Leaders with Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) reported lower-than-expected average occupancy and revenue in the second quarter of this year as the company continues to transition communities once belonging to former operator AlerisLife. Average occupancy for the company’s same-store senior housing operating portfolio (SHOP) registered at 83.1% for the second quarter of 2026, representing a […]
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Diversified Healthcare Trust (NYSE: DHC) is building on its portfolio transformation and pivoting to value creation in 2026, according to CEO Chris Bilotto. In 2026, DHC is deploying capital into senior living communities to reposition skilled nursing units for independent living, assisted living and memory care services. DHC has completed 116 community transitions stemming from […]
Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC) will focus in 2026 on “narrowing the gap” on occupancy and margin fueled by new operator relationships, according to DHC President and CEO Chris Bilotto. At the end of last year, DHC finalized the transition of 116 AlerisLife communities to seven new operators, a move at the time Bilotto said […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Discovery Senior Living is overhauling its data and technology capabilities to support growth across its nine regional management companies. Discovery now relies on the Amazon Web Services, Azure and the Google Cloud “data warehouse” known as Snowflake, which pairs analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) to support data […]
Diversified Healthcare Trust (NASDAQ: DHC) is “substantially done” with its community sales after offloading more properties in the fourth quarter of 2025. Now, the company is redeploying those funds into its communities. The company in 2025 offloaded 69 properties, including 19 communities in its senior housing operating portfolio (SHOP), for approximately $605 million. Subsequent to […]
In 2026, the oldest boomers are turning 80. Senior living operators still may not be ready to serve them, according to the industry’s leaders. For one, the senior living industry is still mired in development woes at a time when demand is only growing. In fact, the number of senior living units in some markets […]
Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) has completed transitioning 116 communities formerly managed by AlerisLife to other operators. The company outlined the transition plan in October 2025 and completed moving the communities to seven other operators by the end of 2025, with the majority of the portfolio going to Discovery Senior Living, Sinceri Senior Living and […]
New CEOs stepping in to lead high-profile operators, mergers and acquisitions worth billions of dollars, a looming development crisis – these were the topics of the most-read stories on Senior Housing News in 2025. As the senior living industry hopes to pivot to growth in 2026 and beyond, it is grappling with challenges that include […]
Sinceri Senior Living has exploded with growth in the last five years, going from 37 communities in 2020 to 138 today. The Vancouver, Washington-based operator has hit the accelerator on expansion through third party management contracts, with plans to continue growing looking ahead. Earlier this month, took an additional 38 communities into its portfolio after […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Multiple brands, dense portfolios centered on specific regions, new incentives to achieve alignment in operations – this is the future of senior living owner-operator relations. Recently, Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) took this strategy when it transitioned 116 communities to six senior living operating companies. The Newton, […]
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