Transactions & Financings: HJ Sims, JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage

HJ Sims Arranges Closing of $15 Million Loan for Life Plan Community in Atlanta HJ Sims recently facilitated the closing of a $15 million revolving pre-development financing for a life plan community in Atlanta, Georgia. The community—Lenbrook—anticipates incurring up to roughly $15 million in pre-development costs for a planned expansion. The pre-development costs will mainly […]

Canadian Operator Cogir Hopes Brookdale Portfolio Deal Can Spur U.S. Expansion

A Montreal-based firm has plans to rapidly scale up its U.S. senior living operations, after agreeing to take over management of a dozen properties from Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD). Real estate investment trust (REIT) Welltower (NYSE: WELL) first announced in June plans to scale back its Brookdale portfolio and divvy up dozens of Brookdale-managed properties to other operators. […]

$428 Million Brookdale Portfolio to be Apollo’s Senior Living Investment Launchpad

Private equity giant Apollo Global Management plans to invest further in senior living after acquiring a portfolio of 22 properties currently managed by Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), a person with knowledge of the deal told Senior Housing News. New York City-based Apollo is an alternative investment management firm that currently has about $247 billion […]

Leisure Care Targets New East Coast Markets in Nationwide Expansion

Leisure Care has entered into a period of steady growth, with a plan to bring its hospitality-driven brand of senior living communities to new markets across the East Coast and elsewhere. The Seattle-based senior living operator is teaming up with partners including Columbia Pacific Advisors to identify new U.S. markets for development opportunities. The company is […]

Activist Shareholder Blasts Brookdale’s Board, Again Pushes for Real Estate Sales

A vocal activist shareholder with Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) has some choice words for the company’s leaders, and is once again seeking to convince them to unlock more value from its real estate through asset sales. Stamford, Connecticut-based Land and Buildings Investment Management LLC wrote in its latest open letter to shareholders that Brookdale’s […]

Five Star Reevaluates Skilled Nursing Exposure as Senior Living Revenue Sags

Five Star Senior Living (Nasdaq: FVE) is mulling the future of some of its communities’ skilled nursing units as industry headwinds continue to batter the company’s bottom line. Occupancy at the Newton, Massachusetts-based operator’s owned and leased senior living communities was 81.4% for the second quarter of 2018, a 170 basis-point decrease from the 83.1% […]