Senior Living Dealbook: LTC Completes $160M Acquisition; NHI Invests $107.7M in SHOP Expansion 

Transactions LTC completes $160M acquisition LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) is accelerating its senior housing investment strategy with a $160 million acquisition and divesting two non-senior housing operating portfolio portfolios. The three communities included with the acquisition include one community in Florida that will be operated by Charter Senior Living and two communities in Virginia and […]

NHI Operators Grapple With Occupancy as REIT Seeks to Upsize SHOP Segment 

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) leaders have grown the company’s SHOP segment to comprise 24% of its total NOI. The company continued that SHOP growth focus and momentum in the second quarter of this year, with some bumps along the way. Operating partners of the Murfreesboro, Tennessee-based real estate investment trust (REIT) grappled with occupancy […]

Movers and Shakers: NHI Appoints First COO; Plante Moran Living Forward Makes Five Promotions 

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Senior Housing Operating Growth Strategies Lend Stability to Industry REITs

Senior housing REITs have more stable credit lines thank to their strategies of building new senior housing operating platforms.  That analysis is from Fitch Ratings, which compared CareTrust REIT (NYSE: CTRE), National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI), Sabra Healthcare REIT (NYSE: SBRA) and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI). The ratings agency scored the four REITs similarly across a number of factors, with each […]

NHI Narrows SHOP Focus After $560M National HealthCare Corporation Portfolio Sale

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) made progress focusing on its senior housing operating segment in the first quarter of 2026 after inking a $560 million skilled nursing sale last month. NHI’s leaders are using proceeds from the sale to transact on a “robust” pipeline of senior housing opportunities, according to President and CEO Eric Mendelsohn. […]

NHI Announces Planned $560M Portfolio Sale to National HealthCare Corporation, Sharpening Focus on Private-Pay Senior Living

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) intends to sell a portfolio of 32 skilled nursing facilities and three independent living properties for $560 million to one of its current operating partners, National HealthCare Corporation (NYSE American: NHC). The transaction is expected to close on July 1 subject to all closing conditions being met. Attached to the […]

REITs Kickstart Active Year For Senior Living M&A, Driven by SHOP Strategies

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living REITs are taking their M&A momentum into 2026 with new deals or expectations to grow this year. If their stated plans are any indication, it will be another hot year for senior living dealmaking, but new development remains a big open question. In earnings calls […]

Movers and Shakers: NHI Appoints Board Member; Kendal Corp. Welcomes Senior Director of Development 

National Health Investors appoints board member National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) announced Lilly Donohue has been appointed to its board of directors effective Feb. 17. Donohue is currently the president and CEO of Everstory Partners, according to a press release. She previously served as the CEO of Holiday Retirement. “We are very pleased to welcome […]

NHI Targets SHOP Growth, Improvement in 2026 After Slight Dip in Occupancy 

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) is dedicating more resources to its senior housing operating portfolio (SHOP) after average occupancy declined across the portfolio over the past quarter. The 26-property portfolio in the fourth quarter of 2025 carried an occupancy rate of 86.9%, which is lower than the company’s third-quarter 2025 occupancy rate of 87.9%. In […]

Welltower Increases Exposure to SHOP, CEO Warns It’s Harder Than It Looks

Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has in recent years transformed itself with RIDEA as the cornerstone of that change —but building a senior housing operating portfolio is harder than it looks, according to CEO Shankh Mitra. Senior living REITs including LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC), National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI), Healthpeak (NYSE: DOC) and CareTrust (NYSE: CTRE) are […]