Transactions & Financings: PGIM’s $222M Financing for Aegis; Healthpeak Prices $1.45B in Notes

Earlier this month, Aegis Living and its joint venture partner, Blue Moon Capital Partners, acquired 10 assisted living and memory care communities from Healthpeak Properties (NYSE: PEAK) for about $350 million. The deal was facilitated in part by a $222 million Fannie Mae credit facility arranged by PGIM Real Estate. The 10-year interest-only loan is […]

Transactions & Financings: LCS Assumes Operations of Rose Senior Living; United Church Homes’ New Development Venture

Sales and operator transitions Life Care Services assumes management of former Rose Senior Living communities Life Care Services assumed management of six communities owned by Rose Senior Living, an operator based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The communities include: Heritage at Irene Woods, Memphis, Tennessee Rose Senior Living and Rose Villas, Avon, Ohio Rose Senior Living, […]

Top Senior Housing Trends for 2021

Among the many lessons that Covid-19 drove home in 2020: No one can predict what the future holds. But as the senior living industry battles the latest wave of infections and starts to beat back the pandemic through vaccination, it’s also more important than ever to look ahead and try to identify what trends will […]

Life Plan Communities Buoyed by Independent Living Resilience, Strong Home Sales

The resilience of independent living during Covid-19, coupled with a stronger-than-expected market for residential home sales, will contribute to a stable outlook for life plan communities in 2021. That’s according to a report released Wednesday from Fitch Ratings. The credit rating agency also cited favorable demographic trends and good access to capital markets as contributing […]

Transactions & Financings: Ziegler’s $184M Financing Deal Volume, Commonwealth Senior Living Acquires Virginia Community

Sales and operator transitions Commonwealth Senior Living acquires Virginia assisted living facility Commonwealth Senior Living acquired Cedar Manor Assisted Living, an assisted living facility in Chesapeake, Virginia including 60 assisted living beds and 12 memory care beds. The community will be rebranded as Commonwealth Senior Living at Cedar Manor. Immediately after the holiday season, the […]

Transactions & Financings: AccentCare, Seasons Hospice Merging; Ziegler’s $42M Financing Package

Affiliations AccentCare, Seasons Hospice to Merge AccentCare Inc. and Seasons Hospice announced a merger, Senior Housing News sister publication Home Health Care News reports. The deal brings Dallas-based AccentCare, one of the five largest home health care companies in the country, and Seasons, one of the top five largest hospice providers, under one corporate umbrella. […]

Transactions & Financings: Ziegler Closes on $125M HumanGood Package; Diversified Completes $53M Sale

Sales and operator transitions Diversified Healthcare Trust completes 4-property, $53M sale Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) completed a previously announced sale of four properties for a combined $43 million. The disposition includes three senior living communities with a combined 239 units located in Washington and Montana for $46 million. These sales were part of a […]

Transactions & Financings: Columbia Pacific’s $136M India JV; CBRE Arranges $40M Financing Package

Columbia Pacific, Embassy Group to invest $136M in India Columbia Pacific Communities is partnering with Indian real estate developer, Embassy Group, to develop a pipeline of senior housing communities in major population hubs across India, Mint reports. The venture will invest ₹1,000 crore – $136.3 million in U.S. dollars – to develop a pipeline of […]

Transactions & Financings: Maxwell Group’s $37M Financing; 2 New York Assisted Living Communities Trade Hands

Masterpiece Living and 3 AgeWell Living communities form strategic partnership Masterpiece Living partnered with three communities operated by AgeWell Living: The Crossings at Eastchase in Montgomery, Alabama; The Crossings at Iron Bridge in Chester, Virginia; and The Chamberlain in Hampton, Virginia. Cushman & Wakefield advises on $37.1M financing for South Carolina assisted living community Cushman […]

5 Top Concerns for Senior Living This Fall

One thing is certain as the coronavirus pandemic enters its sixth month in the U.S.: Covid-19 is not going away. “We are going to have to live with Covid-19 in the world,” Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) CEO Cindy Baier told Senior Housing News. And, in many regards, the senior living industry is in fact […]