HCP to Acquire Senior Housing Portfolio from Emeritus Joint Venture for $1.73 Billion

HCP (NYSE:HCP) announced on Tuesday that it will acquire a 133-property senior housing portfolio for $1.73 billion from a joint venture between Emeritus Corporation (NYSE:ESC) and Blackstone Real Estate Partners VI, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. Emeritus will enter into a new triple-net master lease and continue to operate these communities. The company, which […]

HCN’s Sunrise Acquisition: Not a Bargain, But Has Long-Term Strategic Value

When Toledo, Ohio-based Health Care REIT (NYSE:HCN) announced on Wednesday that it was acquiring all of the approximately 58.3 million outstanding shares of national senior living provider Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE:SRZ) for $14.50 a share, it didn’t exactly get a bargain—but it did make a smart long-term investment, analysts agree. Despite the steep price tag, […]

REIT Earnings at a Glance: HCP, Health Care REIT, Senior Housing Properties Trust, LTC Properties

Here’s a quick look at how senior housing and care-related real estate investment trusts fared during the second quarter of 2012, including FFO, net income, revenues, and, when available, guidance. We’ve also included acquisition and development activities and outlooks for some of the REITs based on what was said during their respective earnings calls. HCP’s […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Lancaster Pollard, Ziegler, HCP, Ventas

Ziegler Closes $8 Million Bond Issue for Nonprofit Senior Care Community Expansion Specialty investment bank Ziegler recently closed an $8,035,000 non-rated, fixed-rate issue for Nazareth Living Center, a not-for-profit corporation based in Missouri. The Nazareth community includes a 150-unit assisted living apartment building and a 140-bed skilled nursing center in St. Louis, Mo. It is […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Cambridge, HealthLease Properties, HCP

Mainstreet Property Group’s HealthLease Properties REIT Closes $25 Million Credit Line  Mainstreet Property Group, LLC, announced on Tuesday that certain indirect subsidiaries of HealthLease Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:HLP.UN) have entered into a $25 million revolving credit facility with PNC Bank. The facility has an initial term of 36 months from closing and provides […]

Bickford Senior Living Assumes Operations of Three Ga. Assisted Living Communities

Bickford Senior Living has assumed the operations of three Georgia assisted living communities and is beginning to transition the properties to align with its existing 45 independent living, assisted living, and memory care branches in seven Midwestern states. Dogwood Forest Buckhead Assisted Living and Memory Care, in Atlanta, Ga., Dogwood Forest Marietta Assisted Living and […]