• Interview with Bryan Lockard of JLL Value and Risk Advisory

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with Bryan Lockard of JLL Value and Risk Advisory to discuss JLL’s 2024 Seniors Housing and Care Investor Survey and Trends, which you can download here. Read More »
  • Wow…Sonida Senior Living

    The last company in our sector, Sonida Senior Living, finally reported fourth quarter and full-year 2023 earnings, and while pretty good, that was not even the story. The story started four weeks ago. In February, the company announced a series of capital transactions which reduced their debt, raised some equity, and provided liquidity to take... Read More »
  • Marcus & Millichap Arranges SNF Leases

    After purchasing four senior care campuses in a large portfolio deal, a seniors housing owner/operator turned to Marcus & Millichap to find new tenants for the skilled nursing portions of each newly acquired campus. Each building was losing close to $1 million annually and had struggled with occupancy and expenses.  While the portfolio... Read More »
  • LSS Absorbs Diakon

    Two large not-for-profits announced that they were combining to create the 12th largest not-for-profit senior living organization in the country. Lutheran Senior Services, based in St. Louis, Missouri, signed an agreement to bring Diakon Senior Living operations and four CCRCs under its umbrella. Both organizations were described by Adam Marles,... Read More »
  • SNF Under Receivership Is Acquired in Kansas

    Marcus & Millichap was brought on by a limited liability company in the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Topeka, Kansas, that was under receivership. The facility, Providence Living Center, comprises 78 beds across 24,000 square feet and focuses on senior residents with mental health needs. Rod Llanos and Colby Haugness handled the... Read More »
Blueprint’s Deal Bonanza

Blueprint’s Deal Bonanza

Was it just us, or did it seem like every time we left a meeting at the NIC Conference in Chicago last week, there was another Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announcement in our inbox? We exaggerate…a little. The firm announced four deals during the conference, starting with one that we had learned about last month that saw Regional Health Properties sell four skilled nursing facilities in Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma to affiliates of MED Healthcare Partners for $28.5 million. The existing operators were retained at all locations. Brooks Blackmon, Trent Gherardini and Ben Firestone led the way on the deal. Then, in Inman, South Carolina, Blueprint sold two skilled nursing... Read More »
Catholic Charities Community Sale Is Finalized

Catholic Charities Community Sale Is Finalized

After being announced earlier this year, the sale of an 83-bed skilled nursing facility in Jaffrey, New Hampshire has closed thanks to Toby Siefert and Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Originally built in 1976, this facility is only budgeted and staffed for a functional occupancy of 55 beds. That was the choice of the seller, not-for-profit Catholic Charities New Hampshire. Based on those 55 beds, occupancy was just 84%. On top of that, it was losing nearly $400,000 in EBITDAR on over $5.05 million of revenues. The new owner, New York-based MED Healthcare Partners, plans on increasing the census and staffing to utilize more of the licensed beds. Read More »