• 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 »
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 »