Executives with Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) are reducing their salaries and the Chicago-based firm is cutting about a quarter of its corporate staff as part of an effort to maintain financial strength in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The real estate investment trust (REIT) is one of the largest owners of senior housing properties […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked what one analyst is calling a “Great Reset” — and the result has been topsy-turvy for the senior living industry. Investor sentiment may be shifting against senior housing in favor of the once-shunned skilled nursing sector. Related, the pandemic is helping some senior housing owners that have been working for […]
KeyBank secures $84M financing for 11-property Midwest Health portfolio. A KeyBank Real Estate Capital team led by Vice President Lee Delaveris secured an $84 financing package through Fannie Mae for an 11-property portfolio consisting of independent living and assisted living facilities owned and operated by Midwest Health. The portfolio comprises 584 units with properties located […]
Like senior living providers across the nation, Belmont Village has been tested by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet, despite increased costs and operational complexities, Covid-19 is also spurring innovation and could present growth opportunities for the Houston-based provider, according to President Mercedes Kerr. After a decade with Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust Welltower (NYSE: WELL), […]
The coronavirus pandemic sent occupancy rates for senior housing and skilled nursing communities on a downward trajectory in April, according to a new intra-quarterly report released Tuesday by the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Senior housing stabilized occupancy among NIC’s 31 primary markets dropped 110 basis points to 88.7% — the […]
No other U.S. public finance sector has been hurt more by the Covid-19 pandemic than senior housing and care, according to Moody’s Investor Service. “While many hospitals, entities with bonds secured by taxes frozen during the economic shutdown, and other types of enterprises are seeing some pinch, no other sector has seen the singular confluence […]
Real estate developer KT Urban is partnering with Related Companies and Atria Senior Living to bring a mixed-use project to Cupertino, California. Plans for the Westport Cupertino project call for 88 townhomes and 206 senior living units, KT Urban Partner Shawn Milligan told Senior Housing News. The project also will involve a 20,000-square-foot retail component, […]
Welltower sells Florida assisted living facility for $56M Welltower (NYSE: WELL) sold Aston Gardens Assisted Living in Parkland, Florida for $55.7 million, The Real Deal Miami reports. The buyer was Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. the property is operated by Discovery Senior Living. The property sold for $78 million in 2015. The latest sale marks a […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has driven up expenses and dragged down revenue for smaller or single-site senior living providers who lack the cash reserves of their larger peers. For some providers, funds from the payroll protection program (PPP) have acted as a life preserver in turbulent times — but the long-term outlook remains hazy despite the […]
Ventas (NYSE: VTR) saw its senior housing occupancy tumble in the first quarter of 2020 as a similar story played out across industry. But the company is hopeful that a new financial structure with one of its large tenants will help create value and preserve operational flexibility in its portfolio going forward. Like its other […]