• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... 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 »