NHI Amends Discovery Lease in Quest to Maximize Senior Living Performance 

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) is continuing to tweak its relationships with operating partners to better maximize its senior housing results, and the company’s top leader said he is “gaining confidence” that a runway for new growth is within reach. The senior living operators in Murfreesboro, Tennessee-based NHI’s senior housing operating portfolio (SHOP) have had […]

NHI Grapples With Lingering Tenant Troubles With Eye on Future SHOP Growth

National Health Investors (NHI) is capitalizing on timely transactions, even as persistent challenges with some tenants continue to weigh on the company’s balance sheet. That said, management of the Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based real estate investment trust (REIT) said they see plenty of future upside in senior living, even with a potentially bumpy road ahead still left […]

NHI Off to ‘Great Start’ in Q1 Despite Tempered Expectations for New SHOP Segment

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) started the year strong with a relatively muted rate of new rent deferrals and limited rent concessions and deferral payments, according to CEO Eric Mendelsohn. That said, the company still has some soft spots in need of improvement, namely its burgeoning senior housing operating (SHOP) segment, which saw continued pressure […]

NHI Continues to Unload Underperforming Assets, Focus on Return to Growth

By Amy Stulick National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) teased more investment activity before the end of the year, as the company seeks to take advantage of a normalizing seller’s market. NHI CEO Eric Mendelsohn said the Murfreesboro, Tenn.-based real estate investment trust (REIT) is targeting another $50 million to $60 million in additional asset […]

NHI Nears End of Portfolio Optimization, Plans Return to Growth

With National Healthcare Investors’ (NYSE: NHI) year-long effort to optimize its portfolio nearly complete, the company is once again renewing its focus on growth in the future. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee-based real estate investment trust (REIT) made more progress pruning its portfolio in the second quarter of 2022 and bringing new operators into the fold, and […]

NHI Reaches Settlement in Welltower Suit, Deepens Ties to Discovery Senior Living, Merrill Gardens

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) has cleared a hurdle in its effort to transform its senior housing portfolio into a “jewel box” and reached a new company milestone in the process. The company this week announced it had reached a settlement agreement with Welltower (NYSE: WELL) over litigation filed late last year. In its initial […]

Bickford Challenges, Welltower Suit Slow NHI’s ‘Jewel Box’ Restructuring

National Health Investors (NYSE: NHI) is engaged in an effort to transform its portfolio into a “jewel box” — but a delay in an effort to readjust its relationship with one of its largest tenants and a pending lawsuit have clouded when that transformation might occur. As part of those efforts, the Murfreesboro, Tennessee-based company […]