• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
Bain and Capitol Seniors Housing Acquire Active Adult Portfolio

Bain and Capitol Seniors Housing Acquire Active Adult Portfolio

Bain Capital Real Estate and Capitol Seniors Housing have teamed up to acquire an active adult portfolio of two properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA.  The first property, The Orchards at Arlington Highlands, is located in Arlington. Built in 2019, it totals 265,611 square feet and features 180 units that offer one- and two-bedroom floorplan options. The second property, The Orchards at Market Plaza, was constructed in Plano in 2020 and contains 257,102 square feet, also consisting of 180 units with one- and two-bedroom options. The two communities are strategically located minutes from regional malls, entertainment, medical facilities, and major transportation corridors. Financial... Read More »
JLL Represents BIG in Seniors Housing Sale

JLL Represents BIG in Seniors Housing Sale

Earlier this week, we covered private equity firm Bridge Investment Group’s (BIG) sale of its 79-unit senior living community in Savannah, Georgia to a 1031 investor. But some additional details came out that we can reveal now. The JLL Capital Markets investment advisory team including Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper and Michael Sivewright, represented BIG in the deal.  Located on Wilmington Island, an affluent suburb located about 10 miles southeast of downtown Savannah, the 1998-era community features 28 independent living, 39 assisted living and 12 memory care units. It offers restaurant-style full-service dining, a full-service salon, community library, and... Read More »
JLL Represents BIG in Seniors Housing Sale

JLL Facilitates Seniors Housing Sale in Georgia

Private equity firm Bridge Investment Group (BIG) sold its 79-unit senior living community in Savannah, Georgia to a 1031 investor. The JLL Capital Markets investment advisory team including Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper and Michael Sivewright, represented BIG in the deal.  Located on Wilmington Island, an affluent suburb located about 10 miles southeast of downtown Savannah, the community features 28 independent living, 39 assisted living and 12 memory care units. It offers restaurant-style full-service dining, a full-service salon, community library, and in-house physical, occupational and speech therapies. Occupancy was a very strong 95% at closing. We don’t see that too often these... Read More »
JLL Sells Oregon Assisted Living Community

JLL Sells Oregon Assisted Living Community

Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper of JLL successfully sold an 85-unit assisted living community in Portland, Oregon. The seller and buyer were not disclosed, but the community has an almost entirely Medicaid census.   It was built in 2005 with 81 private rooms and four semi-private rooms. Occupancy was in the high-90s in the fall of 2019, but has since dropped to about 88%. Many operators would love to have their communities that full. But, operations were close to breakeven, so there is some room for improvement, clearly. The property was subject to a ground lease controlled by a local family.  Read More »
JLL Represents Healthpeak in Two More Divestments

JLL Represents Healthpeak in Two More Divestments

JLL announced its role in a couple more Healthpeak Properties seniors housing divestments. Most notably, Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper represented PEAK in the sale of five SHOP communities that were operated by Florida-based Sonata Senior Living. All five communities are in Florida, with locations in Delray Beach (80 units), Boynton Beach (92), Boca Raton (74), Coconut Creek (94) and Vero Beach (104). There were a total of 328 assisted living, 107 memory care and nine independent living units, and the communities averaged around 20 years in age. However, the properties were well maintained, and Healthpeak Properties had invested over $13 million of capex in... Read More »