• Stand-Alone MC Community Trades in Arizona

    by | Apr 2, 2026 5:05 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint represented an institutional seller in the sale of its stand-alone memory care community in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona MSA. Built in 2009, the asset features 48 units with 60 beds and received approximately $2 million in recent capital improvements. There is opportunity for occupancy growth and rental rate optimization. ... Read More »

  • Clarion Partners Continues Its Acquisition Streak

    by | Apr 2, 2026 4:56 pm | Acquisitions

    Clarion Partners continued on its acquisition streak, adding two communities in California to its growing portfolio. The latest deal featured The Commons on Thornton and The Commons at Union Ranch, two seniors housing communities totaling 198 units in California’s Central Valley. They were previously owned and operated by MBK Senior Living, which... Read More »

  • Multiple Senior Care Acquisition Financings Close

    by | Apr 2, 2026 4:55 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    M&A transactions are getting done at a near-historic pace, and CIBC Bank USA recently financed three deals. The largest was $43.3 million in acquisition financing for two senior care assets in the Nashville area of Tennessee. The properties include a combined 310 independent living units, 273 skilled nursing beds and 93 assisted living/memory... Read More »

  • 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 »
HJ Sims Leads San Diego CCRC Financing

HJ Sims Leads San Diego CCRC Financing

by | Oct 19, 2017 8:18 pm | Developments, Financings

A not-for-profit CCRC in the Rancho Bernardo area of San Diego, California is planning a large expansion to its skilled nursing services, to include a brand-new 72-bed, three-story skilled nursing building, plus various improvements to the assisted living and memory care communities. The project is Phase II of a three-phase retooling of the 500-unit community, which is managed by Life Care Services. To fund the $51.6 million expansion, the CCRC provided $7.1 million of equity, reallocated about $5.5 million not used in the Phase I project, and turned to HJ Sims to facilitate a $39 million direct bank placement bond issue with City National Bank. The tax-exempt bonds were issued on parity... Read More »

Cushman & Wakefield Does It Again

by | Sep 6, 2017 7:01 am | Acquisitions

Cushman & Wakefield’s Senior Housing Capital Markets Group has sold another CCRC (LPC), this time in Arden, North Carolina. Known as Ardenwoods, it is a type “C” entrance-fee community that is located on 48 acres about 12 miles south of Ashville. The seller was a 50-50 joint venture between affiliates of HJ Sims and Life Care Services (LCS), which purchased the community in 2002. It consists of 96 independent living units and 48 assisted living units, and has been managed by LCS since 2002. The buyer was Retirement Living Associates, Inc., which is controlled by David Ammons, a local owner/ manager with seven other developments or communities in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia... Read More »
ROC Buys StoneRidge

ROC Buys StoneRidge

by | Apr 5, 2016 7:43 pm | Acquisitions

In Mystic, Connecticut, a 267-unit entrance fee CCRC experienced a shift in ownership when ROC Seniors Housing Fund Manager bought out Westminster Capital’s majority stake in the community for an undisclosed price. Life Care Services will stay one as the minority owner and manager. The property was developed by LCS Development in three phases starting in 2004, featuring 267 independent living units, 12 memory care units and 40 skilled nursing beds. For this deal, Cushman & Wakefield arranged acquisition financing with Bank of America Merrill Lynch on behalf of the buyer group, and Richard Swartz, Jay Wager and Aaron Rosenzweig, with Stuart Kim and Caryn Miller, handled the... Read More »

Handing over the reins

by | Feb 18, 2016 9:08 pm | Acquisitions

The joint venture owner of a 283-unit entrance fee CCRC in Brentwood, Tennessee recently reshuffled its ownership, with a minority stakeholder acquiring the 70% share from partner and co-developer, Westminster Capital. Back in 2007, Westminster, Harpeth Green Properties (the current buyer) and LCS developed the community on nearly 50 acres. It featured 217 independent living units, a 66-bed skilled nursing facility and a stand-alone adult day care building. Plus, an additional phase of development is scheduled to start sometime in the next year, and will include 97 more IL units, a 350-seat auditorium and an 11,000-square foot health center. LCS’s affiliate, Life Care Services, operates... Read More »

When it rains, it pours

by | Sep 23, 2015 8:32 am | Financings

The announcements keep coming from Lancaster Pollard, with the firm announcing two transactions (and three loans) plus a new addition to its M&A group just in the last few days. First, Mike Ashley led the way in obtaining funding for a local nonprofit to refinance and renovate its senior living facility in Higginsville, Missouri. With Life Care Services managing the facility since 1995, the nonprofit plans to increase the number of skilled nursing beds by 16 private rooms in a new wing, in addition to making other improvements to the building. Following the $5.4 million renovation, the community will feature 145 IL units, 26 AL units and 56 SNF beds. Lancaster Pollard worked with local... Read More »