Sonida Senior Living to Acquire 8-Community Portfolio for $103M 

Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA) is planning to  acquire an eight-property senior living portfolio in Florida and South Carolina for $103 million. The acquisition, announced in a press release Thursday, includes properties “located in attractive submarkets” and adds to the company’s footprint in Florida and South Carolina. The portfolio in total spans 555 units, offering […]

National Church Residences Acquires Atlanta Highrise, Expanding Affordable Senior Housing Footprint

National Church Residences has acquired an affordable senior housing highrise in Atlanta, expanding its portfolio in the metro area. On Thursday the organization announced it had acquired from the Episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip a 99-year ground lease interest on a community formerly known as Cathedral Towers. The 14-story apartment building was built in 1979 […]

LifeLoop Acquires Linked Senior, Expanding Services to 50,000 New Residents

LifeLoop has acquired engagement platform Linked Senior, bringing together the two services under one banner. Paige Mantel, chief marketing officer at LifeLoop, said both companies are largely complementary and have a shared philosophy of improving the senior living resident experience using technology. Under the acquisition, Linked Senior Founder and CEO Charles de Vilmorin and Linked […]

Welltower Announces $750M Private Offering to Repay Debt, Fund Senior Living Investments

Welltower (NYSE: WELL) is seeking additional capital with which to pay down loans and invest in new senior housing assets. The Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust (REIT) on Monday announced that its operating company, known as “Welltower OP,” has launched a new $750 million private placement offering. The initial purchasers also have an option […]

Sonida Senior Living Adds 8 Communities in Two Joint-Venture Agreements

Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA) has announced the addition of eight new senior living communities as part of two joint-venture agreements. The Dallas-based senior living operator on Tuesday said the communities were added in May and July. All told, the company is adding 790 units of independent, assisted living and memory care units. The JVs […]

Ventas Sees ‘Exceptional’ Opportunities for More Growth in 2024

Ventas (NYSE: VTR) has a runway for growth in North America and the U.K. – but opportunities to expand in the U.S. are “exceptional right now,” according to CEO Debra Cafaro. “This is one the first times in my career where I’ve seen high going-in cash yields on quality assets in good markets that also […]

Memory Care Transactions and Financings: Merrill Gardens To Manage Multiple Properties; Blueprint Sells Three Communities

Transactions Blueprint advises on sale of Michigan community Blueprint announced it advised a real estate investment trust in the sale of an assisted living and memory care community in Wyoming, Michigan on April 4. According to a press release, the community was built in 2015 and consists of 102 units. The seller selected a Virginia-based […]

Pacifica Adds 15 Communities in $180.5M Deal, as RHF Shifts Senior Living Strategy 

Privately owned real estate and private equity firm Pacifica Companies has purchased a 15-community portfolio from Retirement Housing Foundation. That’s according to an April 19 press release from Chicago-based specialty investment bank Ziegler, which advised on the $180.5 million transaction for the non-profit. The purchased portfolio represents “the majority of RHF’s presence in market-rate senior […]