Post-Acute Giant HealthSouth Expands Through $730 Million Acquisition

One of the nation’s largest post-acute care providers is getting bigger, as today, HealthSouth Corporation (NYSE: HLS) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the operations of Reliant Hospital Partners, LLC for a cash purchase price of $730 million. HealthSouth offers both facility-based and home-based post-acute care services in 33 states and Puerto Rico via […]

NY Times: Graying America Paves Way For Greener Senior Living

As baby boomers age and seek healthier, greener senior living alternatives, the number of “eco-conscious” retirement communities — while still rare in the U.S. — is expected to grow in number, according to a recent New York Times article.  “Moving forward, in the next 20 years, these green communities will become the standard,” said Andrew […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (6/11/15)

(The Westerly Residences and Wichita Presbyterian Manor – Photo courtesy of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America) Construction: Planned LTC Properties Buys Land for New Chicago-Area Memory Care Development LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC), a real estate investment trust (REIT) based in Westlake Village, Calif., this week acquired 3.5 acres of land in Tinley Park, Ill., a south suburb […]

Mainstreet Plans Big for $5 Billion in Post-Acute Development

The nation’s largest developer of post-acute, transitional care facilities is set to solidify and strengthen its position with a five-year $5 billion development pipeline and a strategy that could lead to another massive deal like last year’s HealthLease sale. Indiana-based Mainstreet has an “identified pipeline” to develop $1 billion in properties each year over the […]

Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: REIT Mega Deal, LTC Properties

Washington Nursing Facility Sells for $6.6 Million  Shoreline Health and Rehab, a 106-bed skilled nursing facility in Shoreline, Wash., recently sold for $6.625 million, a purchase price driven, in part, by its $3 million renovation in 2012, according to Evans Senior Investments, which facilitated the sale. “Although well-managed from an expense perspective, the facility historically […]

Apartment Operator Enters Senior Living With Historic Turnaround

Recognizing that the aging U.S. population is set to drive demand to unprecedented levels, companies that have focused on other kinds of real estate now are turning to senior housing. For instance, recent months have seen multifamily mainstays Alliance Residential and Drever Capital Management enter the senior living space. While these companies are planning ambitious, […]

Sabra Acquires 9 Senior Housing Properties, Plans to Develop 10 More

A month after Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBRA) announced its pipeline would more than double, the senior housing investor is making good on its promise with a nine-property senior housing portfolio acquisition and a 10-property development pipeline. The real estate investment trust has agreed to purchase a nine-property senior housing portfolio in Canada for approximately […]