Welltower CEO: We ‘Strongly Believe’ Labor Market is Improving, RevPOR Increase Sets Record

Improvements in senior housing fundamentals for Welltower (NYSE: WELL) are creating a “strong setup for 2023,” according to CEO and Chief Investment Officer Shankh Mitra. Specifically, Welltower’s senior housing operators demonstrated historically strong pricing power in Q3 2022, and Mitra is even more excited about positive workforce trends. “We strongly believe the labor market is […]

ProMedica Portfolio Skews To Memory Care As Welltower, Integra Health JV Takes 147 SNFs

ProMedica’s senior care portfolio is being pared down substantially. The Toledo, Ohio-based organization will continue to operate 58 Arden Courts memory care communities that are in a joint venture with Welltower (NYSE: WELL), but is shedding nearly 150 skilled nursing assets. More specifically, Welltower is selling and transitioning 147 skilled nursing facilities currently operated by […]

Transactions & Financings: Brookdale Completes Sale of Home Health, Hospice Arms; Vicar’s Landing Secures $116M Bond Financing

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) completed the previously announced sale of its home health, hospice and outpatient therapy business line to HCA Healthcare. The sale was first announced in February. Under the terms of the deal, the Brentwood, Tennessee-based senior housing operator sold an 80% stake in Brookdale Healthcare Services to HCA for $400 million. […]

Memory Care Pioneer Arden Courts Modernizes as Part of ProMedica, Welltower JV

When former President Ronald Reagan announced his Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis in November 1994, clinical studies geared toward finding a cure for the disease were in their infancy, and long-term care facilities were mostly focused on treating residents in the early throes of cognitive decline. It was in this environment in which HCR ManorCare opened its […]