• 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: You’ve Got To Be Kidding

    by | Nov 18, 2025 3:31 pm | 60 Seconds, Opinion

    Sadly, we are not kidding. President Trump has shown his true colors, and his true loyalty to the almighty dollar, with yet another pardon of one of the bad boys of senior care. But this bad boy is the worst of the group. We are referring to the just announced pardon of criminal Joseph Schwartz, the former owner of Skyline Health. Several months... Read More »

  • Publicly Traded REIT Divests Seniors Housing Portfolio

    by | Nov 18, 2025 3:19 pm | Acquisitions

    A Wisconsin-based developer sold its five seniors housing properties in the Badger State to LTC Properties. Tukka Properties has a longstanding relationship with Walker & Dunlop, which had secured development debt, equity and permanent financing for the assets over the years and had also sold a Tukka-developed property to Welltower in 2021... Read More »

  • Sale Revives Stalled Seniors Housing Development

    by | Nov 18, 2025 3:18 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint closed on the sale of a partially developed seniors housing community in Pearland, Texas. Originally planned as a 198-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community on 9.6 acres, the project was approximately 60% complete when development stalled. Blueprint targeted seniors housing operators and developers, as well... Read More »

  • MONTICELLOAM Closes One of Its Largest Financings

    by | Nov 18, 2025 3:17 pm | Financings

    In one of the largest financings the firm has ever completed, MONTICELLOAM, LLC, along with firm affiliates, funded $470.5 million in total bridge and working capital financing for a sixteen-facility skilled nursing portfolio. The sponsor group, which owns and operates over 200 skilled nursing facilities across the country, used the $455.5... Read More »

  • Cash Flowing Assets Trade in Florida and Oregon

    by | Nov 18, 2025 3:15 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint was engaged by a repeat institutional private equity client in the sale of a Class-A assisted living/memory care community in the Clearwater, Florida MSA. The community has received investments over the years and offered immediate in-place NOI and strong operating margins, while presenting some value-add opportunities. Kyle Hallion,... Read More »

Griffin-American starts small

by | Feb 17, 2016 8:30 am | Acquisitions

After a busy year during which it made over $1.55 billion in healthcare acquisitions, Griffin-American Healthcare REIT-III recently made a relatively small deal in central Pennsylvania, acquiring a 120-unit independent/assisted living community in Palmyra for an undisclosed price. Built in 2007, this community was owned by AMC Delancey Group, Inc. and Heritage Senior Living, which will continue to operate under Griffin-American. Occupancy stood at 93% at the time of the sale. Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers, Charles Hilding and Andrew Hilding of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction. Read More »

Keeping the pace

by | Feb 3, 2016 8:30 am | Acquisitions, Financings

Aron Will of CBRE had yet another prolific month (after an already busy 2015), closing four transactions. Included in his totals were two acquisition financings (for the MorningStar Senior Living Colorado portfolio and Capitol Seniors Housing’s Seattle-area acquisition) already detailed in previous weeks. Mr. Will also recently arranged a $32.3 million 10-year Fannie Mae loan, with a fixed interest rate and 54 months of interest-only. The borrower, Westmont Living, will use the funds to refinance its 138-unit independent/assisted living community in Chico, California. Already with a 94% occupancy rate at the community, Westmont may look to convert a number of units to memory care in order... Read More »

Three high-priced acquisitions in PA

by | Jul 17, 2015 8:31 am | Acquisitions

In a sale-manageback transaction, a non-traded REIT purchased three senior living communities with 328 total units in Pennsylvania from Heritage Senior Living for $87.5 million, or $266,800 per unit. Compared to the average price paid for AL/IL communities of $198,800 in the trailing-12 months ending Q1:2015 (according a supplemental report for the Senior Care Acquisition Report), this represents a significant premium. The properties, located in York, Bethlehem and Harleysville, Pennsylvania, offered independent living, assisted living and memory care services, and were well occupied at the time of the sale. Mark Myers of Marcus & Millichap handled the transaction. Read More »