• 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 »
National Health Investors’ Latest Purchase Option

National Health Investors’ Latest Purchase Option

Executing on a purchase option, National Health Investors acquired a 32-unit assisted living/memory care community in Durham, North Carolina, for $7.6 million, or $237,500 per unit. The impetus for the deal goes back to February 2017, when NHI purchased two adjacent AL/MC communities in Hendersonville, NC (about 20 miles south of Asheville) and entered into a new operating relationship with Ravn Senior Solutions at the same time. Ravn, which stepped in to operate the two communities under a new 15-year lease (with an annual lease rate of 7.35% and annual fixed escalators), was founded by a group of industry veterans, including Steve Morton (co-founder of Southern Assisted Living, Inc. and... Read More »
HHHunt Heads North

HHHunt Heads North

A Virginia real estate developer is making its second move north across the Potomac, though unlike the Army of Northern Virginia, it is stopping short of Pennsylvania. The company, HHHunt, already has 12 senior living communities in North Carolina, six in Virginia, and one in Severna Park, Maryland, which it opened in late-2015. Now, HHHunt has just broken ground on a development in nearby Crofton (located between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore), at a cost of $29.4 million, or $309,500 per unit. The property is situated on about 10 acres next to the Walden Country Club and will feature 95 assisted living and memory care units under the “Spring Arbor” brand. Other HHHunt developments (most... Read More »