• 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 »
The Ensign Group Reports Another Solid Quarter

The Ensign Group Reports Another Solid Quarter

The Ensign Group did not disappoint yet again with its latest quarterly results. The senior care provider reported an increase in GAAP diluted earnings per share of $3.42 for 2021, an increase of 11.8% over the prior year, while adjusted EPS rose 16.3% year over year to a record-high $3.64. Consolidated GAAP revenues increased by 9.5% to $2.6 billion in 2021, with GAAP net income reaching $194.7 million for the year, an increase of 14.2% compared with 2020. Those are all healthy increases in a year of numerous operational headwinds, with large companies especially susceptible to high employee turnover and stagnant census. That is the beauty of the decentralized operating model that Ensign... Read More »
The Ensign Group Acquires Five-Property Portfolio

The Ensign Group Acquires Five-Property Portfolio

The Ensign Group has acquired a five-property portfolio from Invesque Inc. for $93 million. Spanning California, Kansas and Arizona, the transaction includes four skilled nursing facilities totaling 436 beds and a 144-bed assisted living community. The SNF portfolio was operated by Ensign, and The Pennant Group operated the AL community up until this sale. BMO Capital Markets advised Invesque on the deal. The portfolio sale was part of Invesque’s Jaguarundi Ventures, LP joint venture between Invesque and Magnetar Capital, of which Invesque owns an approximately 65% ownership interest. Jaguarundi Ventures will receive $22 million of net proceeds from the sale after the repayment of... Read More »
The Ensign Group Shines, Again

The Ensign Group Shines, Again

We have still not figured out how The Ensign Group continues to outperform the rest of the skilled nursing industry when so many companies and providers are still hurting, with many of them still not able to make lease payments in full. For the past year, we have wondered if the only way to perform as well as they have is to cook the books, so to speak. That idea was discarded, and while we know they operate their model with each facility run by a mini-CEO with full local decision-making responsibilities and run it successfully, we continue to scratch our heads and wonder why others can’t do what they do. It just must be the culture, but obviously, one that needs to be mimicked by others,... Read More »
The Ensign Group Acquires Operations of Three Facilities

The Ensign Group Acquires Operations of Three Facilities

The Ensign Group will assume the operations of three skilled nursing facilities across Texas and Idaho. The facilities include the 98-bed River Pointe of Trinity Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Trinity, Texas, the 150-bed Park Village Healthcare and Rehabilitation in De Soto, Texas, and Skyline Transitional Care Center, an 80-bed facility in Boise, Idaho. The acquisitions are subject to a long-term, triple net lease. Plus, the deal brings Ensign’s growing portfolio to 245 healthcare operations, 22 of which also include senior living operations, across thirteen states. Read More »
The Ensign Group and CareTrust Acquire Two Texas SNFs

The Ensign Group and CareTrust Acquire Two Texas SNFs

The Ensign Group and CareTrust REIT have teamed up to acquire the real estate and operations of two skilled nursing facilities in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area. CareTrust purchased the facilities for $32.5 million, or about $135,000 per bed, while The Ensign Group recently took over operations effective August 1, 2021 as part of the acquisition. This deal brings Ensign’s growing portfolio to 242 healthcare operations, 22 of which also include senior living operations, across thirteen states.  The facilities are Sedona Trace Health and Wellness Center, a 119-bed skilled nursing facility located in Austin, Texas; and Cedar Pointe Health and Wellness Center, a 122-bed skilled... Read More »