• Olympus Retirement Living Expands

    by | Mar 31, 2026 5:42 pm | Acquisitions

    The Zett Group closed the sale of a 63-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Boise, Idaho market. Set in the town of Emmett, Meadow View Senior Living was trending positively in its operations, but there was still some work to be done. An owner/operator engaged Blake Bozett and Spud Batt to sell the community to an undisclosed buyer.... Read More »

  • Large Senior Care Portfolio Trades Hands

    by | Mar 31, 2026 5:41 pm | Acquisitions

    A portfolio comprising senior care assets across Washington State recently sold with the help of JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage. At first, only one of the assets was brought to market, but an offer emerged for the entire nine-facility portfolio. The price for the skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living campuses ranged... Read More »

  • Stellar Senior Living and Clarion Partners’ Active March

    by | Mar 31, 2026 5:38 pm | Acquisitions

    Stellar Senior Living announced it completed three transactions with Clarion Partners in March. In one of the deals, they completed the recapitalization of The Gallery at Spokane in Spokane, Washington, which was rebranded as The Grand at Spokane. Developed in 2024 by NexCore Group, the community offers 137 independent living, assisted living and... Read More »

  • Otterbein Senior Life Affiliates with Michigan CCRC

    by | Mar 31, 2026 5:37 pm | Acquisitions

    A CCRC in Jackson, Michigan, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Otterbein Senior Life. The campus features 318 independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing units/beds on 22 acres. Kauhale Healthcare Management began managing the community in 2022 following the purchase and refinancing of outstanding bonds by Lapis Advisers. Visa... Read More »

  • ESI Adds Capital Markets & Debt Advisory Team

    by | Mar 27, 2026 4:11 pm | Uncategorized

    Evans Senior Investments has expanded its platform to now include a dedicated Capital Markets & Debt Advisory team to source debt solutions for its clients. Complementary to its brokerage/investment sales services and benefitting from Evans’ robust lender network, the new platform will facilitate acquisition financings, refinancings,... Read More »

The Senior Care Pricing Disconnect

by | Nov 11, 2015 8:32 am | 60 Seconds, Opinion

The public equity market for senior care operating companies and REITs is getting slammed, but the private investment market remains strong. The pricing disconnect continues. Public equity investors continue to slam the senior care operating companies and health care REITs. All one has to do is look at what has happened to Kindred Healthcare and Genesis Health this past week or two, when both companies dropped to new lows and have not yet recovered. Fears of reimbursement pressure, fears of OIG investigations, fears of staffing costs. All have some degree of merit, but it seems like an overreaction to me. Just look at the private market, where both acquisition pricing and demand remain... Read More »

REIT Shares Under Pressure Again

by | May 5, 2015 2:35 pm | 60 Seconds, Opinion

Rising interest rates are sending health care REIT shares down, but will it last? The timing could not be worse. What am I talking about? The recent rise in interest rates and its impact on REIT share values, not to mention looming acquisitions. The 10-year Treasury rate hit a low of 1.65% in February, which most people did not think was sustainable. It has now risen by a third, or 55 basis points, to 2.20%. That is a huge percentage change in rates, even though still quite low from an historical perspective and much lower than the jump in the spring of 2013 that sent REIT share prices plunging by 25%, which was a big overreaction. Easy for me to say. But with the recent rise in rates,... Read More »