• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Inspirit Senior Living Appoints New President

    Torey Riso is heading back to the operating world, joining Inspirit Senior Living as President on March 16. He joins Dave McHarg, who is the CEO of Inspirit and Founding Partner of the company. Since its founding in 2015, Inspirit has grown to 37 properties under management, with Inspirit holding an equity interest in around half of those. ... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
Real Estate Investment Group Acquires Northern California Seniors Housing Portfolio

Real Estate Investment Group Acquires Northern California Seniors Housing Portfolio

M&A has been especially active in the first two weeks of the fourth quarter. It seems a dam, of sorts, of delayed deals had broken. There are certainly many more deals still in limbo or terminated altogether because of the pandemic, but it is an encouraging sign to see this level of deal-making considering the circumstances.  One highlight of the activity was the sale of three seniors housing communities in the Northern Sacramento Valley in California, handled by Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The deal includes two properties in Chico and one in Oroville, with a total of 85 memory care units and 131 beds.   Built... Read More »
Local Owner in Georgia Exits Senior Care Market

Local Owner in Georgia Exits Senior Care Market

Two Senior Living Investment Brokerage teams facilitated an owner’s exit of the senior care industry with the sale of two assisted living communities in Georgia to two different buyers. First, the local owner/operator sold its small community in Cartersville, northeast of Atlanta.   Built during the last assisted living construction boom in the early-2000s, the 25-unit community was renovated in 2015. Since then, it has remained well occupied exceeding 90%. A Northeast-based owner/operator looking to expand its portfolio in the Peach State paid an undisclosed sum for the community.  The other transaction saw a 58-unit community in Dalton (northeast corner of Georgia) sell to an... Read More »
SLIB Closes Columbia, South Carolina Transaction

SLIB Closes Columbia, South Carolina Transaction

Bradley Clousing and Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a senior living community in Columbia, South Carolina. Its private partnership owner was looking to exit the sector, which prompted the transaction.   Originally built in 1996, this community was extensively renovated in 2006, 2013 and finally 2016, the last of which saw $2 million invested. It now features 38 independent living, 32 assisted living and 22 memory care units, with a full range of amenities and an attractive physical plant. There are seven buildings on the 6.86-acre site. Occupancy was just 66%, while the community operated at an 8% margin on nearly $2.1 million of... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Brokers Bankruptcy Sale

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Brokers Bankruptcy Sale

The Senior Living Investment Brokerage team of Ryan Saul, Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert put in the hours to work through a bankruptcy sale of a 130-bed skilled nursing facility in Bristol, Tennessee. Originally built in 1986 and 1990, this facility was owned by a regional skilled nursing operator. Over the last couple of years, it faced challenges with occupancy and cash flow, and as a result, both the OpCo and PropCo were placed into bankruptcy for liquidation. In came the SLIB team, which ran an extensive marketing campaign during the height of the pandemic, and despite a few extended deadlines, they found a buyer in a Mid-Atlantic-based regional skilled nursing owner with operating... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates Owner/Operator’s Senior Living Exit

SLIB Facilitates Owner/Operator’s Senior Living Exit

A Lexington, Kentucky-based developer, owner and operator exited the senior living business with the sale of its only asset thanks to the work of Daniel Geraghty and Bradley Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. This community was previously an elementary school in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, but was converted to senior living by the current seller in 2014.   The gut renovation resulted in 30 spacious assisted living units. Occupancy quickly rose to 90% after opening and hovered between 85% and 90% until COVID brought census down to about 80% and the operating margin down to about 7% on over $1 million of revenues.  The owner was looking to exit the sector and... Read More »