• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    by | May 21, 2026 2:37 pm | Acquisitions

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »

  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    by | May 21, 2026 2:36 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »

  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    by | May 21, 2026 2:34 pm | Acquisitions

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »

  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    by | May 21, 2026 2:33 pm | Acquisitions

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »

  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    by | May 20, 2026 8:33 am | 60 Seconds, Opinion

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Takeaways From Fall NIC Conference

Takeaways From Fall NIC Conference

by | Oct 4, 2017 7:02 am | 60 Seconds, Opinion

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

by | Mar 22, 2017 8:32 am | 60 Seconds, Opinion

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

by | Sep 21, 2016 8:32 am | 60 Seconds, Opinion

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 »