Ventas “Looking Hard” at Hospital Real Estate as New Sweet Spot

Chicago-based real estate investment trust Ventas Inc. (NYSE:VTR) is “looking hard” at hospital real estate as a new investment sector, CEO Debra Cafaro said in an interview with Crain’s Chicago Business. Public companies only own 10% of the $1 trillion, “highly fragmented” healthcare real estate market. Cafaro expects a continued transfer of properties from the […]

Ensign Acquires Three Skilled Nursing Properties in Texas

The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:ENSG) announced Wednesday the acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities (SNF) in Texas.  The facilities include San Marcos Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, a 129-bed SNF in San Marcos; The Courtyard Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, a 56-bed SNF in Victoria; and La Cila Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, a 152-bed SNF also in […]

Brookdale Sells Two Senior Living Communities to Kandu Capital

Kandu Capital, LLC and its operating company Bloom Senior Living announced on Monday the acquisition of two senior living communities in Bluffton and Hilton Head, S.C. for $7.2 million from Brookdale Senior Living. “These acquisitions follow our strategic approach of selectively acquiring and managing well-located, value-add communities that fit within our existing portfolio,” said Bradley Dubin, […]

Mainstreet-Affiliated REIT Acquiring $142 Million Senior Housing Portfolio

Mainstreet Property Group announced today that the board of trustees of its affiliated REIT has approved the acquisition of 13 senior housing and care properties. HealthLease Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: HLP.UN) will acquire properties located in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia totaling 978 beds for an aggregate purchase price of $141.7 million.  The […]

Senior Housing Investment and Acquisition Round-Up (3/18/13)

Capital Senior Living Buys Senior Care Property for $6.6 Million Capital Senior Living recently purchased an assisted living and memory care community in Elkhorn, Neb., for $6.6 million in a transaction handled by Senior Living Investment Brokerage. Marquis Place of Elkhorn, located in a suburb of Omaha, was built in 2002 with an addition completed […]

AdCare to Buy Two Skilled Nursing Facilities for $28 Million

AdCare Property Holdings, LLC—a wholly owned subsidiary of AdCare Health Systems, Inc.—announced last week it has entered into an agreement with Avalon Health Care, LLC to acquire two skilled nursing facilities (SNF) for $28 million.  The Nashville-based facilities that are being acquired include a 180-bed facility known as Bethany Health and Rehab, and a 240-bed […]

Investor Group Makes Senior Housing Entry With Distressed Vegas Deal

Cerulean Partners, LLC recently announced the $4.25 million acquisition of a 116-unit independent living community in Las Vegas, Nev. in a joint venture with Real Estate Special Opportunity Portfolio and Real Estate Portfolio Management, both California-based investment funds. The total deal cost was $5.2 million including cap-ex dollars and closing fees.  Destinations at Eastern was […]

Senior Housing Investments and Acquisitions (2/11/13)

REIT Buys N.C. ALF for $9.7 Million in Sale-Leaseback Transaction with Meridian Meridian Senior Living recently sold an assisted living community to Cornerstone Core Properties REIT Inc., an investment fund of Irvine, Calif.-based Cornerstone Real Estate Funds, for $9.7 million in a sale-leaseback transaction, reports The Business Journal. Danby House is a 100-bed, 27,129-square-foot community […]