• Regional Owner/Operator Enters New State

    A regional owner/operator looking to enter the state of Indiana acquired Smith Farms Manor, an independent living community in Auburn, about 30 miles south of the Michigan border. Built in 1998, the community features 51 units and is well maintained. It sits on an attractive four-acre campus down the street from Parkview DeKalb Hospital and off... Read More »
  • Skilled Nursing Portfolio Gets New Operator

    Evans Senior Investments secured a new lease for a skilled nursing portfolio in Tennessee on behalf of an institutional owner. The portfolio features four assets and was operating below 70% occupancy with margins under 10%. Despite that performance, ESI secured a lease $3 million above in-place cash flow, reflecting the operational upside that... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing and Care M&A Remains Elevated in Q1:26

    The number of publicly announced seniors housing and care acquisitions in the first quarter of 2026 reached 231 deals, based on new acquisition data from LevinPro LTC. This represents a 19.8% decrease from the 288 transactions disclosed in the fourth quarter of 2025, but a 25.5% increase from the 184 deals in Q1:25.   “It was always going... Read More »
  • Clarion Acquires Again in Colorado

    Two years after opening a 160-unit seniors housing community in Centennial, Colorado (Denver MSA), MorningStar Senior Living announced an expanding relationship with Clarion Partners, a leading real estate investment company and specialty investment manager of Franklin Templeton, in its acquisition of MorningStar at Holly Park. The community... Read More »
  • Brookdale’s Summer Test Ahead

    Brookdale Senior Living reported its March occupancy results, and it unfortunately took another step in the wrong direction. We will get a better read when peers report first-quarter results and when NIC MAP releases its next tranche of occupancy data, but at this point, it seems as though Brookdale will need a particularly strong performance... Read More »
A Punzel pair

A Punzel pair

Jason Punzel of Senior Living Investment Brokerage must be racking up airline miles, having crisscrossed the country to close a pair of deals on the West Coast then in the Heartland. In Oroville, California, Mr. Punzel sold a 36-unit memory care community, which was built in 2002 and underwent a renovation/expansion in 2008, for $5.95 million, or $165,278 per unit, with a 9.0% cap rate. There is an additional 2.5 acres available for expansion, but the local owner/operator seller was retiring from the business. Another local owner/operator, with two other facilities in the area, stepped in as the buyer. Mr. Punzel also sold two assisted living communities in South Dakota for $1.978 million,... Read More »
Closing by Clousing

Closing by Clousing

With the help of Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage, Sabal Financial sold its 41-unit assisted living community in Cumming, Georgia. Previously, Sabal had purchased the note on the non-performing property in a large portfolio sale from Synovus Bank, but has subsequently foreclosed on the asset. The community was built in 1997 and managed by Oaks Senior Living, which is owned by the Salabarria family. Under Oaks management, the community actually was performing well, with a 23% operating margin and 80% occupancy, despite the ownership change and bankruptcy. The purchase price came to $3.3 million, or $80,488 per unit, with an 8% cap rate. The buyer, a Midwest-based regional... Read More »
A Keene Eye

A Keene Eye

A week after Matt Alley of Senior Living Investment Brokerage handled the sale of a 110-bed skilled nursing facility located about 30 miles from Odessa, Texas, he struck again in the state, selling an 88-unit independent living/memory care community in the town of Keene. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2003, the community features 56 IL units and 32 units/36 beds of memory care. With the local owner/operator managing under a forbearance agreement with their lender, the community reached occupancy of 99% and a 28% operating margin. The buyer is a hospital provider headquartered in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and is owned by funds managed by an investment advisor. They paid $7.65 million, or... Read More »
Clousing Closes

Clousing Closes

Brad Clousing of Senior Living Investment Brokerage continued his busy month by facilitating, with Patrick Byrne, the sale of three skilled nursing facilities in Florida. Totaling 436 beds, the properties included a 155-bed skilled nursing facility in Clewiston that was built in 1978 with an addition in 1995 and renovations in 2005 and 2012, a 185-bed facility in Lakeland built in 1960 with renovations in 1980, 1990 and 2014, and a 96-bed facility in St. Petersburg that was built in 1946 and 1964 with a recent renovation. Overall occupancy was 85%. The real estate and operations were sold separately, as the operations sales was the result of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Combined, the purchase... Read More »

SLIB’s successful sale

A New York-based buyer hopped across the border to Connecticut to acquire a 162-bed skilled nursing facility. Built in the 1970s, the facility was lagging slightly in census and quality mix from historical levels. The seller was a regional operator, which enlisted the help of Toby Siefert, Nick Cacciabando and Pat Byrne of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to handle the transaction. Read More »