• CBRF Trades in Wisconsin

    A community-based residential facility in southern Wisconsin came under new ownership. The seller had acquired the facility a couple of years ago and brought it to stabilization. They also conducted renovations in 2025 on the physical plant, which was originally built in 2001. The ultimate buyer was a Midwest ownership group that was looking to... Read More »
  • Watch The SeniorCare Investor’s Q1 Investor Call

    The SeniorCare Investor convened a panel on April 23 to discuss key topics front and center for investors. Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, moderated the discussion. Blueprint sponsored the Q1 2026 Investor Call webinar, with Kyle Hallion, Senior Director at Blueprint, joining. Investment firm perspectives came from Natalie... Read More »
  • Not-for-Profit Joint Venture Acquires IL Community

    Blueprint closed the sale of Parkwood Retirement, a 147-unit independent living community in Bedford, Texas (Dallas-Fort Worth MSA). Sitting adjacent to the Texas Health HEB hospital campus, Parkwood has demonstrated consistent and strong operating performance, with occupancy hovering around 95% for several years. There was still some meaningful... Read More »
  • Senior Care Portfolio Secures HUD Financing

    A senior care portfolio secured $64.96 million in HUD financing for the refinance of three properties in Pennsylvania. Greystone provided the financing, with the deal originated by Christopher Clare and additional team members including David Young, Ben Rubin, Ryan C. Harkins, Parker Nielsen and Liam Gallagher assisting on the transaction. The... Read More »
  • National Health Investors’ CFO Retires

    National Health Investors’ John Spaid, Executive Vice President and CFO, will retire effective July 1, 2026. The company will appoint Todd Siefert as Executive Vice President Corporate Finance, effective June 1, 2026, and he will succeed Spaid as CFO. Also as part of the transition, Dana Hambly has been promoted to Senior Vice President of... Read More »
Grandbridge Finances Philly-Area Development

Grandbridge Finances Philly-Area Development

A brand-new senior living community is being built in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania market with funding facilitated by Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group. Set to open in 2020, the project will feature 160 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care in the town of Limerick. It is being developed by Vantage Point Retirement Living, a growing operator in the Mid-Atlantic with 11 senior living and active adult communities already open in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. Two more are set to open next year in Delaware and Pennsylvania (including this one being financed), with three more in the works. The construction/mini-perm loan totaled $34 million... Read More »
Grandbridge Arranges Active Adult Financing

Grandbridge Arranges Active Adult Financing

With Baby Boomers still too young to move into most seniors housing communities and labor costs growing, many companies see opportunity in the active adult market, which some view as a largely untapped market. We’ll have to see how “under the radar” these assets will stay in the next couple of years. Jumping into the market, Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group just facilitated construction financing for the development of a 318-unit age-restricted community in Plano, Texas operated by Life Style Management Inc. The transaction consisted of about $62.3 million in taxable and tax-exempt bonds under the 142(d) bond program administered by BB&T Capital Markets.... Read More »
Grandbridge Refinances Highgate Senior Living Portfolio

Grandbridge Refinances Highgate Senior Living Portfolio

Washington State-based senior living operator, Highgate Senior Living, refinanced two of its communities in the Pacific Northwest with the help of Grandbridge Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group. Richard Thomas originated the Freddie Mac loans, which included an $8.5 million first mortgage for an assisted living/memory care community in Bellingham, Washington (about 30 miles southeast of Vancouver, British Columbia) and a $5.225 million loan for an assisted living/memory care community in Great Falls, Montana. Each loan comes with a fixed rate, 10-year term and 30 years of amortization. Read More »
Blueprint Sells In Ohio and Florida

Blueprint Sells In Ohio and Florida

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has been anything but a wallflower this year in seniors housing and care deal making and continued their 2018 haul with two more transactions announced at the start of NIC. First, in Dayton, Ohio, Connor Doherty and Michael Segal sold an 87-bed skilled nursing facility that came with a lot of upside. Situated in a desirable, urban infill location adjacent to a local medical center, the facility maintained a five-star rating from CMS. Pretty good. But there were restrictive admissions criteria and a vacant floor that meant census was below market. Taking on the challenge (for an undisclosed price) will be a newly-formed, opportunistic... Read More »