• Healthpeak Properties Jumps Back into Seniors Housing

    Ever since Healthpeak Properties essentially exited the seniors housing market in 2021, we had wondered when they would come back. We even thought they could have jumped back in just a year later when rumors were circulating that Brookdale Senior Living was in talks about a potential sale.  The M&A opportunity in seniors housing, and the... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Washington State Bankruptcy Deal

    Fresh off a phenomenal 2025 (we’ll see where they ended up in the Broker Rankings next month), Blueprint announced a few end-of-year closings this week. First, Michael Segal, Dan Mahoney, Amy Sitzman and Daniel Waldhorn ran a bankruptcy sale for the real estate of three skilled nursing facilities in Washington State. They were engaged by the... Read More »
  • Another Record Year for VIUM

    VIUM Capital keeps raising the bar in transaction volume, announcing another record-setting year in 2025, closing 96 transactions totaling over $2 billion in par value, representing the largest total of financings closed in the firm’s nearly six-year history. Most of that volume came from bridge loans originated by VIUM through its joint venture... Read More »
  • Ventas Divests to Joint Venture

    Berkadia announced that it handled the sale of a California seniors housing community, and refinanced a separate Montana community. Atria Park of San Mateo, a 135-unit assisted living and memory care community in San Mateo, California, sold to an institutionally capitalized partnership. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders of... Read More »
  • Behavioral Buyer Gets Vacant VA Asset

    Some brokers have been taking advantage of behavioral health providers’ desire to grow in order to sell vacant seniors housing assets, and getting higher prices for their clients as a result. Toby Siefert and Dave Balow of Senior Living Investment Brokerage arranged the sale of Mayfair House, a 53-unit assisted living community in Portsmouth,... Read More »
Building in Tampa Bay Area

Building in Tampa Bay Area

The Tampa Bay seniors housing market continues to grow, marked most recently by a brand-new assisted living and memory care community developed by Pridgen Development and equity investor Lindell Investments, called Tessera of Brandon. The $28 million, 107,000 square-foot community in the town of Brandon was funded by a $21 million, five-year loan provided by Hancock Bank and designed by Bessolo Design Group to include a total of 138 units, 89 of which are assisted living apartments, and the other 49 units are for memory care, with several different floorplans available. Its per-unit cost (at $202,900) is above the average cost for like-projects in the area, which currently stands at... Read More »
Solvere Senior Living Builds In Its Own Backyard

Solvere Senior Living Builds In Its Own Backyard

Solvere Senior Living is following up on a busy 2017 with a new 195-unit seniors housing development in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, at a cost of nearly $60 million, or just over $300,000 per unit. Opening next month, the community will feature 96 independent living, 75 assisted living and 24 memory care units, with a host of amenities and dining options. Despite Solvere’s being based in nearby Princeton, this will actually be the company’s first foray into the Garden State, with communities already in Virginia, West Virginia, New York, Maryland and Indiana. The opening comes on the heels of several other projects that Solvere has in its pipeline with a number of development partners. It... Read More »
CBRE Sells A Second First Centrum Independent Living Community

CBRE Sells A Second First Centrum Independent Living Community

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 »
Solvere’s Southeast Strategy

Solvere’s Southeast Strategy

Through a number of partnerships, Solvere Senior Living expanded its presence in three states by taking over management of three to-be-built assisted living/memory care communities in Florida (2) and Texas, and two existing independent living communities in Virginia. New Jersey-based Solvere has steadily grown its portfolio since its launch in 2009, with five senior living communities in five states (Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, New York and Indiana) that it operates as either a third-party manager or an equity partner. However, by the end of 2018, Solvere expects to add five more properties to its portfolio. Lindell Investments, Inc. partnered with Solvere to develop the communities... Read More »
CBRE Sells A Second First Centrum Independent Living Community

Detroit Dealmaking

Green Courte Partners, a Chicago-based private equity firm, has been one active acquirer in the independent living market, when few other buyers have been investing in the sector. Even though the IL market has been a huge factor in pushing average seniors housing prices to record-highs average (peaking at an average of $248,300 per unit in the four quarters ended March 31, 2016), its share of M&A has been shrinking in the last couple of years. Nevertheless, Green Courte has acquired five IL properties in the last year. Its most recent transaction involved a portfolio of three IL communities located in the Detroit MSA, which it purchased for an undisclosed price. All totaling 371 units,... Read More »