• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »
REIT Joint Venture Divests Oklahoma Asset

REIT Joint Venture Divests Oklahoma Asset

A joint venture between a large national REIT and a regional owner based in the Tulsa, Oklahoma MSA divested a small assisted living community in Tulsa for an undisclosed price. Built in 1997, The Arbors features 25 beds in 20 units on a 2.07-acre plot. It was just 70% occupied, but no financials were disclosed. An Oklahoma-based private owner stepped in to purchase the property and has plans to convert it to skilled nursing, with a hospice specialty. Nick Cacciabando and Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage marketed the property, helped source the buyer and closed the transaction. Read More »
​​SLIB Sells Portfolio in Arkansas

​​SLIB Sells Portfolio in Arkansas

Nick Cacciabando and Patrick Burke of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a portfolio of three properties located in Arkansas. Consisting of 175 units of private pay assisted living, the properties average 6 acres and 52,000 square feet each and were built in the late 1990s. The seller, a local family owner/operator, developed the three properties and retired from the seniors housing industry with this divestiture. The buyer is a private national company based in New York who will enlist an operating partner to manage the property. This is their first acquisition in the state of Arkansas, but they own and operate communities in several neighboring states. No purchase price was... Read More »
Illinois-Based Owner/Operators Exchange Underperforming SNF

Illinois-Based Owner/Operators Exchange Underperforming SNF

An undisclosed Illinois owner/operator recently purchased Cotillion Ridge in Robinson, Illinois. Located three hours east of St. Louis and two hours west of Indianapolis, this smaller, 67-bed skilled nursing facility was an outlier for its previous owner, also an Illinois-based owner/operator. The property was built on two acres in 1972 with additions in 1982 and 2001, and was 54% occupied at the time of sale. The buyer plans to bring ancillary services into the facility and focus on building census. Whereas the seller was focused on quality mix (29% private pay and 24% Medicare), the buyer specializes in operating with all types of payors and should be able to improve occupancy though... Read More »
SLIB Sells AL Community in Florida

SLIB Sells AL Community in Florida

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Bradley Clousing and Daniel Geraghty handled the sale of a 98-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Orlando, Florida MSA. Built in 1998, a publicly-traded REIT sold Savannah Grand of Maitland to a regional owner/operator. The buyer is planning a significant renovation to the community to stabilize operations and census. No other details or the purchase price were disclosed.  Read More »
SLIB Sells Pennsylvania SNF

SLIB Sells Pennsylvania SNF

Toby Siefert and Nick Cacciabando of Senior Living Investment Brokerage closed out 2021 with the sale of a 90-bed skilled nursing facility in a tertiary market of northeastern Pennsylvania. Built in 1976 and renovated in 2012 and 2015, Athens Health and Rehabilitation was initially purchased by a private owner as a vacant, unlicensed asset and went through the process of relicensing, restaffing and lease-up. It sits on two acres across 23,924 square feet. The facility was on an upward trajectory of lease-up until the pandemic and staffing shortages made it difficult to attain occupancy above 70%. At the time of sale, the facility had 62% occupancy, $6.06 million of revenue and negative... Read More »