• Brookdale’s Operations Improve While NOI and Margins Lag

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:37 am | Statistics

    Following the preliminary results announcement after the January 28 close, Brookdale Senior Living’s stock spiked 11.5% on January 29. Investors cheered the upbeat early numbers, but the mood shifted once the official quarterly and full-year results came out February 18 after the bell. The stock opened nearly 7% below the prior close and dropped... Read More »

  • Morgan Stanley and Foundry Commercial Exit Spring Arbor Portfolio

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:31 am | Acquisitions

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, and Foundry Commercial have completed their exit from the Spring Arbor Senior Living portfolio through the sale of the remaining 11 assets. The seniors housing communities, located in Maryland and Virginia, comprise 795 assisted living and memory... Read More »

  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector Through Recapitalization

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:29 am | Acquisitions

    Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Countryside of Wichita Falls, a 50-unit assisted living community in Wichita Falls, Texas. The asset offered value-add potential through renovations, rebranding and a planned memory care addition. As occupancy began to improve, Blueprint launched a marketing process,... Read More »

  • Public REIT Divests to National Provider

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:27 am | Acquisitions

    A publicly traded REIT recently completed the wind down of its relationship with an outgoing operator through its sale of a seniors housing community in Wisconsin. Michael Segal, Lauren Nagle and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint handled the deal, targeting local, regional and national investors. A growing national provider was selected as the... Read More »

  • Multiple Buyers Acquire Skilled Nursing Beds

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:26 am | Acquisitions

    Under Ohio’s certificate of need regulations, skilled nursing beds can be transferred from counties deemed over-bedded to those experiencing a shortage. Taking advantage of this window, 12 separate sellers, motivated by downsizing, closures or strategic repositioning, transferred their beds with the help of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors. Ben... 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 »