DALLAS — The Point Group, a subsidiary of Point Communications Inc., has acquired Dallas-based Forte Group Inc., a public relations and marketing agency that exclusively serves the senior living industry.
CHICAGO — Blueprint Health Care Real Estate, a broker based in Chicago, has arranged the sale of two 120-bed specialized skilled nursing facilities in Central Texas for $14.2 million.
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. and MISSION VIEJO, Calif. — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank acting as exclusive advisor to the seller, has arranged the sale of leasehold interests and transfer of operations of Harmony Living Centers LLC to The Ensign Group.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. and NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Team Health Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH), a provider of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, will acquire IPC Healthcare Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM), a post-acute provider, in an all-cash transaction totaling approximately $1.6 billion. The boards of directors of both companies have approved the transaction.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) has appointed Brian Jurutka its new president. Jurutka joins NIC from comScore Inc., a digital analytics company, where he served as senior vice president, telecom, and general manager for the company’s wireless operator analytics division.
DUBLIN, Ohio — Sunrise Senior Living has completed construction on its newest seniors housing community, Sunrise of Dublin, and will hold a grand opening Saturday.
EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Evans Senior Investments, a Chicago-based investment banking firm, has brokered the sale of Pocono Tranquil Gardens in East Stroudsburg for $7.8 million.
PALM DESERT, Calif. — An affiliate of Granite Investment Group has sold 6.8 acres of land in Palm Desert for $5.7 million to WL Palm Desert Property LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of seniors housing developer and operator West Living LLC.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Blue Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 300-bed skilled nursing facility in Martinsville, for $28.5 million.
COLUMBIANA, Ohio — Evans Senior Investments has arranged the sale of Whispering Pines Village, an independent living and assisted living facility in Columbiana, for $13.3 million ($194,852 per unit).