• 60 Seconds with Swett: Navigating the Next Five Years in Seniors Housing M&A

    by | Dec 2, 2025 3:48 pm | 60 Seconds

    Are we entering the golden age of seniors housing? Next year, the first baby boomers will start turning 80, and with the current lack of new construction, occupancy rates are already rising before the real demographic wave hits. Many investors, both veterans and those new to our space, will feel pressure to grow their seniors housing holdings to... Read More »

  • Blackstone Sheds Another Asset from Its Seniors Housing Portfolio

    by | Dec 2, 2025 3:47 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint handled a couple of sales in Florida and Nevada. The first in Florida involved a global private equity firm selling a 145-unit assisted living and memory care community in Boca Raton, Florida. Ben Firestone, Dillon Rudy and Jacob Ghel of Blueprint facilitated The Atrium at Boca Raton’s ownership transfer. The community presented certain... Read More »

  • CareTrust REIT Establishes SHOP Platform

    by | Dec 2, 2025 3:44 pm | Acquisitions

    Three Texas seniors housing communities with 270 assisted living and memory care units were acquired by CareTrust REIT, Inc. The publicly traded REIT purchased the communities for $40 million, or $148,100 per unit. This marks the first investment of CareTrust’s SHOP platform. The communities were 86% occupied at the time of acquisition and will... Read More »

  • Ensign Grows Through Separate Transactions in Three States

    by | Dec 2, 2025 3:43 pm | Acquisitions

    The Ensign Group, Inc. increased its portfolio through three separate acquisitions in Kansas, Arizona and Colorado. The publicly traded provider expanded its growing Midwest footprint through its Kansas acquisition of the real estate and operations of Willow Point Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a 45-bed skilled nursing facility in Kansas... Read More »

  • Developer/Operator Divests to PE Firm

    by | Dec 2, 2025 3:42 pm | Acquisitions

    A developer and operator sold Rivertown Ridge, a Class-A seniors housing community in the Grand Rapids suburb of Wyoming, Michigan, to a private equity firm. This community, built in 2020, features 152 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care, and has exhibited strong performance.  The seller, Redstone Homes, was... Read More »
Contemporary Healthcare Capital Does Mezz

Contemporary Healthcare Capital Does Mezz

by | May 10, 2018 2:18 pm | Acquisitions, Developments, Financings

Contemporary Healthcare Capital (CHC) completed two mezzanine loans to help buyers fund the purchase of skilled nursing facilities. The Portopiccolo Group, based in New Jersey, bought a 165-bed facility in Covington, Tennessee and borrowed a combined $8.755 million. CoastalStates Bank of Hilton Head provided the senior loan and CHC provided a $2.25 million mezzanine loan. In addition to funding the acquisition, proceeds were also used for about $600,000 in capital improvements.   In a larger deal, Citadel Care Centers bought a 246-bed skilled nursing facility in the Miami area of South Beach, Florida. New York City-based Valley National Bank provided the senior debt of the total $33.9... Read More »
Off To The Races

Off To The Races

by | May 10, 2018 2:09 pm | Acquisitions, Developments

Just as the horses were coming into the stretch at the Derby last Saturday, Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors was closing on the sale of two skilled nursing facilities in Kentucky. They were built in 1993 and 1999, and one of the facilities underwent a $1.7 million renovation in 2014. Combined occupancy was 80% with revenues of $10 million. The sales price was $7.5 million, or about $51,000 per bed. Chris Hyldahl, Gideon Orion, Michael Segal and Ben Firestone represented the California-based seller, and the buyer was ClearView Healthcare Management.   Just to the south, Brooks Blackmon and Trent Gherardini of Blueprint sold a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Butler,... Read More »

Greystone Hat-Trick in New York

by | May 9, 2018 8:24 am | Acquisitions, Developments, Financings

Fred Levine of Greystone closed three HUD financings on the same day for an acquisition of three New York skilled nursing facilities. The $75 million loan, which comes to $133,690 per bed, financed three nursing facilities with 561 beds. They included Brookside Multicare in Smithtown (353 beds), White Plains Center for Nursing and Rehab in White Plains (88 beds), and Little Neck Nursing Center in Queens (120 beds). The Smithtown facility includes a pediatric unit and ventilator beds. Read More »