• 60 Seconds with Steve Monroe: Brookdale Senior Living, What’s Next?

    by | Jul 15, 2025 3:42 pm | 60 Seconds

    So, the big vote occurred last week, and shareholders of Brookdale Senior Living have spoken. We are sure that the recent increases in occupancy convinced some shareholders to stick with management and its “plan.” But the nominees from activist shareholder Ortelius Advisors were not off-the-wall candidates. It was an excellent group, and despite... Read More »

  • Optalis Healthcare Acquires Michigan Portfolio

    by | Jul 15, 2025 3:19 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint was engaged by Michael F. Flanagan, the duly appointed receiver of Spartan Holdco, LLC, et al. and approved by the Oakland County Circuit Court to run a marketing process sourcing qualified overbids for the auction sale of the SKLD (Skilled Living and Development) portfolio. Dubbed Project Spartan, the portfolio comprises eleven skilled... Read More »

  • National REIT Divests to Cougar Capital Management

    by | Jul 15, 2025 3:18 pm | Acquisitions

    Haven Senior Investments facilitated a transaction between a national REIT and a real estate development firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. The seller, Summit Healthcare REIT, divested a seniors housing community in Littleton, New Hampshire, The Village at Riverglen. Built in 2002, The Village at Riverglen features 60 beds across 50 independent... Read More »

  • CFG’s H1 Financing Volume

    by | Jul 15, 2025 3:15 pm | Financings

    Capital Funding Group’s bridge-to-HUD and HUD teams financed more than $930 million across 50 transactions in the first half of 2025. These financings included 14 HUD loans, 21 bridge loans and 15 accounts receivable loans for clients across the country. Managing Director of Real Estate Craig Casagrande originated a few transactions throughout... Read More »

  • Stabilized Class-A IL Community Secures Refinancing

    by | Jul 15, 2025 3:14 pm | Financings

    Greystone arranged a $43.5 million debt placement to refinance a seniors housing community in Oregon. The 142-unit property is a recently built and stabilized Class-A independent living community. The community had strong trailing cash flows, on a shorter trailing period, but an upward trend. The financing was sourced by David Young.  The... 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 »