Leaders with Welltower (NYSE: WELL) believe the company is positioned to create and seize opportunities in the years ahead, thanks to a major new joint venture and a restructured senior housing portfolio. On Thursday, the real estate investment trust (REIT) and a nonprofit health system, Read More »
Sabra CEO: No Reason to Panic Over Senior Housing Downturn
Despite senior housing industry headwinds, don’t expect real estate investment trusts (REITs) to be taking aggressive steps to cut rents or lower escalators for operators as they have been for skilled nursing tenants. That’s according to Rick Matros, CEO of the Irvine, California-based Sabra Health Care Read More »
Skilled Nursing, REIT Stocks Tumble After New Payment Model Floated
Already embattled, publicly traded skilled nursing providers and real estate investment trusts (REITs) had an especially tough day on Friday. Shares were down across the sector on the heels of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealing details of a possible overhaul to Read More »
Editor’s Take: SNF Cast-Offs, Spinoffs and Pure Plays In Stormy Weather
Health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) underwent major refocusing last year, creating skilled nursing cast-offs, spinoffs and pure plays. Now, skilled nursing has slipped away from senior housing-focused REITs and is up for another year of challenges. While the rest of the health care system Read More »
Capital Senior Living CEO: Health Care Partnerships Are the ‘Holy Grail’
Senior living providers have been slow to partner with health systems and payers, but Capital Senior Living (NYSE: CSU) hopes to play a “leading role” in this going forward, according to CEO Larry Cohen. “It’s the Holy Grail,” Cohen said these types of partnerships. His Read More »
Genesis Lays Off Staff in $50 Million Cost-Cutting Move
Census and labor pressures continued to hit the skilled nursing and post-acute sector hard at the end of 2016, prompting industry giant Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN) to take major cost reduction initiatives, including laying off corporate and regional staff. The cost-cutting measures largely have been completed Read More »
Monday Refresh: Kindred and Genesis Partner, Financing Optimism
Check out what you missed in senior housing news last week. From a collaboration between two big players in the industry to an optimistic outlook on financing this year, last week was packed with updates. Here in the newsroom, we had our faith in humanity restored Read More »
Movers & Shakers: Genesis’ New COO, Aegis Living’s New Chief Marketing Officer
Senior Housing News will be observing the Thanksgiving holiday Thursday, Nov. 24 and Friday, Nov. 25. We will return to our normal posting schedule Monday, Nov. 28. Genesis Healthcare Reveals Executive Departures, Appointments Genesis Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: GEN) revealed the retirement of Robert A. “Mike” Read More »
Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: Ventas Completes $1.5 Billion Portfolio
Ventas Completes Acquisition of $1.5 Billion Life Sciences Portfolio Health care real estate investment trust (REIT) Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) completed its previously announced acquisition of a $1.5 billion portfolio of Wexford Science & Technology, LLC life sciences buildings. Ventas acquired the properties from affiliates Read More »
Under Pressure, REITs Back Off Skilled Nursing
Payment reforms have made their sting across the health care industry, with the skilled nursing market taking a hit. And some of the senior housing industry’s biggest real estate owners of skilled nursing properties have started reducing their portfolio exposure in the asset class as Read More »
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