• 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 »
Summit Healthcare REIT Makes Large Portfolio Acquisition

Summit Healthcare REIT Makes Large Portfolio Acquisition

Summit Healthcare REIT is entering Georgia with the acquisition of eight skilled nursing facilities across the state. Purchased for $130 million, or $157,000 per bed, the portfolio comprises 826 licensed beds. That per-bed value is certainly high for SNFs, but these days with so many buyers on the hunt for few facilities, we’ve seen bids creep up and up. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Summit is purchasing the portfolio, which will be leased back to the existing operator on a triple net basis. The undisclosed operator has a strong existing presence in the Peach State. CIBC U.S. and Oxford Finance funded the debt on the transaction. With this deal and another acquisition closed in 2021, Summit... Read More »
Summit Healthcare REIT Buys Three SNFs

Summit Healthcare REIT Buys Three SNFs

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Summit Healthcare REIT purchased three skilled nursing facilities in San Bernardino County, California with a total of 191 beds. The purchase price came to $20,055,000, or $105,000 per bed, higher than the average but well below the highest prices paid in the state.  The facilities will be triple-net leased to California-based Rockwell Healthcare, a new tenant for Summit Healthcare REIT. Summit is a registered non-traded REIT that focuses on seniors housing and care real estate in the U.S. Its current portfolio includes interests in 46 seniors housing facilities in 13 states.  Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Refinances Texas SNFs

Lancaster Pollard Refinances Texas SNFs

Four years on from their acquisition, four skilled nursing facilities owned by Summit Healthcare REIT refinanced through HUD, thanks to Jason Dopoulos of Lancaster Pollard. Located in Granbury, Woodville, Jacksonville, and Longview, Texas, Summit and its joint venture partner, Best Years, LLC, acquired the facilities in 2015 for $27 million, or $55,900 per bed. They were then leased back to the seller, a third-party operator. Fast forward to today, and Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company provided $20.7 million in total HUD financing, the 17th completed deal closed for Summit by Lancaster Pollard. Totaling $120 million in par value, that’s a productive relationship. Read More »
Blueprint Closes Two Large Skilled Nursing Deals

Blueprint Closes Two Large Skilled Nursing Deals

Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors closed a couple of sales in the Old Northwest. First, Amy Sitzman and Michael Segal represented Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society in the not-for-profit’s sale of three Wisconsin skilled nursing facilities. Considered to be non-core, these facilities feature 162 skilled nursing beds, 19 independent living units and 12 age-restricted apartments. They were originally built in 1960s but had maintained a good reputation. In addition, occupancy and quality mix were strong, but despite high per-resident-day revenues, expenses ran too high. Expense management will be the job of the new owner/operator, which is... Read More »
Lancaster Pollard Represents Hawkeye In Iowa Skilled Nursing Sale

Lancaster Pollard Represents Hawkeye In Iowa Skilled Nursing Sale

Chad Elliot, Quintin Harris and Kevin Laidlaw of Lancaster Pollard represented the seller of a six-facility skilled nursing portfolio in Iowa. Owned by Hawkeye Care Centers, these six facilities total 551 beds, with three of the properties featuring a small assisted living or independent living portion. Quality mix was high (over 50%) and operating margin averaged in the low teens, which is not too bad for skilled nursing in this market. The Lancaster Pollard team sold the portfolio to Summit Healthcare REIT for $29.5 million, or about $53,500 per bed. Summit entered into a triple-net lease agreement with Accura HealthCare, an Iowa-based operator with 18 facilities across the state.... Read More »