Leisure Care Grows 20% in One Year, Adds New Property to Management Portfolio

Third-party management company Leisure Care has seen its operations portfolio grow 20% in the last year with the addition of Brighton Bay, recently acquired by The Carlyle Group.  Since May 2011, Leisure Care has added eight communities to its management portfolio. Brighton Bay, a 185-unit senior living community located in Jacksonville, Fla., marks the company’s […]

Sabra’s Hot for Senior Housing Heading Into Second Half; Q2 Net Income Nearly Triples

Headed into the second half of 2012, Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NYSE:SBRA) is planning to turn its attentions to the senior housing market, said its chairman and CEO Rick Matros during REITWeek 2012: NAREIT’s Investor Forum. Sabra’s portfolio is currently dominated by skilled nursing assets, but it may start looking more diversified in the next few months. The […]

Holiday Retirement Buys New York Senior Housing Community for $5 Million

Holiday Retirement recently acquired Heritage Arms, a senior housing community located in Glenville, N.Y., for $5 million, reports The Business Review.  Heritage Arms is a 95-unit independent living community formerly owned by the estate of Peter Polsinelli Sr., who listed the property with Prudential Blake Commercial in July of 2010 for $5.275 million. Mike Boehne […]

IntegraCare Adds Three Senior Living Communities to Portfolio

IntegraCare added three Pennsylvania senior living properties with a total of 225 beds to its portfolio in June for an undisclosed purchase price. The communities are located in Clearfield, Bedford, and Tyrone, all in Central Pennsylvania. They’re located nearby IntegraCare’s three existing properties in Central Pennsylvania; the company says the acquisition enhances its ability to […]

Gentiva Expands Reach, Acquires Indiana Hospice Provider

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTIV) announced on Thursday that it had acquired Advocate Hospice, located in Danville, Ind., for an undisclosed price.  Advocate was founded in 2006 and is a leading provider of end-of-life care in its community. “The addition of Advocate Hospice to the Gentiva family enables us to expand our coverage in central […]

Health Care REIT Buys Fla. Senior Care Community for $30 Million

Toledo, Ohio-based Health Care REIT recently acquired a Florida assisted living and memory care community for $30 million in a sale-leaseback transaction, reports the Herald-Tribune.  The REIT purchased the operation, the Windsor at Lakewood Ranch, from companies belonging to Timothy J. Buchanan and Stephen D. Russell.  The acquisition includes two buildings, one that is 70,000 […]