HCP, Brookdale Hammer Out Changes to Master Lease

HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP) has taken another step in its ongoing efforts to reduce the number of Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) properties in its portfolio. Three new amendments to its master triple-net lease with Brookdale will enable HCP to move forward with previously announced plans to terminate leases on 25 Brookdale communities and sell […]

Largest Nonprofit Senior Housing Providers of 2016

The largest senior housing providers in the nonprofit sector for 2016 have been selected, with the information in a yearly report from industry association LeadingAge and investment bank Ziegler. In this year’s 13th annual LeadingAge Ziegler 150 (LZ 150), more than three-quarters of the providers on the list are faith-based, and nearly half provide affordable […]

Foreign Investors, Private Equity Snapping Up Senior Housing Real Estate

With strong tailwinds buoyed by promising demographics, the U.S. senior housing industry has become very attractive not only to the traditional buyers of health care real estate, but also increasingly to private equity and overseas investors. As health care real estate investment trusts continue to make strategic dispositions and refocus their portfolios, foreign capital is seizing acquisition […]

CEO: Ventas is an ‘Acquisition Machine’

Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) has had a busy 2016, from entering the life science real estate business to recently announcing plans to sell its skilled nursing portfolio to Kindred Healthcare (NYSE: KND) for $700 million. But the Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT) has no signs of slowing down. Chances are, Ventas will be acquisition-heavy […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (11/17/16)

(Rendering of The Blake at Edgewater located in Indian Land, S.C. — photo courtesy of The Blake) Construction: Planned Thrive Senior Living Announces New Community in Florida In partnership with Fortress Ventures and Compass Real Estate, Thrive Senior Living has announced the development a new senior living community in Naples, Fla., Thrive at Naples. The […]

Webinar: Senior Housing Finance & Investment Outlook for 2017

Over the last 12 months, senior living owners and investors have seen big deals, small deals, joint ventures and REIT spinoffs. With talk of oversupply in certain regions, interested investors are taking a close look at opportunities. Deal volume is down from previous years, but a few blockbuster transactions have grabbed headlines in late 2016. […]