• Value-Add AL/MC Community Trades

    by | May 21, 2026 2:37 pm | Acquisitions

    An institutional owner decided to divest a non-core asset, and engaged Jason Punzel, Vince Viverito, Jake Anderson and Taylor Graham of Senior Living Investment Brokerage to run the sale process. The asset is located in Hillsboro, Oregon (Portland MSA), and features 36 assisted living and memory care units, with 62 licensed beds. It was built in... Read More »

  • Brookdale Divests California Community to Public REIT

    by | May 21, 2026 2:36 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint was engaged by an institutional, national owner/operator in the strategic disposition of a large rental CCRC in Bakersfield, California. The 20-acre campus was developed in 1999 and provides the whole continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing across three large buildings and... Read More »

  • Two Midwest Assets Trade

    by | May 21, 2026 2:34 pm | Acquisitions

    A couple of seniors housing communities traded in the Midwest, selling to a couple of growing owner/operators. First, in the Indianapolis area, The Kiser Group’s Mark Myers and SVN | Senior Living Advisors’ John Klement led the sale of a 157-unit seniors housing community featuring a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care... Read More »

  • Assisted Living Portfolio Closes in Wisconsin

    by | May 21, 2026 2:33 pm | Acquisitions

    Bob Richards of Senior Care Realty recently completed the sale of a five-property assisted living portfolio in Wisconsin, closing the deal in multiple tranches. Richards had worked with the seller, AC Capital, for 15 years, helping them grow their portfolio over the years. AC Capital also has self-managed the communities for the last decade. Now,... Read More »

  • 60 Seconds with Swett: Here We Go Again

    by | May 20, 2026 8:33 am | 60 Seconds, Opinion

    AARP just published a report on assisted living, and all I can say is, here we go again. It concludes that “the state of assisted living today is cause for concern for many stakeholders. The lack of national federal standards for care centers creates an underregulated space.” It continues on, stating that the “absence of national oversight,... Read More »
Greystone Goes To Canada

Greystone Goes To Canada

by | May 10, 2018 2:05 pm | Acquisitions, Developments

Greystone Real Estate Advisors closed back-to-back portfolio sales in Canada. Mike Garbers and Cody Tremper, together with TD Securities, represented the seller of 10 senior living communities located throughout the greater Toronto and Ottawa areas. The 10 communities had 1,245 units, of which 1,045 were independent supportive living and 200 were assisted living. All but two were built or renovated in the past 10 years. Sienna Senior Living paid $298 million, or $239,400 per unit (C$382 million).   In their second transaction, they sold four communities in the greater Edmonton area in Alberta. The 775-unit portfolio included 450 independent supportive living units, 237 assisted living... Read More »
Greystone Goes To Canada

Greystone Heads North

by | Nov 28, 2017 8:27 pm | Acquisitions

Greystone Real Estate Advisors headed north of the border for its latest transaction, where along with TD Securities, they represented an owner in its sale of five retirement communities in the Edmonton, Alberta area to Canadian REIT Chartwell Retirement Residences. With a weighted average age of six years, the portfolio consists of four existing communities with 450 independent living, 237 assisted living and 88 memory care units (plus a 52-unit addition at one community expected to finish in the first half of 2018) and a 256-unit community currently under development and expected to open in late 2019. There is a 58% private pay census across the portfolio, with 42% being funded by the... Read More »