Welltower CEO: Debt Maturities Helping Create Best Investment Environment ‘We Have Ever Seen’

Welltower CEO Shankh Mitra has a lot on his plate at the tail-end of 2023. Welltower (NYSE: WELL) is gearing up to launch its in-house operating platform in Canada within the coming weeks with Cogir, which recently expanded its relationship with the Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust (REIT). All the while, billions of dollars […]

Healthpeak, Physicians Realty Trust to Merge in $21 Billion Deal

Healthpeak Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PEAK) and Physicians Realty Trust (NYSE: DOC) have entered into an agreement to combine in an all-stock merger valued at approximately $21 billion, according to a news release issued Monday.  Healthpeak’s senior housing holdings now include 15 continuing care retirement communities (CCRC) in five states and Washington D.C., with the highest […]

Senior Living Operators Report Length of Stay Improvement But Recovery Still Choppy

This content is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living operators are improving care coordination and life enrichment offering for residents in a bid to improve length of stay (LoS) — while also being patient as the market appears to be normalizing from disruptions related to Covid-19. Many providers have reported that acuity among residents […]

In the Pipeline: Minnesota Nonprofit Opens First Community Since 1912; Ryan, Grand Living Finish Texas Project

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Completed Nonprofit senior living provider opens first new community since 1912 Lyngblomsten, a Minnesota-based nonprofit senior services […]

How One Industry Innovator is Rethinking Memory Care in Senior Living ‘Capstone Project’

A longtime senior living innovator and Georgetown University adjunct faculty member is touting a new memory care design undertaken at a life plan community in Virginia as a next-generation vision for the industry. The community earlier this year unveiled a new approach involving technology and physical renovations that amounted to creating a “first-of-its-kind” memory care […]

How Discovery, Merrill Gardens, Benchmark Have Evolved Operations to Fuel Growth

The nature of senior living management companies is inherently evolving as providers look to make regional inroads and grow in a challenging economic climate. Management companies have changed structurally over the last two decades, going from predominantly triple-net leases to management agreements that more closely align operators and owners behind the same goals. Rather than […]

In the Pipeline: Oak Trace Starts on Final Renovation Phase; Milestone Housing Group Develops Affordable Senior Housing Project

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: In Progress Final phase of Illinois community expansion underway The Oak Trace senior living community in Downers […]

Waltonwood Senior Living, Wayne State University Launch Intergenerational Memory Care Program

Editor’s Note: We are thrilled to launch Memory Care Business, a weekly newsletter that will inform memory care professionals about the latest clinical innovations, breakthroughs in medical research and technology, best practices in operations, deals shaping the sector, and more. Thank you to those who have already subscribed, and we invite others to click here to receive […]