HCP’s Senior Housing Portfolio Prepared for 2019 Headwinds

On the heels of a reshaping of its senior housing portfolio taking place over the course of the last two years, health care REIT HCP (NYSE: HCP) says it is prepared to ride out the headwinds associated with the transition. Despite being positioned for long-term success, the Irvine, California-based health care REIT said in announcing […]

Brookdale Rules Out OpCo/PropCo Split as Turnaround Enters Second Year

Don’t expect another major lease restructuring or an “OpCo/PropCo” split for Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) any time soon. Instead, the Brentwood, Tennessee-based company — fresh off a busy year of dispositions, lease restructurings with REIT landlords and discussions with major shareholders — is focused on improving the senior housing portfolio it has today, according […]

Markets in Texas, Georgia, Virginia Among Top Prospects for Senior Housing Development

Senior living developers might want to pay more attention to McAllen, Texas; Augusta, Georgia; and Virginia Beach, Virginia. That’s because those are the three metro markets where conditions may be ripest for new senior housing development, according to a recent analysis from senior living development consulting firm Plante Moran Living Forward. The ranking was built […]

Welltower Cautiously Optimistic as Senior Housing Occupancy Rises

Despite ongoing senior housing headwinds, executives with Welltower (NYSE: WELL) are encouraged by occupancy increases that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2018. “We’re cautiously optimistic about the recent performance of our senior housing operating portfolio,” Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer Shankh Mitra said Tuesday, on an earnings call with analysts and investors. […]

Operator English Meadows Pursues Expansion Plans, Strikes Sale-Leaseback with LTC

English Meadows Senior Living is in growth mode and has gotten off to a quick start striking deals in 2019. Last week, the Christianburg, Virginia-based owner-operator acquired Mountainside Senior Living Communities, an affordable assisted living and memory care community in Crozet, Virginia. On Monday, Westlake Village, California-based health care real estate investment trust (REIT) LTC […]

Transactions & Financings: Cushman & Wakefield’s $49 Million Portfolio Sale; Capital One’s $38 Million Construction Loan

Cushman & Wakefield brokers $48.5 million South Carolina assisted living portfolio sale Cushman & Wakefield Senior Director Paul Carr, Director David Kliewer and Executive Director Allen McMurtry represented Graycliff Capital Senior Housing in the $48.4 million sale of three assisted living and memory care communities in South Carolina’s upstate region. The buyer was Birmingham, Alabama-based […]