• Stand-Alone MC Community Trades in Arizona

    by | Apr 2, 2026 5:05 pm | Acquisitions

    Blueprint represented an institutional seller in the sale of its stand-alone memory care community in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona MSA. Built in 2009, the asset features 48 units with 60 beds and received approximately $2 million in recent capital improvements. There is opportunity for occupancy growth and rental rate optimization. ... Read More »

  • Clarion Partners Continues Its Acquisition Streak

    by | Apr 2, 2026 4:56 pm | Acquisitions

    Clarion Partners continued on its acquisition streak, adding two communities in California to its growing portfolio. The latest deal featured The Commons on Thornton and The Commons at Union Ranch, two seniors housing communities totaling 198 units in California’s Central Valley. They were previously owned and operated by MBK Senior Living, which... Read More »

  • Multiple Senior Care Acquisition Financings Close

    by | Apr 2, 2026 4:55 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

    M&A transactions are getting done at a near-historic pace, and CIBC Bank USA recently financed three deals. The largest was $43.3 million in acquisition financing for two senior care assets in the Nashville area of Tennessee. The properties include a combined 310 independent living units, 273 skilled nursing beds and 93 assisted living/memory... Read More »

  • Olympus Retirement Living Expands

    by | Mar 31, 2026 5:42 pm | Acquisitions

    The Zett Group closed the sale of a 63-unit assisted living/memory care community in the Boise, Idaho market. Set in the town of Emmett, Meadow View Senior Living was trending positively in its operations, but there was still some work to be done. An owner/operator engaged Blake Bozett and Spud Batt to sell the community to an undisclosed buyer.... Read More »

  • Large Senior Care Portfolio Trades Hands

    by | Mar 31, 2026 5:41 pm | Acquisitions

    A portfolio comprising senior care assets across Washington State recently sold with the help of JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage. At first, only one of the assets was brought to market, but an offer emerged for the entire nine-facility portfolio. The price for the skilled nursing, assisted living and independent living campuses ranged... Read More »
Good News from Brookdale and Capital Senior Living

Good News from Brookdale and Capital Senior Living

by | Nov 3, 2017 7:02 am | Opinion

Finally, we have had some good news from the two largest publicly traded senior living companies, Brookdale Senior Living and Capital Senior Living. Let’s just say, it has been a long time coming. Capital Senior Living reported a sequential increase in occupancy of 30 basis points in the third quarter, an increase that was continuing to rise in September and into October, so the fourth quarter should be upbeat as well. In fact, from June to September same-community occupancy increased by 90 basis points. These numbers exclude their two communities impacted by Hurricane Harvey. On the negative side, labor costs increased by 4% in the third quarter, which contributed to a 2.4% decline in... Read More »
What Happens When You Weight A Cap Rate By Beds?

What Happens When You Weight A Cap Rate By Beds?

by | Aug 1, 2017 8:36 pm | Statistics

Partly due to historical precedent, we have always presented our cap rate analysis on an unweighted average basis, meaning that the cap rate for a portfolio of facilities would carry the same weight as that of a single 80-bed facility. For those who believe that portfolios will usually command a lower cap rate, then a weighted average would be the most accurate method to determine what is really happening in the market. Even a 200-bed facility acquisition, because of the implied increase in investment risk, should in theory be treated differently from that of a 50-bed rural facility. Consequently, a few years ago we went back and recalculated the cap rates to weight them based on the... Read More »
Our Listeners Speak: Real Estate vs. Business Value

Our Listeners Speak: Real Estate vs. Business Value

by | May 31, 2017 7:03 am | Opinion

We recently hosted a webinar on a topic that has been on the minds of many as the healthcare real estate market hit record-high prices (in seniors housing and care) and deals with changing acuity and reimbursement environments. “Real Estate vs. Business Value For Healthcare Properties” featured moderator Steve Monroe of The SeniorCare Investor and speakers James Tellatin of Tellatin, Short & Hansen, and Chuck Herman of Charles Herman Consulting (formerly CIO of Welltower), and a 90-minute discussion on the valuation practices for skilled nursing facilities, assisted living communities, LTACs, behavioral healthcare and acute care hospitals. We also brought in our listeners to the... Read More »
What Do The REITs Know?

What Do The REITs Know?

by | May 26, 2017 7:01 am | Acquisitions

When the Big Three healthcare REITs (Ventas, HCP and Welltower) largely divested their skilled nursing portfolios in the past few years, it prompted questions about the industry’s health. The exodus was kicked off in August 2015 by Ventas, which spun out most its skilled nursing/post-acute care portfolio into a separate REIT, Care Capital Properties (which just this month agreed to merge with Sabra Health Care REIT). Then, effective November 1, 2016, HCP followed suit, in a spin-off of its troubled HCR ManorCare assets (over 320 properties) into Quality Care Properties. Finally, after over a year of denying any such move, Welltower sold a 75% stake in 28 Genesis Healthcare-operated... Read More »
Deals Down So Far in 2017

Deals Down So Far in 2017

by | May 24, 2017 7:00 am | Opinion, Statistics

Long-term care has experienced a dip in M&A, but after nearly three straight years of 80+ transactions per quarter (starting in Q3:2014 with 83), with a couple exceptions, it is about time the M&A juggernaut slows down a bit. The first quarter’s volume fell to 76 deals, down from 93 in the previous quarter and from 84 in the year-ago quarter. And as of May 23, 2017, deal volume has so far not kept pace compared with the same period in 2016 with just 118 long-term care transactions recorded compared with 145 in 2016, a 19% difference. However, spending has nearly doubled (to $7.52 billion so far in 2017 from $4.37 billion in 2016), thanks to a few large deals that were announced in... Read More »