Heavyweight Health Care Investor Steps Up to Change Senior Living’s Business Model

This article is available as part of your SHN+ membership In recent years, deep-pocketed companies, mainly REITs, have put considerable capital behind plans to reshape how senior living owners and operators work together. Yesterday, I caught wind of another such company: SPHERE (Strategic Public Health Equities and Real Estate) Investments. The investor – which has […]

Welltower, Brookdale, Ventas Execs: Industry at Occupancy Inflection Point, Could Alter Pricing Dynamics

This article is available as part of your SHN+ membership Industry heavyweights Welltower (NYSE: WELL), Ventas (NYSE: VTR) and Brookdale (NYSE: BKD) have now reported their Q423 and full-year results, and some themes and trends have emerged. The news is generally positive for the state of the industry, with leaders from all three companies zeroing […]

Ventas CEO: We Have ‘Line of Sight’ on More Than $300M in Senior Housing Deals

Ventas (NYSE: VTR) is gearing up for an active investment year ahead, with a “line of sight” on more than $300 million of senior housing deals this year, according to CEO Debra Cafaro. Last year, the Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT) raised more than $4 billion amid what Cafaro called “the most favorable supply […]

Top Senior Housing Trends for 2024

A new year always brings new challenges and opportunities. In 2024, the senior living industry will have plenty of both. The senior living sector endured a hard year in 2023, starting with multiple stories of operators shutting down or in distress, and ending with assisted living being slammed in the recent Washington Post series. But […]

Why Senior Living Operators’ ‘Real Test’ in Occupancy is Soon to Come

This story is available as part of your SHN+ membership Senior living operators are especially optimistic about the prospect of further occupancy growth in the coming year, at least according to their public comments. But as promising as 2024 seems, I think senior living operators still have a substantial hill left to climb and therefore […]

What’s Behind Recent Senior Living Margin Expansion – And What Lies Ahead

This content is available as part of your SHN+ membership Third quarter earnings calls highlighted the pain to be inflicted by “higher for longer” interest rates, but the calls also revealed positive trends related to the improving operating environment for senior living. In particular, leaders with Welltower (NYSE: WELL), Ventas (NYSE: VTR) and Brookdale (NYSE: […]

Why Senior Living Market Conditions Put REITs in the Driver’s Seat for 2024

This content is available as part of your SHN+ subscription We might be entering a golden age for senior housing REITs, judging by what the top leaders of Welltower (NYSE: WELL) and Ventas (NYSE: VTR) had to say during their companies’ most recent earnings calls. The senior living industry is entering a new period of […]