Transactions & Financings: Welltower’s $3 Billion Revolving Credit Facility

Welltower Secures $3 Billion Revolving Credit Facility Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) recently entered into a credit agreement that consists of a $3 billion unsecured revolving credit facility, a $500 million unsecured term credit facility and a CAD 250 million unsecured term credit facility. The Toledo, Ohio-based health care real estate investment trust (REIT) reached the […]

In the Pipeline: Big Rock’s $125 Million Island Project, Watermark Opens in Florida

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design trends, the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Kiawah, Big Rock Partners Planning South Carolina Senior Living Project Developer Kiawah Partners has […]

Transactions & Financings: LTC Properties, Blueprint

Grandbridge Arranges $248 Million Senior Housing Credit Facility The Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group at Charlotte, North Carolina-based Grandbridge Real Estate Capital recently arranged the closing of a $247,629,500, 11-community senior housing credit facility. The loan was originated by Senior Vice President Richard Thomas and the Seniors Housing and Healthcare Finance Group, and funding […]

Ryan Cos., Grand Living Take Cues from Ritz-Carlton in New Developments

Two Minneapolis-based companies are pushing forward with a plan to open amenity-rich senior living communities in the Midwest, the Southeast and now, Texas. There is an ongoing debate regarding whether senior housing is primarily a hospitality or a health care industry. For Grand Living, hospitality is the focus—a decision that led to an exclusive partnership with […]

In the Pipeline: Wolff’s Revel Scottsdale; Watercrest, Titan Unveil Florida Project

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design trends, the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Wolff Plans Independent Living Apartments in Arizona Private equity firm and developer The Wolff Company […]

These Are the Best and Worst States to Retire Right Now

Developers looking for their next senior housing site may want to consider out-of-the-box retirement destinations, as these may actually be the most desirable to American retirees. Consumer financial services company Bankrate, Inc. recently published a list ranking the best states for retirees. To arrive at its conclusions, the firm considered factors that may be especially […]

Mather LifeWays Bets on Smart Home Tech in $460 Million High-Rise Community

There’s already demand for Mather LifeWays’ newest high-rise project—and it will prominently feature smart-home technology. “We’ve already received three priority deposits—and the first depositor desires two units on the top floor of the first tower,” Mather LifeWays President and CEO Mary Leary told Senior Housing News of the planned $460 million life plan community opening in […]

Activist Shareholder Again Urges Brookdale to Unlock Real Estate Value

One of Brookdale Senior Living’s (NYSE: BKD) most vocal shareholders is again pushing the senior living operator to realize more upside from its valuable real estate. Stamford, Connecticut-based Land and Buildings Investment Management LLC wrote in an open letter to shareholders that Brookdale’s real estate is potentially worth double its current share price, and lamented that the […]