• 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 »
60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: The Right Place, Right Time

60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: The Right Place, Right Time

Are you tired of your sales and marketing staff wasting precious time with leads who either aren’t going to move in, or just plain don’t know what they want? Then have them read Ryan Frederick’s new book Right Place, Right Time: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Home for the Second Half of Life. Ryan is the CEO of SmartLiving 360. The book was actually written for the consumer to help them better navigate the choices of where and how to live later in life. But, it can serve as a very useful guide for senior living sales staff to consider what people are going through and to better formulate some of their questions for the prospects. The book’s various chapters cover such topics as: are you... Read More »
The 55+ Active Adult Market: The New Frontier of Seniors Housing

The 55+ Active Adult Market: The New Frontier of Seniors Housing

Judging by the number of questions we got during our May 16th webinar called “The 55+ Active Adult Market: The New Frontier of Seniors Housing,” it is safe to say that there is plenty of interest in this growing market. Our listeners tuned in to find out what prices active adult communities have been trading at, their cap rates, and what exactly operationally goes into this no-care and low-services senior living option. You can still listen here. Our Editor, Steve Monroe, and several experts that included Ryan Maconachy of Newmark Knight Frank, Ryan Frederick of SmartLiving 360 and Michael Hartman of Capitol Seniors Housing made up our panel, bringing in different perspectives on how to... Read More »