Transactions & Financings: Moody’s Boosts Welltower’s Ratings Outlook; Friendship Village of Tempe’s $104M Bond Issuance

Welltower’s (NYSE: WELL) credit rating received a slight boost, in another sign that its senior housing operating portfolio’s (SHO) performance is on the rebound. The Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust’s (REIT) rating outlook was revised from negative to stable, and its issuer credit rating was revised to “Baa1” status by Moody’s Investors Service. The […]

BMO: Brookdale, Sunrise, Atria Still Logging Web Traffic Above 2019 Levels

Despite all of the recent disruptions from Covid-19, some of the country’s biggest senior living providers are still logging web traffic above pre-pandemic levels— good news for an industry anxiously awaiting what the coming months will bring. That’s according to BMO Capital Markets analysts Juan Sanabria and John Kim, who analyzed SimilarWeb website data for […]

Senior Living Groups Praise Sweeping New Vaccine Mandates, Blast Lack of Financial Relief

Senior living providers have been on the leading edge of implementing Covid-19 vaccine mandates for employees — and soon, they must be joined by every large company in the United States. President Biden on Thursday announced plans to order companies with 100 or more employees to mandate coronavirus vaccinations for workers or test them for […]

[Updated] US News to Issue Senior Living Ratings

U.S. News & World Report — which issues influential rankings of hospitals, nursing homes, universities and other businesses — is turning to senior living. The publication plans to rate* U.S. senior living brands based on standardized consumer input gathered through surveys created by Activated Insights. Activated Insights is the organization that is also behind the […]

Transactions & Financings: NHI’s Completes 8-Property, $115M Holiday Portfolio Sale; Bridge Sells Community for $15M

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) completed a sale of eight communities operated by Holiday Retirement. The total price was $115 million. The communities total 909 units, and NHI expects to realize a gain on the sale of up to $2 million. To date, the company announced $203.4 million in dispositions and expects to end 2021 […]

Brightview, Summit Vista Again Top Best Workplaces in Aging Services List

Brightview Senior Living and Summit Vista have again come out on top in the annual Best Workplaces in Aging Services list. The list, now in its fourth year, ranks the top aging services workplaces among 25 large senior housing and care providers and 25 small- and medium-sized senior housing and care providers. The list is […]

NHI Looks to Sell 9 Holiday Properties, More Sales Possible in 2021

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) is seeking to sell nine properties operated by Holiday Retirement, with plans to potentially sell even more properties this quarter. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee-based real estate investment trust (REIT) has inked a non-binding letter of intent to sell the nine-property portfolio to an institutional buyer that is leased to Holiday with […]

Atria-Holiday Merger, New Senior Deal Has Ventas Positioned for Future Senior Housing Growth

The positive momentum within Ventas’ (NYSE: VTR) senior housing operating portfolio (SHOP) that manifested in the first quarter of 2021 continued into the second quarter and July. New leads and move-ins in the quarter exceeded Q1 2019 levels, with the former setting a new high. Occupancy has improved sequentially for five straight months. And the […]

Sabra Remains ‘Committed’ to Senior Housing, Names Costa New CFO

Sabra Healthcare REIT’s (Nasdaq: SBRA) decision to exit its Enlivant joint venture with private equity firm TPG has not soured the company on the operator, nor lessened its appetite for senior housing. With the wheels already turning on a sale of its 49% stake in the 159-community portfolio, Sabra is turning its attention to growing […]