Land & Buildings Investment Management continued its aggrieved pen pal relationship with Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) on Tuesday. The activist shareholder sent the nation’s largest senior living operator’s shareholders its third open letter in July, the latest attempt to push Brookdale to unlock the value of its real estate. The newest letter does not […]
Providing residents with a “concierge” — a primary point of contact to assist them with their medical needs and care — can result in numerous benefits both to older adults and senior living providers. The model can significantly improve residents’ overall health and quality of life, reduce health care costs and make care delivery more […]
Ventas (NYSE: VTR) continues to deal with the realities of senior housing supply and demand dynamics, even as the company prepares for what it believes will be a reversal of fortune in that segment of its portfolio over the next five years. The Chicago-based health care real estate investment trust (REIT) reported funds from operations […]
A notable dropoff in megadeals has not slowed investor interest in long-term care and assisted living properties, because the industry remains attractive to investors who recognize managing rising costs and population health remain priorities. Notably, deal value for long-term care assets, which includes assisted living, saw the largest increase in multiple value versus the previous […]
Watermark Retirement Communities CEO David Barnes remembers the first time he recognized his company could be more inclusive for all. About seven or eight years ago, two gay men visited Watermark’s central office in Tucson, Arizona for advice on conducting market research for building a senior housing community exclusively for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and […]
Madison Marquette, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate investment manager and real estate services provider, partnered with a Bahraini investment firm to acquire a six-property senior housing portfolio. GFH Financial Group announced the acquisition on Tuesday, valuing the deal at over $180 million. The portfolio totals 509 units/589 beds in a mix of private-pay independent living, […]
Sean Kelly hit the ground running as president and CEO of The Kendal Corporation, and he has yet to slow down since taking the reins in 2016. Kelly has spearheaded a new vision for providing services, entering into strategic partnerships for home health services, modernizing existing communities and planning new projects that will incorporate new […]
Invesque secures $80M credit facility People’s United Bank, a subsidiary of People’s United Financial (Nasdaq: PBCT), announced its healthcare finance and capital markets divisions served as lead arranger and administrative agent for an $80 million senior secured credit facility to Invesque (TSX: IVQ.U). The facility will be used to refinance existing debt associated with the […]
With the exception of affordable senior housing communities, the senior living industry has been slow to pursue sustainable building certifications such as LEED. This lag is happening in large part due to financial considerations but could be short-sighted, given changes in building codes and consumer expectations. State and local building codes across the country are […]
Two senior housing operators — one for-profit and one nonprofit — are taking different approaches to cutting rents and costs to accommodate the demand for a growing middle-market consumer base. Presbyterian Homes & Services Vice President Jon Fletcher and Affinity Living Group CEO Charlie Trefzger shared their strategies during a webinar Tuesday sponsored by the […]
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