Capital Senior Living Move-Ins Set Record But Occupancy Declines

Though Capital Senior Living’s (NYSE: CSU) move-ins for the first quarter of 2018 were the company’s best-ever, occupancy still took a hit. That’s according to CEO Larry Cohen, who spoke about that and some of the company’s ongoing initiatives during the Dallas-based senior living operator’s first-quarter 2018 earnings call Tuesday. Capital Senior Living currently has 129 […]

Ventas Flying High After ‘Break-Out Quarter’

Ventas (NYSE: VTR) shares have been surging since the company announced its quarterly earnings last Friday, and its CEO Debra Cafaro received effusive praise from CNBC’s Jim Cramer during a Monday night appearance on his show Mad Money. “This was the quarter that we’ve all been looking for, all of the objections have been answered,” […]

Transactions & Financings: $1 Billion REIT IPO, LTC Sells Portfolio to NHI

Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust’s IPO Declared Effective by the SEC Maryland-based Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust, Inc., a public non-traded real estate investment trust (REIT) sponsored by SmartStop Asset Management, LLC, announced that its registration statement pertaining to an initial public offering of about $1.1 billion in shares of common stock was […]

Kendal Planning ‘Zen-Inspired’ Community in California Wine Country

Though many senior living providers have wellness or mindfulness initiatives, the Kendal Corporation could take the practice a step further with a community planned around the zen concept of “living lightly on the land.” The Kennett Square, Pennsylvania-based nonprofit is teaming up with senior housing developer Greenbrier and the San Francisco Zen Center to open a new “zen-inspired” senior living […]

Lendlease Makes Senior Housing Inroads in China with $301 Million Deal

Lendlease, an international property firm and a major player in Australia’s senior housing market, has inked a roughly $301 million deal to build a 900-unit retirement community in Shanghai. The Sydney, Australia-based company, which owns a portfolio of more than 70 retirement communities in Australia, has completed about 300 real estate projects in China since the 1990s. But […]

Transactions & Financings: Charter Senior Living, Grandbridge Seniors Housing

KeyBank Originates Financing for Chicago Pacific Founders Acquisition KeyBank Real Estate Capital recently originated the $14.4 million Fannie Mae financing for Chicago Pacific Founders’ purchase of Parkrose Estates Retirement Community, a 100-unit senior housing community in Liverpool, New York. Charlie Shoop of Key’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the financing, which provided a low-cost, floating-rate loan with […]