Editor’s Picks: REIT Hospital Plays, Boggles the Dog

This week on Senior Housing News, readers explored the various ways that the “Big Three” senior housing REITs are taking aim at the hospital system. They also learned the truth about oversupply risks in certain markets and discovered how power players can successfully expand into new regions. Here in the newsroom, we’re melting over Boggles, […]

How American House is Outgrowing ‘Regional Power Player’ Label

How can a power player in one distinct market expand into a new region successfully? One senior housing provider based in the Midwest is newly qualified to answer that question — and has further expansion plans for the future. Bloomfield Hills, Michigan-based American House Senior Living Communities recently announced ground breaking on the last phase of […]

Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: LTC, Sagora, Corona Care

Institutional Property Advisors Announces Senior Housing Transactions Totaling Over $6 million Institutional Property Advisors has announced its facilitation of the transactions of two senior housing facilities in Iowa and Illinois for more than $6 million total. Misty Meadows Senior Living Center in Metropolis, Illinois was sold by a limited liability company to Damen Healthcare for $4.38 […]

Virtus Real Estate Capital JV Buys Senior Living Property for $7.65 Millon

Virtus Real Estate Capital and American House Senior Living recently announced the acquisition of Sterling Woods, an independent living community in a Detroit suburb, for $7.65 million at a trailing 12-month cap rate of 8.5%. The property, known as American House Sterling Woods, is a 78-unit community consisting entirely of one- and two-bedroom apartments. The […]

Senior Living Providers Embracing Consumer Reviews as Marketing Tool

Americans often turn to online consumer reviews to inform their purchasing decisions for a variety of products, including senior living options, and some providers are taking a proactive approach by using interactive customer feedback for marketing purposes. Websites such as start-up Silver Living and fellow consumer resource Caring.com bill themselves as third-party information sources that […]