In its largest transaction in four years, National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) has acquired a portfolio of communities in North Carolina for $121 million. The portfolio of communities includes 10 assisted living and memory care communities totaling 522 units. The communities are on a 15-year master lease with two five-year renewal options built in. Current […]
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This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living operators are taking a more careful approach to resident rate increases in 2025 as higher revenue and lower costs push average margins higher. In 2024, many operators increased resident rental rates for private-pay senior living units at a steeper pace, with some implementing double-digit increases. […]
Value-based care is still a big driver in how senior living operators are meeting future challenges. That’s according to a recent survey by the American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) and tech firm August Health. The survey includes responses from 68 senior living clinical leaders between July 15 and August 15 of this year. Nearly a […]
Editor’s note: You can hear more from senior living executives, including Experience Senior Living President Phill Barklow, on the topic of ongoing development at the upcoming (RE)BUILD conference. Experience Senior Living is advancing new development projects in an effort to capitalize on new senior living demand in the years ahead. The Denver, Colorado-based senior living operator […]
Demand for senior living has continued to exceed the rate of new community openings in 2024, a trend that could lead to increasingly tight availability for such services down the road. According to the latest NIC MAP Vision occupancy report, released Oct. 3, the occupancy rate across the 31 primary markets that NIC MAP tracks […]
This article is part of your SHN+ subscription The senior living industry must do more to reach more middle-market older adults in the years ahead, or it may face a steep challenge. To Gardant Management Solutions Co-President Greg Echols, the industry faces a looming “capacity of care crisis” that will force more companies to rethink […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription This week, senior living industry executives and leaders gathered for the annual NIC Fall Conference, which took place this year in Washington, D.C. Although last year’s conference was somewhat gloom and doom, this year felt more optimistic, and several operators discussed with me their plans to prepare […]
The senior living industry has a “three-body problem” – but new research shows it also potentially holds the solution to that problem. Recent data analysis by researchers NORC at the University of Chicago in partnership with the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC) found that the senior housing industry shows promise for […]
The Palace Group and Brightview Senior Living have retained their spots as the first- and second-place “Best Workplaces for Aging Services.” This annual list, compiled by Activated Insights and announced this week, ranks the top aging services workplaces nationwide and categorizes them as either large or small- and medium-sized. Chicago-based Vi Living moved into the […]
The senior housing industry is engaged in a “Goldilocks” period of growing rates and margins, according to leaders with American Healthcare REIT (NYSE: AHR). The industry is seeing a period of historically low construction starts and high demand according to Brian Peay, chief financial officer of American Healthcare REIT. For the company’s operating partners, including […]