• Strawberry Fields REIT’s 2025 Growth

    Strawberry Fields REIT reported its 2025 operating results, noting that it was the best year since its inception more than 10 year ago. The company posted significant increases in FFO and AFFO, and it completed more than $110 million in several new acquisitions. Its portfolio now includes 131 skilled nursing facilities, 10 assisted living... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Exits SNF Sector

    An independent owner/operator exited the skilled nursing sector through its divestment of Sunrise Country Manor, which has 80 beds in Milford, Nebraska, and features a mix of private and semi-private units. It maintained an 83% occupancy rate at the time of the sale. A regional operator looking to expand its footprint in Nebraska acquired the... Read More »
  • Assisted Living Providers Join Forces 

    Majestic Residences recently expanded its footprint, adding 17 assisted living communities and six in active development, through its acquisition of Avendelle Senior Living. Avendelle will be integrated into the Majestic Residences platform, with Avendelle’s corporate team retained. The combined organization will operate under the Majestic... Read More »
  • Investor Secures Financing and Acquires Class-A Community

    BWE’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets Team sold and financed The Capstone at Station Camp, which sits in the Nashville, Tennessee MSA. Built in 2021, the Class-A assisted living and memory care community comprises 100 units in Gallatin. It is operated by TerraBella Senior Living.  BWE represented the seller, Hunt Midwest. The buyer was a... Read More »
  • Multiple SNFs Sell in Separate Transactions

    A large skilled nursing company sold its 181-bed skilled nursing facility to a private investment firm based in New York, exiting South Carolina in the process. The buyer had an existing skilled nursing footprint, and will be leasing this facility to a regional operator. The building was older, built in the 1980s, and was around 80% occupied at... Read More »
SLIB Starts March With Six Closings

SLIB Starts March With Six Closings

What a month it has been for Senior Living Investment Brokerage, and it’s only been a few days. After a stellar start to February when the firm announced five transactions comprising eight seniors housing properties across the country, SLIB brokers announced six closings on the first two days of March. Four deals closed in the Southeast, starting with the sale of a 46-unit assisted living/memory care community in Gainesville, Georgia, north of Atlanta. Daniel Geraghty and Bradley Clousing handled the deal on behalf of a group of five TIC investors that originally bought the property in 2006. The TIC sponsor had since filed for bankruptcy and subsequently took control of the... Read More »
SLIB Sells Two More ALPs in New York

SLIB Sells Two More ALPs in New York

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Dave Balow has been crisscrossing the state of New York lately, selling an upstate ALP (Assisted Living Program) facility last week and represented the seller of two ALP facilities just this week on Long Island. CIBC Bank USA also provided $6.75 million in acquisition financing to support the purchase. CIBC’s Fritz Kieckhefer arranged the debt.  Located in Holbrook and Center Moriches, the two properties combine for 85 beds in 46 units. The private seller had owned them for over 40 years and was able to produce consistently strong cash flow over the years. In fact, it operated at a roughly 40% margin on more than $2.56 million... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Fast February Start

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Fast February Start

Whoa, was it a week for Senior Living Investment Brokerage or what? Our inbox was peppered with closings from several SLIB teams, and the deluge doesn’t appear to be over, with a few more closings expected next week. And to think they would rest on their laurels after a strong second-place finish in terms of deals closed in 2020, according to our just-released Broker Rankings in February’s issue of The SeniorCare Investor.   Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito kicked off the week with an independent living community sale in Medford, Oregon, which we profiled here. But Nick Cacciabando and Jeff Binder soon announced their own sale... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Handles Oregon Sale

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Handles Oregon Sale

Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage worked together to sell a 70-unit independent living community in Medford, Oregon. Set amongst the Cascade and Siskiyou Mountains, the community was originally built in 1975 and renovated in 1980. Its operations could be improved, as occupancy fell just below 60%, and the operating margin was just 9% on more than $1.33 million of revenues.   The community’s vintage could make that task harder, but age isn’t everything. A local owner/operator bought the property and is planning to remodel and reposition the community. They paid $3.5 million, or $50,000 per unit, which should leave plenty... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates Family’s Exit From Seniors Housing Industry

SLIB Facilitates Family’s Exit From Seniors Housing Industry

Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage headed to Forest Grove, Oregon (Portland MSA) for their latest seniors housing sale. Previously owned by a family who is retiring from the industry, the property includes 92 units and 134 beds of assisted living and memory care.   The AL portion was first built in 1996, with the memory care added in 2000. The building was nearly full (occupancy was at 98%), and it brought in nearly $1.28 million of EBITDAR on about $5.63 million of revenues.   A regional owner/operator will be taking over that healthy cash flow and paid $15.7 million, or $170,650 per unit, for the... Read More »