• 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’s Solid Start to April

SLIB’s Solid Start to April

Senior Living Investment Brokerage kicked off its Q2 with two transactions announced on the first on the month. First, Brad Clousing and Jeff Binder headed to Cape Coral, Florida to sell an 80-unit assisted living community that was a geographical outlier for the previous owner. The seller was also looking to redeploy capital to its other communities and to fund future growth. Built in 1968 with a substantial renovation in 1995, the community was well-occupied at 94% at the time of marketing. However, it was also operating at a 19% margin on just under $3.2 million of revenues, so there is a value-add opportunity for the new regional owner/operator, which paid $6.275 million, or $78,400... Read More »
Memory Care SNF Sold to Institutional Investor

Memory Care SNF Sold to Institutional Investor

Senior Living Investment Brokerage flocked to Iowa (no, not to launch a bid for the Presidency) to sell a 56-bed skilled nursing facility in West Des Moines. This facility stands out in that it exclusively serves Alzheimer’s and dementia patients. Occupancy at the time of the sale was 86% with a 94% private pay and 6% Medicare census. We don’t hear of figures like that often for a skilled nursing facility. The selling group of investors had realized their investment objectives and decided to sell the facility to an institutional investment group based in California. A national company with a strong presence in the Midwest will operate going forward. Nick Cacciabando and Jeff Binder handled... Read More »
SLIB Heads Southeast to Sell Sunlink SNF

SLIB Heads Southeast to Sell Sunlink SNF

A 100-bed skilled nursing facility in the affluent northern Georgia town of Ellijay was purchased by a private Northeast-based group looking to expand their current Peach State presence. Being the only facility in an area with a growing number of retirees, this SNF was consistently well occupied above 90%. Plus, once the adjacent hospital relocated in 2016, this 50-year old facility was able to expand into much of the old building, adding more resident rooms, a senior day care center, new administrative offices and outpatient rehab. It also operated at a solid 14% margin; pretty good these days. Its previous owner, Sunlink Health Systems Inc., was looking to redeploy capital and focus on... Read More »
New York Real Estate Firm Enters SNF Market

New York Real Estate Firm Enters SNF Market

Patrick Burke of Senior Living Investment Brokerage sold a pair of southern skilled nursing facilities to a Northeast-based real estate investment firm. Totaling 243 beds, the facilities were built between 1986 and 1990 and combined for 75% occupancy. The seller, an independent owner/operator, decided to exit the long-term care industry, after the problems started mounting at the Kentucky facility. Litigation concerns and rising insurance premiums caused cash flow to plummet at the location. The Tennessee facility was essentially operating at breakeven, and combined, they brought in nearly $14.1 million in revenues. Around 36% of the census came from private pay and Medicare patients (not... Read More »
Private Equity Firm Expands Portland Portfolio

Private Equity Firm Expands Portland Portfolio

A Southern California-based private equity firm added to their Portland, Oregon portfolio with the addition of a 38-unit assisted living community. Built in 2011, the small community was previously owned by a local operator who will be using the proceeds to invest in other real estate assets. It was 89% occupied (a solid figure these days) and operated at a 34% margin on under $2.5 million of revenues. So, there is some room for improvement. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the transaction, which resulted in an $8.5 million, or $223,700 per unit, purchase price and a 10.0% cap rate. Read More »