• LTC Properties Buys into SHOP Growth

    LTC Properties released its 2025 fourth quarter results and 2026 guidance, and in it reiterated its shift toward its newly established SHOP segment. During the second quarter of the year, the company established the segment, marking its shift in focus from the skilled nursing sector. Later in Q2, it terminated its Anthem Memory Care triple-net... Read More »
  • Portland IL/AL Community Finds New Purpose in Multi-Family

    Calaroga Terrace has traded hands, from a national owner/operator to a regional developer. The community sits is north of the Oregon Convention Center, in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built in 1968 and renovated in 2016, the 15-story high rise is situated on just under one acre and features 181 independent living and 84 assisted living units. The... Read More »
  • New England SNFs Struggling to Breakeven Sell

    Blueprint represented a private equity investor in its divestment of a 302-bed skilled nursing portfolio in New England. The facilities had challenged occupancies, however, they generated approximately $27 million in revenue. Inflated operating costs took its toll on EBITDAR, with the asset struggling to breakeven. Dubbed Project Red Coats, the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Portfolio Secures Refinance

    Berkadia announced the refinancing of a nine-property assisted living portfolio spanning Ohio and Pennsylvania. Steve Muth, Garrett Sacco, Austin Sacco and Alec Rosenfeld arranged the $114.37 million financing through Bloomfield Capital Partners, LLC on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture with an experienced owner and New Perspective Senior... Read More »
  • Lument Rolls Out Seniors Housing Investment Sales Platform

    Alex Florea and Kevin Lukehart have joined the Lument team as managing director and director, respectively. This expands Lument’s real estate investment sales platform into seniors housing. Florea will lead the team, working closely with John Sebree, head of real estate investment sales, and Aaron Becker, head of seniors housing and healthcare... Read More »
Takeaways From Fall NIC Conference

Takeaways From Fall NIC Conference

Last week’s NIC conference displayed the growing divergence of opinion on the state of the seniors housing and care market. A lot of people have asked me what I thought about the recent NIC conference in Chicago. Well, I have been covering the seniors housing and care sector for 30 years, I have attended all 27 fall conferences, but never have I heard such divergent opinions regarding the state of the market as I did last week. On the one side, you have those who are hoarding their cash, or raising new money, waiting for the market to take a plunge so they can take advantage of cheap prices. Most of these people have been around for a while, and like me, let their historical... Read More »
Welcome to NIC 2017

Seniors Housing Sentiment on Eve of NIC Conference

As we ready ourselves for attending the NIC Conference, it should be interesting from a sentiment perspective. Good morning San Diego! For those of you attending the NIC Conference I hope to be able to chat a little with you, maybe later tonight or Thursday night. You know where to find me. This will be an interesting conference from a sentiment perspective. Are people still on a high from some of the record pricing in the acquisition market of the past few years? Or will we be seeing continued caution from those worried about occupancy, labor, rising interest rates and the new community openings this year? The party is definitely not over, but if you were to balance out the positives with... Read More »
Reflections on NIC Conference

Reflections on NIC Conference

Change is coming, and while some people will be prepared for it, others will struggle. With a record turnout at last week’s NIC Conference, we wanted to see what the mood was, and whether there was any primary theme. The mood was decent, perhaps not as upbeat as in years past, but it really depended on whom you asked. The old-timers are a bit nervous, the newcomers more bullish. On the skilled nursing side, going from fee for service payments to bundled payments and ACOs is going to be more painful than many believe it will be, and could result in many small providers hanging it up and selling. It will not cause the value disruption that came after the PPS change to Medicare in the late... Read More »