• 60 Seconds with Swett: Sticks and Bricks in ’26?

    The talk around new development is getting a lot more serious in the seniors housing industry, leading us to wonder if our 2024 prediction of “Sticks and Bricks in ‘26” may actually come true, somewhat. Back then, we may have thought that interest rates would have come down a bit more by now, but that the FOMO of getting involved in seniors... Read More »
  • Wyoming SNF Sale Sets New State Record

    There was a new record set for skilled nursing pricing in the state of Wyoming with the sale of Big Horn Rehabilitation and Care Center in Sheridan. Built in the 1960s, the facility features 128 beds and was 61% occupied. It was owned by a regional operator that was looking to recycle capital.  Before the marketing process, Evans Senior... Read More »
  • Owner/Operator Acquires Facility Out of Bankruptcy

    A senior care facility in Worcester, Massachusetts, sold as part of a bankruptcy process with the help of Patrick Burke and Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Built in 1970, Donna Kay Rest Home features 60 licensed beds in 31 units, providing a higher level of care and supervision than assisted living but at a lesser acuity than... Read More »
  • Civitas Sells Community to Clarion

    Hap Knowles and Nick Stahler of the Knapp-Stahler Group at Institutional Property Advisors announced that they led the sale of a seniors housing community in the Phoenix, Arizona MSA, to the fast-growing real estate investment firm Clarion Partners. The deal appears to be The Retreat at Alameda, a 110-unit assisted living/memory care community in... Read More »
  • Blueprint Handles Recapitalization

    Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Forest Hills Commons, a 2017-developed, 119-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Louisville, Kentucky MSA. A Louisville-based senior living owner/operator/developer engaged Blueprint in the third quarter of 2025 to begin the process. The asset demonstrated strong in-place performance and... Read More »
Monticello Gets A “W” In New York

Monticello Gets A “W” In New York

One of Monticello Asset Management’s investment vehicles provided $31.21 million in first lien debt for The W Group to fund the acquisition of a 200-bed assisted living community in Staten Island, New York. Built on a 0.81-acre property in 1974, with an additional fifth floor built in 1999, the community consists of 116 beds licensed for the New York State Assisted Living Program and 84 beds managed by an affiliated home health care agency. Its new owner’s principals have over 20 years of combined experience in the health care industry and plan to take out the financing through HUD in the future. Read More »
Meridian Capital Group Is On A Roll

Meridian Capital Group Is On A Roll

Following up on a nearly-$200 million month in January, Meridian Capital Group backed that up with another $80 million in closings in February, showing off their national reach too. The team of Ari Adlerstein and Ari Dobkin arranged all four financings, starting in Clovis, New Mexico, where the pair arranged an $11 million 35-year HUD loan to refinance an independent living/assisted living community. Located in rural New Mexico near the Texas border, the community also offers memory care and respite stay services. Then, Messrs. Adlerstein and Dobkin arranged nearly $10 million in financing for a 224-bed senior living community in Bedford, Ohio (Cleveland MSA). The $9.75 million... Read More »