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The DeMarco Real Estate Group provides specialized real estate guidance for assisted living facilities, senior housing communities, and related healthcare-oriented properties throughout South Florida. We help owners, operators, investors, and developers evaluate opportunities, position properties for sale or lease, and navigate transactions involving this highly specialized asset class.
Our team combines commercial real estate expertise with a strong understanding of property value, location, operational considerations, and investment strategy to help clients make informed decisions.
An assisted living facility sale is two sales in one: the operating business and the real estate. Buyers price both, and the license has to transfer before the buyer can take over. Here is how we run it.
We value the operations and the real estate separately, then together. We look at the last 12 months of income and expenses, census and occupancy, private-pay versus Medicaid mix, licensed capacity, specialty licenses such as ECC or LNS, staffing, and the condition of the building.
Sell the real estate and the operations together, sell the real estate and lease it to an operator, or sell the operations alone. We lay out what each does to your price, timeline, and taxes so you can decide with your CPA and attorney.
No sign, no public address. Buyers sign a confidentiality agreement before they see financials. We go directly to operators, investors, and 1031 buyers we know are acquiring in South Florida, and list on CoStar, LoopNet, and CREXi without identifying the facility when that protects your residents and staff.
Before a tour, buyers show proof of funds and operating experience. We screen for the ability to get licensed, because a buyer who cannot pass AHCA review cannot close.
In Florida, assisted living facilities are licensed by the Agency for Health Care Administration. A sale that changes ownership requires a change-of-ownership application, and the buyer must be licensed before taking over operations. We coordinate the timeline with both sides' attorneys and licensing counsel so the license approval and the closing line up.
We set the operations transfer date to the license approval, plan resident and family notifications with you, and manage the handoff of staff, vendor contracts, and records so care continues without interruption on day one.
Own an assisted living facility and want to know what it would sell for? Request a confidential valuation or call (954) 453-1000. The DeMarco Real Estate Group at RE/MAX 5 Star Realty.
From acquisitions and dispositions to site selection and investment strategy, DeMarco Real Estate Group provides specialized guidance for assisted living facilities, senior housing properties, and healthcare-related real estate throughout South Florida.
Identify and acquire assisted living facilities and senior housing properties that align with your operational, investment, and long-term growth objectives.
Confidential sale of the facility, the operations, or both. Valuation, buyer qualification, and a closing timed to the license transfer.
Evaluate locations based on demographics, accessibility, surrounding development, market demand, and overall suitability for senior living operations.
Guidance for investors evaluating senior housing and assisted living opportunities, including property positioning, market potential, and acquisition strategy.
Detailed market and property analysis to help owners, operators, developers, and investors make informed real estate decisions.
Real estate guidance for operators and developers seeking opportunities to expand existing facilities, acquire development sites, or enter new South Florida markets.
DeMarco Real Estate Group combines South Florida market knowledge with strategic real estate guidance for assisted living facilities, senior housing properties, owners, operators, investors, and developers.
Deep knowledge of South Florida markets, property values, demographics, and development trends that influence senior living real estate decisions.
Experience evaluating the unique real estate considerations associated with assisted living facilities, senior housing communities, and related properties.
Focused guidance throughout acquisitions, dispositions, negotiations, site selection, and other senior living real estate transactions.
Responsive, hands-on representation tailored to the goals of owners, operators, developers, and investors.
An assisted living facility is valued on its operations first and its real estate second: licensed bed count, census and occupancy, payer mix, staffing, net operating income, and the cap rate buyers are paying for comparable facilities, then the condition and location of the building. We underwrite both before setting a price.
Yes. Confidential marketing is standard for assisted living facilities: buyers sign confidentiality agreements before receiving financials, tours are scheduled discreetly, and residents and staff are informed at the appropriate point in the transaction, usually near closing.
In Florida the buyer applies for its own license through the Agency for Health Care Administration, and closing is typically coordinated with the change of ownership approval so operations continue without interruption. We build the licensing timeline into the contract and the closing schedule.
Regional and national operators, private equity groups, and owner-operators, many of them repeat buyers. The DeMarco Real Estate Group has sold facilities including The Residence at Pompano Beach (205 beds, $17.9 million), a skilled nursing facility in Hollywood ($12.15 million), and the Margate and Davie memory care portfolio.
From listing to closing, typically four to eight months: confidential marketing and buyer qualification in the first one to two months, due diligence and licensing over the following two to four, then closing. Facilities with clean financials and licensing move faster.
Read the guide: How to sell an assisted living facility in Florida
Answers are general information from The DeMarco Real Estate Group at RE/MAX 5 Star Realty, 1901 Harrison Street, Hollywood, FL 33020, (954) 453-1000. Every property is different; request a free broker opinion of value for numbers specific to yours.
Whether you are acquiring, selling, developing, or expanding an assisted living or senior housing property, DeMarco Real Estate Group provides experienced guidance throughout the process.
