• Did Blackstone Sell Too Soon?

    by | Nov 7, 2025 4:25 pm | Acquisitions

    According to recent media reports, real estate investor The Blackstone Group has sold and is in the process of selling about $1.8 billion in seniors housing assets. It wants to completely exit the seniors housing business which they claim has been a disaster for them. One report stated that they have lost upwards of $600 million across the... Read More »

  • Brookdale Continues Winning Streak

    by | Nov 7, 2025 4:24 pm | Uncategorized

    The big question is, why did this not happen earlier? We are talking about Brookdale Senior Living’s occupancy recovery, and why the previous leadership seemed unable to move the needle, but as soon as they were gone, everything has been on an upward trend. Hmmmmm.  Things are not perfect at Brookdale, but they never were. However,... Read More »

  • National Health Investors Adjusts Its SHOP Portfolio

    by | Nov 7, 2025 4:22 pm | Acquisitions

    National Health Investors, Inc. announced some adjustments to its SHOP portfolio, raising its full-year guidance for the third consecutive quarter due to the contribution of recently transitioned and newly acquired SHOP properties, along with continued strength in its investment pipeline. The REIT also had an update on its lease agreement with... Read More »

  • Strawberry Fields’ Three Separate SNF Transactions

    by | Nov 7, 2025 4:21 pm | Acquisitions

    Strawberry Fields REIT, Inc. announced three separate skilled nursing transactions that closed during the third quarter. Two previously announced acquisitions were in Missouri, and the recently announced purchase was in Oklahoma.  In July, the REIT completed the acquisition of nine skilled nursing facilities with 686 beds in Missouri. The... Read More »

  • Receivership Estate Sells in Alabama

    by | Nov 7, 2025 4:20 pm | Acquisitions

    Kory Buzin and Steve Thomes of Blueprint handled another successful sale on behalf of a lender and special servicer, this time involving a receivership estate in Mobile, Alabama. Knollwood Point, a 2001-vintage, 46-unit assisted living and memory care community, struggled in recent years as a result of challenged occupancy and volatile staffing.... Read More »
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Waypoint

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Waypoint

by | Apr 26, 2018 2:53 pm | Acquisitions

There’s a new entrant in the seniors housing industry. Real estate investment manager Waypoint Residential, predominantly focused on conventional multifamily and student housing, just made its first acquisition of a senior living community in the town of Starkville, Mississippi (home of Mississippi State University), for $22.7 million, or about $276,800 per unit. Developed in January 2016 by CR Properties, LLC and Blake Management Group, this community has 14 independent living, 43 assisted living and 25 memory care units. After already bringing occupancy to 100%, Blake Management Group will continue to manage the community. Josh Randolph of Colliers International represented the seller in... Read More »
Watercrest and Waypoint

Watercrest and Waypoint

by | Jan 12, 2018 7:01 am | Developments

With its latest seniors housing development in Georgia, Watercrest Senior Living Group is also adding a new partner to its growing roster of development/equity partners. Waypoint Residential, a real estate investment firm focused on multifamily and student housing, is making its debut in the seniors housing industry with this project. Expected to break ground next month and open in late Spring 2019, the community is one of Watercrest’s new prototypes (with at least two others like it to be built in Columbia and Bluffton, South Carolina) with 75 units of assisted living and 32 memory care units. It is located in Newnan, Georgia, which is about 20 miles southwest of Atlanta, and marks... Read More »