• Joint Venture Acquires Four AL/MC Communities

    Following an active year of M&A with five separate deals totaling 21 properties, Stacked Stone Ventures has kicked off its 2026 growth with a portfolio acquisition in the Southeast. In a joint venture with Praxis Capital and an undisclosed family office, Stacked Stone, which was founded by Kent Eikanas, bought four assisted living/memory care... Read More »
  • Another Publicly Traded REIT Joins the M&A Mix

    Another well-capitalized institutional player is stepping into the seniors housing fray, adding fuel to an already aggressive bidding environment. And based on its initial acquisitions, with one closed at more than $1 million per unit, the target seems to be high-quality assets. Prices are rising fast in that segment, and as the buyer pool... Read More »
  • Distressed AL/MC Community Gets New Owner

    Scott Frazier, Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint advised a special servicer in the seniors housing sector on the sale of Spanish Vines, a well-maintained assisted living/memory care community. It sits in a densely populated Pocket-Greenhaven neighborhood of southwest Sacramento, California. The 88-unit community was generating negative... Read More »
  • Underperforming Community Sells and Secures Financing

    A buyer recently acquired an underperforming seniors housing community in Charleston, South Carolina, and Blueprint Capital Markets secured the debt financing. Blueprint also represented the undisclosed seller in its divestment. The asset comprises 84 units of assisted living and memory care. There is room for occupancy growth and expense cuts,... Read More »
  • Standalone MC Communities Secure Acquisition Financing

    Berkadia recently announced three financings on behalf of three different sponsors. In one of the closings, Steve Muth and Ed Williams arranged $25.8 million in acquisition financing for Peregrine Senior Living at Clifton Park and Peregrine Senior Living at Orchard Park. The bridge financing was provided through Berkadia’s Proprietary Lending... Read More »
Greystone Closes Sale in Sunny Southern California

Greystone Closes Sale in Sunny Southern California

Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors headed to Palm Springs, California for their latest sale, representing a publicly traded REIT in the disposition. Built nearly 20 years ago, the property featured four 15-unit assisted living cottages and two 15-unit memory care cottages, for a total of 90 units. It had a history of strong occupancy, which the new owner, an operator with local market presence, will hope to build on. The purchase price was not disclosed. Read More »
Greystone Goes To Canada

Greystone Goes To Canada

Greystone Real Estate Advisors closed back-to-back portfolio sales in Canada. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper, together with TD Securities, represented the seller of 10 senior living communities located throughout the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas. The 10 communities had 1,245 units, of which 1,045 were independent supportive living and 200 were assisted living. All but two were built or renovated in the past 10 years. Sienna Senior Living paid $298 million, or $239,400 per unit (C$382 million).   In their second transaction, they sold four communities in the greater Edmonton area in Alberta. The 775-unit portfolio included 450 independent supportive living units, 237 assisted living... Read More »
Greystone Rocks Georgia Deal

Greystone Rocks Georgia Deal

The Greystone Real Estate Advisors team of Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper recently represented a REIT owner in its sale of a 57-unit assisted living community in Marietta, Georgia. The community was considered to be a value-add opportunity for the new owner, a joint venture between an institutional investor and Surpass Senior Living. Built in 1998, it was on the older side in the overdeveloped Marietta market and could improve operationally. But, the new owner plans to invest some capital in the building to spruce it up. No purchase price was disclosed. The deal comes on the heels of two large closings for Greystone north of the border, including Chartwell Retirement Residences’ purchase of... Read More »
Mozart Healthcare’s Texas Portfolio Swells to Four

Mozart Healthcare’s Texas Portfolio Swells to Four

Genesis Healthcare may be exiting Texas right now, but Chicago-based Mozart Healthcare doubled down in the Lone Star State, acquiring a 124-bed skilled nursing facility in El Paso to complement its three existing SNFs (located in Winnsboro, Kennedale and San Augustine) in the state. The new addition is the company’s first in West Texas, and it is in need of an operational turnaround. The facility consists of two buildings: one with 74 beds built in 2013, and a vacant building built in 1960 with 50 inactive licensed beds. The not-for-profit seller maintained census around 90% based on operational beds, but cash flow was negative. Mozart and incoming operator, Dallas-based Paramount... Read More »
Greystone Real Estate Advisors Gets It Done

Greystone Real Estate Advisors Gets It Done

Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of Greystone Real Estate Advisors just announced a slew of transactions that closed at the end of 2017, advising the seller in each deal. First, the pair closed the sale of a 38-unit/66-bed memory care community in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A private equity group sold the community to a joint venture between a public REIT and a national operator. Then, speaking of joint ventures, an institutional private equity group and a private developer/operator teamed up to purchase a 72-unit/78-bed assisted living community in Spring, Texas from a Lone Star State-based developer. And finally, Messrs. Garbers and Tremper went to Vernon Hills, Illinois to sell a 70-unit memory care... Read More »