• West Coast and Northeast Skilled Nursing Facilities Sell

    Walker & Dunlop’s Gideon Orion has announced several recent skilled nursing sales on the West Coast and the Northeast. First, he teamed up with Tony Cassie to sell a 69-bed skilled nursing facility in Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of a family office seller. The facility could use some operational improvements. An undisclosed buyer paid... Read More »
  • Investor Acquires Community Out of Receivership  

    Fortress Investment Group acquired an assisted living/memory care community in Palm Coast, Florida, in a court-approved sale process. Built in 2018 just a mile from the Atlantic Ocean, the community features 130 units on an 11.4-acre site. There are 86 assisted living units and 22 memory care units, along with 22 “enhanced” assisted living... Read More »
  • Seniors Housing Deals Close Across Several Markets

    Coming off of a successful 2025 with 32 separate transaction closings totaling more than $900 million in volume, the Walker & Dunlop investment sales team is off to a strong start in 2026 with a number of seniors housing and healthcare real estate transactions closed in the first quarter, so far. The deals spanned several markets, and the... Read More »
  • Selectis Health Divests Two SNFs to Journey

    Selectis Health is selling two skilled nursing facilities in Georgia to the skilled nursing operator Journey. The deal included the 101-bed Glen Eagle Healthcare in Abbeville and the 100-bed Rehab and Eastman Healthcare and Rehab in Eastman. Journey-affiliated entities will purchase the pair for $15.7 million, or $78,100 per bed, subject to... Read More »
  • Sonida Closes CNL Acquisition, Reports Q4 Results

    On the same day as fourth quarter and year-end 2025 financial results were announced, Sonida Senior Living closed on its previously announced acquisition of CNL Healthcare Properties (CNL). The transaction value was approximately $1.8 billion and included a combination of cash (32%) and stock (68%). Because Sonida’s share price had risen above... Read More »
Blueprint’s Good Samaritan Sale

Blueprint’s Good Samaritan Sale

The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society, a not-for-profit owner/operator, sold three of its skilled nursing campuses in northwest Illinois, near the Iowa border. Totaling 214 skilled nursing beds and 65 independent living/senior apartment units, the portfolio was well maintained and boasted good local reputations. The buyer will look to manage expenses and boost operational synergies to improve their performance. Plus, the new operator, Allure Healthcare Services, has plenty of experience with rural skilled nursing facilities in the area, which should certainly help. Amy Sitzman and Michael Segal of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors handled the transaction on behalf of Good... Read More »
Blueprint Represents Good Samaritan In Arizona Sale

Blueprint Represents Good Samaritan In Arizona Sale

Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society exited two of its senior care facilities in the Phoenix area with the help of Amy Sitzman of Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors. If this deal looks familiar, it’s because The Ensign Group announced early in the May that it was the buyer of the two campuses. Built in various stages from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s, the properties included a Peoria campus with 150 skilled nursing beds and 70 independent living units, and a Mesa campus with 58 SN beds, 88 IL units and 18 assisted living beds. Good Samaritan had recently invested several million dollars in renovations and maintained four- or five-star... Read More »
Blueprint Represents Good Samaritan In Arizona Sale

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 »
HJ Sims Helps Out New North Dakota Joint Venture

HJ Sims Helps Out New North Dakota Joint Venture

HJ Sims helped finance a couple of the largest not-for-profit providers of senior care and health care in the country in order to team up and combine their services in the Bismarck/Mandan area of North Dakota. The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society (ELGSS), which currently operates over 224 senior living and care communities, and Sanford Health, the largest rural, not-for-profit health care system with 45 hospitals and 289 other locations, each operate skilled nursing and assisted living facilities in the Bismarck area. In addition, Sanford Health operates an acute care hospital in the city. So, the organizations decided to form a joint venture to operate the facilities in the... Read More »