• 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 »
Transaction Trifecta from Senior Living Investment Brokerage

Transaction Trifecta from Senior Living Investment Brokerage

When it rains, it pours for Senior Living Investment Brokerage, with the firm closing three transactions at the start of August. In the first one, while one assisted living operator exited the seniors housing industry, another entered in SLIB’s latest California sale. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito successfully sold a 30-unit assisted living community in the town of Chico (Sacramento MSA) for $4.15 million, or $138,300 per unit, with a 10.7% cap rate. Fully occupied, with a 29% operating margin, this 22-year old community was owned by a local operator that wished to exit the industry. Its new owner is a new entrant to seniors housing that is looking to expand throughout the... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Summer Surge

Senior Living Investment Brokerage’s Summer Surge

As the temperatures rose, the team at Senior Living Investment Brokerage heated up too, following up its portfolio closing in Florida with two deals in the Lone Star State. First, in east Texas, Matthew Alley worked with an independent owner/operator to sell their long-held skilled nursing facilities in Grand Saline and Athens. Built in the 1960s, the facilities were operating just above breakeven on approximately $3.5 million of combined revenues. The 76-bed facility in Grand Saline was 65% occupied, while the 82-bed Athens facility had run into some major regulatory issues and was just 52% occupied. Another independent owner/operator based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area stepped in as the... Read More »
Despite Hurricane Hit, Central Florida Assisted Living Communities Sell

Despite Hurricane Hit, Central Florida Assisted Living Communities Sell

After taking a hit, operationally, from Hurricane Irma, five Florida assisted living communities sold to a Texas-based not-for-profit making its first acquisition in the Sunshine State. Built from 1999 to 2013, the portfolio is mostly located in central Florida, with one property on the Panhandle in the town of Niceville, and features 340 total units, ranging in size from 46 to 114 units. Expenses rose across the portfolio due to evacuations and staffing increases from Hurricane Irma, causing the operating margin to fall to 26% on just under $17.9 million of revenues. Occupancy was also just around 79%. However, ownership had reversed the trend, and the community was budgeted to operate at... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Expands Services

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Expands Services

A transaction can’t get done without the financing, so the partners at Senior Living Investment Brokerage have formed Monarch Advisors LLC to help seniors housing and care owners and operators raise capital when needed. The sister company will be led by industry veteran Alec Blanc, who spent the past decade or so at Regions Bank. His 30+ years of experience and contacts will certainly go a long way to opening doors for SLIB’s clients. Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Monarch will work closely with the SLIB team when financing needs arise for their clients, but it will also seek other opportunities to raise both debt and equity for other providers. Blanc knows the SLIB team well... Read More »
Senior Living Investment Brokerage Notches North Carolina Closing

Senior Living Investment Brokerage Notches North Carolina Closing

Its complex past didn’t stop an assisted living community in North Carolina from selling to an in-state operator, albeit for a price of $1.7 million, or just $13,900 per unit. The property’s owner, a regional operator based in the Tar Heel State, originally built it as a skilled nursing facility in 1984. However, when they decided to build a replacement SNF within the county in 2016, the existing facility switched to an adult care home licensed and operated with 92 assisted living and 30 special care (memory care) beds in 90 total units. After a couple of years, the owner decided to close the facility but kept the license and CON active. An assisted living operator also based in North... Read More »