• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »
  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »
  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »
  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »
  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... 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 »