• 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 »

Harrison Street makes an exit…and a return

An assisted living community in Mesa, Arizona has evolved a lot over its 30-year history. Built in 1985 as low-income housing, it was converted to seniors housing in 1996. Between 2003 and 2007, the owner at the time invested $5 million in renovations that allowed them to more than double rents in that time. Then, Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and its operating partner for the community, Milestone Retirement Communities, stepped in to purchase the community in 2008 for $15.85 million, or $90,600 per unit. Over time, the independent living units were reduced to make room for more assisted living. Currently there are 123 AL units, 30 memory care units and 22 IL units in 13 stories.... Read More »

Greystone and Oakmont at it again

Greystone expanded its relationship yet again with Oakmont Senior Living. Having previously provided a $150 million Freddie Mac credit revolver (including an additional $23.5 million tranche provided last month) and an $18.8 million Freddie Mac loan for Oakmont’s Fresno, California property, Greystone continued its work by closing a $58.34 million Freddie Mac refinance for Oakmont’s 163-unit independent living community in Santa Rosa, California. The financing came to $358,000 per unit. This 10-year loan was funded through Freddie Mac’s Index Lock product, which enables the borrower to lock in the existing 10-year Treasury rate prior to commitment. Greystone was able to procure a fixed... Read More »

Oakmont Senior Living growing

Already with a $150 million Freddie Mac Revolving Credit Facility provided to them in December 2013 to support their robust development pipeline, Oakmont Senior Living obtained an additional $23.5 million tranche with the help of Greystone. The financing enabled Oakmont to take out its construction loan on its newly constructed 71-unit assisted living/memory care community (with 45 AL units and 26 MC units) in Carmichael, California. Just nine months out from the community’s opening, the property was already 96% occupied at closing, which is impressive considering the recent declines in overall AL occupancy. Oakmont received low floating rate, non-recourse debt with an interest-only... Read More »