisted living. Built in 1999, it will be operated by Grace Management, which believes it can improve on the census and operations. Mr. Will originated a $13.5 million Fannie Mae loan, with a seven-year term and 3.5 years of interest only, on behalf of CPF’s private equity arm, CPF Living Communities. One of CPF’s other... Read More »

Purchase from Pardoll

by | Dec 2, 2016 8:31 am | Acquisitions

The tenant of a 64-bed skilled nursing facility in Jackson, Tennessee made the move to acquire the building from another private individual, at a cost of $3.25 million, or $50,781 per bed. Built in 1955 with an addition in 1989, this facility was 87% occupied and operated at a 14% margin with Grace Management in charge of day-to-day operations. Mike Pardoll of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction. Read More »