Brookdale and HCP Create $1.2 Billion Joint Venture to Acquire CCRCs

Senior living giant Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD) and real estate investment trust HCP Inc. (NYSE:HCP) today announced a joint venture encompassing a $1.2 billion portfolio of entrance fee Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs). The venture will own and operate 14 entry-fee CCRCs and will create the largest healthcare REIT platform to operate and acquire these […]

Brookdale, Emeritus One Step Closer to Closing Merger Deal

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) and Emeritus Corp. (NYSE: ESC) are one step closer to closing the merger that will make them the largest senior living provider in the nation. The companies announced Thursday that the mandatory waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 has expired, allowing the merger to move forward […]

Most Popular News of the Week: Biggest Losers in the Brookdale Merger

In case you missed it… here are the top five headlines grabbing SHN readers’ attention this week.  Biggest Losers in the Brookdale-Emeritus Deal: The Big 3 REITs—Following the news that Emeritus and Brookdale would merge, creating the largest senior housing entity in the nation, analysts expressed their ideas on why this may not bode so […]

Top 10 U.S. Senior Housing Owners of 2013

Ventas tops ASHA’s annual list of largest U.S. senior housing owners for the third year in a row, followed by Health Care REIT, which edged above #3 Brookdale Senior Living for the second spot in 2013. The American Seniors Housing Association’s Top 50 list was released by the National Real Estate Investor with data compiled […]

Which Senior Living Communities Earned Top Ratings in 2013?

Online senior living resource SeniorHomes.com on Tuesday released a list of top-rated senior living communities located in nearly 20 major metropolitan markets across the United States. To generate the Best Senior Living Awards list of top-rated and winning communities, SeniorHomes.com compiled state inspection reports, consulted with more than 200 senior living professionals to get their […]

Emeritus Launches New Customer Satisfaction System

In the first survey of its kind for the nationwide senior living company, Emeritus (NYSE: ESC) is rolling out a new customer satisfaction system to be implemented beginning in December. The company has contracted with a third party, Mindshare, that will allow Emeritus to survey its residents and their family and friends both on their […]

Web Traffic Varies Widely for Top-10 Senior Living Providers

Among the top 10 senior living providers ranked by size by the Assisted Living Federation of America, traffic to the providers’ websites varies widely. While for the very largest providers, site traffic aligns largely with number residents, for others among the Top-10, traffic is less proportional.  According to data compiled by SHN based on traffic […]

Top Senior Living Companies Examining Sector’s Healthcare Role

Nine of the biggest senior living companies are working with Harvard Medical School researchers to examine the sector’s role in the changing healthcare system. Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE:BKD), Atria Senior Living, Elmcroft Senior Living, Emeritus Corporation (NYSE:ESC), Erickson Living, HCP, Inc. (NYSE:HCP), Health Care REIT, Inc. (NYSE:HCN), Sunrise Senior Living, and Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) have […]