Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) made forward progress on its occupancy rate in the first quarter of 2021, and CEO Cindy Baier is hopeful that the pandemic is waning. But, she also described a highly competitive environment and anticipates pricing pressure in the months ahead. That optimism is buoyed by the fact that the Brentwood, […]
One of the nation’s largest senior living operators will be smaller in the future, as Five Star Senior Living (Nasdaq: FVE) will soon exit management of 108 communities. With this recent news, now all three of the largest publicly traded U.S. senior living operators — Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD); Capital Senior Living (NYSE: CSU); […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) opted to extend its lease with real estate investment trust LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) through Dec. 31, 2021. Brookdale holds an option to extend the lease through April 30, 2022. Rent terms under the master lease did not change. Westlake, California-based LTC also extended a $4 million capital commitment to […]
Senior living executives routinely tell me that the sector’s biggest competitive threat is at-home care, which enables older adults to avoid moves into communal settings. If that’s true, senior living leaders should be quaking. While they strive to regain their financial and operational footing, capital is pouring into the at-home care space. In just the […]
Senior living providers face myriad problems and challenges, particularly in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. But these problems are not insurmountable, and companies across the industry are devising creative solutions. In this series, we’re surveying industry leaders to highlight these actionable solutions. For this edition, we asked leaders with Pegasus Senior Living, Cypress Living, Juniper […]
Federal health officials are recommending a halt in administering the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine as they review a small number of reported cases of a rare and severe type of blood clot. A prolonged pause on the vaccine could affect vaccination efforts in senior living communities, but it’s not clear by how much or […]
In the first three months of the year, U.S. senior occupancy fell to a new record-low level, of 78.8%. That occupancy rate was 1.8 percentage points lower than in Q4 2020 and 8.7 percentage points lower than a year prior, according to NIC MAP Vision data released Thursday. Assisted living occupancy was even lower, hitting […]
Welltower (NYSE: WELL) is improving its liquidity debt maturities situations. The Toledo, Ohio-based health care real estate investment trust closed a $750 million offering of 2.8% senior unsecured notes, due in June 2031. Welltower will use the net proceeds to redeem $340 million of outstanding 3.75% senior notes due March 2023, and $335 million of […]
“If we could have gotten out of December, we would have been largely unscathed.” Those are the words of The Springs Living Founder and CEO Fee Stubblefield, and they reflect what he said was the roughest month for the provider in the nearly 14-month fight against the coronavirus pandemic. December was the peak of the […]
Senior living providers recovering from the pandemic are using discounts and concessions to regain occupancy, raising concerns about price wars as companies across the industry strive to rebuild occupancy. In November 2020, providers such as Five Star Senior Living (NYSE: FVE) were already observing deep discounts and concessions in the market. Other data, including mystery […]