• Community First Solutions Acquires Again in Ohio

    by | Jul 3, 2025 12:08 pm | Acquisitions

    Ziegler was engaged by Marquee Capital, the real estate company affiliated with Marcus Investments, LLC, the Marcus’ family office, in the sale of its seniors housing community in Mason, Ohio. Built in 2020, BrightStar Senior Living of Mason sits on 3.2 acres with 41 assisted living and memory care units. The community was well occupied at 90%,... Read More »

  • Joint Venture Acquires Nashville Active Adult Community

    by | Jul 3, 2025 11:33 am | Acquisitions

    An active adult community in Germantown, Tennessee, found a new owner thanks to the team at Newmark. Built in 2020, Avenida Watermarq is a 161-unit, Class-A active adult community in an affluent suburb of Nashville. There are one- and two-bedroom options averaging 919 square feet per unit. Occupancy was 87%. Inspired Real Estate Partners and GEM... Read More »

  • Institutional Owner Divests Ohio Facility

    by | Jul 3, 2025 11:33 am | Acquisitions

    Evans Senior Investments arranged the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Ohio on behalf of an institutional owner looking to exit the market. The facility comprises 88 beds and 20 independent living units, which served as a referral source for the nursing home. The buyer was a regional owner/operator that is actively expanding in Ohio. This is... Read More »

  • Strawberry Fields Completes Missouri SNF Portfolio Acquisition

    by | Jul 3, 2025 11:32 am | Acquisitions

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced that it completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities comprising 686 beds in Missouri for $59 million, or $86,000 per bed. The REIT completed the acquisition using cash on hand and the issuance of approximately $2.0 million in OP Units of Strawberry Fields REIT LP to the seller. Eight of the... Read More »

  • Macquarie Asset Management Launches Health Wave Partners

    by | Jul 3, 2025 11:31 am | Financings

    Macquarie Asset Management, which has over 35 years of experience in the real estate sector and a current network of 15 specialist operator investments globally, announced the launch of Health Wave Partners, a seniors housing platform aimed at targeting investments in modern seniors housing assets alongside established operators. The platform... Read More »
NHI in the Nutmeg State

NHI in the Nutmeg State

by | Jun 3, 2016 8:30 am | Acquisitions

Just a week after announcing it exercised a purchase option on five assisted living/memory care communities from Bickford Senior Living, National Health Investors has made another large purchase, including two Connecticut CCRCs for $56.3 million, or $119,787 per unit/bed. Built in 1968 with a 2009 renovation, the 241-unit/bed community in Bridgeport features 186 independent living units, 26 assisted living units, 13 memory care units and 23 skilled nursing beds. The other community, built in 1991 in Southbury, has 155 IL units, 26 AL units, 14 MC units and 34 skilled nursing beds on a 56-acre property. Both properties were owned by funds managed by certain affiliates of East Lake Capital... Read More »

High-acuity community to be built

by | Oct 14, 2015 8:30 am | Developments, Financings

Aron Will, together with Jim Sellers and Tim Prouty, of CBRE arranged a $25.03 million construction loan for a joint venture between The Freshwater Group and Kayne-Anderson to build a 129-unit/135-bed senior care community in Tucson, Arizona. The loan, placed through a regional bank, featured a three-year floating rate term which then converts to a three-year mini-perm loan. Kayne-Anderson will provide institutional equity for the project, while Watermark Retirement Communities will operate the finished community, which will consist of five buildings with assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing services. For the assisted living, it will be fully licensed Directed Care, the highest... Read More »

CBRE arranges financing for 15-CCRC portfolio

by | Jun 17, 2015 8:51 am | Financings

Aron Will, Mitchell Kiffe and Matthew Whitlock of CBRE arranged $410 million in financing on behalf of NorthStar Healthcare Income and The Freshwater Group/Watermark Retirement Communities to purchase a portfolio of 15 rental and entrance fee CCRCs. The seller, Fountains Senior Living, a subsidiary of Arcapita, had previously hired Watermark as the day-to-day operator of the portfolio, which consists of six entrance-fee and nine rental CCRCs with 3,663 total units (with 2,330 independent living units, 945 assisted living units, 156 memory care units and 320 skilled nursing beds in 232 rooms). NorthStar will lease the entrance fee properties to affiliates of The Freshwater Group, pursuant... Read More »