• 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 »
SLIB Facilitates IL Sale in Idaho

SLIB Facilitates IL Sale in Idaho

Senior Living Investment Brokerage recently facilitated the sale of a successful independent living community in Chubbuck, Idaho. Comprising 82 units and one single-family home, the community was built in 1987 and has 117,828 square feet on five acres. The community, named Cottonwood Cove, was purchased for $3.75 million, or $45,000 per unit, at an 8.75% cap rate. It earned annualized revenues of $1 million and an EBITDA of $328,000. Cottonwood Cove has a 99% occupancy and also has a surplus of land, allowing the new owners to capitalize on their success and expand into this extra space. In fact, the property has consistently performed over the years, even through the pandemic, with an... Read More »
Former Hospice Facility to Transition to Seniors Housing

Former Hospice Facility to Transition to Seniors Housing

After an owner/operator and a group of investors bought a 24-unit hospice facility in Georgetown, South Carolina from a local hospital, then gutted, expanded and converted it to a two-story, 62-unit assisted living/memory care community, the group decided to sell before opening day. There are now all studio units ranging from 255 to 471 square feet, split between 44 assisted living and 18 memory care units.  Patrick Burke, Bradley Clousing and Dan Geraghty of Senior Living Investment Brokerage marketed the property, which received a certificate of occupancy and Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) construction approval prior to the sale. A regional operator with a... Read More »
SLIB Sells Struggling SNF in Pennsylvania

SLIB Sells Struggling SNF in Pennsylvania

The owner of a struggling skilled nursing facility in northwestern Pennsylvania looking to sell has decided to add another performing facility to the deal in order to sweeten the pot. In the end, both sold to a New York-based investor with a growing presence in the Keystone State. Toby Siefert and Ryan Saul of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction.  The first facility in Erie features 80 beds and was deemed to be non-core due to occupancy being below 50% and cash flow being negative. It was built in 1963 and 1968 and had a union in place. The other facility, located about two and 1/2 hours away in Clearfield, had 240 beds, but only 180 were functional because one floor... Read More »
SLIB Facilitates AL Transaction in Upstate New York

SLIB Facilitates AL Transaction in Upstate New York

A doctor in the field of gerontology decided to sell her only assisted living community in Saugerties, New York to another private individual owner in a transaction arranged by Dave Balow and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. The community is set in a 1900s-era house that was renovated in 2008 and 2014. It now features 40 beds in 30 units, with a license for Enhanced Care, which is a private pay-focused model providing additional care for residents in exchange for additional revenue.  Occupancy was strong (above 90%), so there is an opportunity to expand the current building and increase the unit count. The community operated at a roughly 11% margin on $2.12 million of... Read More »
Not-For-Profit Indiana Community Sells to For-Profit Owner

Not-For-Profit Indiana Community Sells to For-Profit Owner

A not-for-profit assisted living community in Georgetown, Indiana is set to sell to a for-profit owner at the end of this year. Few details were released, but we learned that Senior Living Investment Brokerage was involved in the sale. A New Jersey-based firm, with Joseph Glatzer serving as one of the principals, was revealed as the buyer.   The community opened in 2008 under the ownership of Providence Self Sufficiency Ministries, providing “small house” senior care services. Each 7,100-square-feet villa contains 10 private bedrooms, private bathrooms, a large living room with fireplace, an open kitchen and dining room, a therapeutic spa, a den, a patio/garden and a small office... Read More »