Diversified Sees Benefits of Newly Remade Portfolio Despite ‘More Measured’ Recovery

Last year, Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) transitioned more than 100 senior living communities from Five Star Senior Living to 10 other operators. That effort started to bear fruit in the first quarter of 2022, according to the company’s top executives. Occupancy for the 107 communities increased approximately 100 basis points in the first quarter […]

Transactions & Financings: Griffin-American Health Care REIT Merger Complete; HumanGood Secures $120M Bond Package

Griffin-American Health Care REIT III (GAHR III) and Griffin-American Health Care REIT IV (GAHR IV) completed their previously announced merger, setting the stage for the largest-ever public offering for a health care real estate investment trust in a record year for REIT mergers. The tax-free, stock-for stock transaction creates a combined company with a total […]

Navion Partners with Blackstone Affiliate to Manage 10 Senior Living Properties

A North Carolina-based senior housing owner and operator has more than tripled the size of its management portfolio, and is setting the stage for a gradual pipeline of new communities over the next decade. Raleigh-based Navion Senior Solutions assumed operations of 10 communities in Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia through a partnership with Longview […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Ziegler, Ensign Group

Ziegler Closes $17.63 Million Valley Vista Care Corporation Financing Chicago-based investment firm Ziegler has provided $17,630,000 in series 2017A&B financing for Valley Vista Care Corporation. Valley Vista Care Corporation and Valley Community Housing Corporation are Idaho-based not-for-profit corporations and are the sole members of the Obligated Group. The Obligated Group operates 147 skilled nursing and […]

Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: Blueprint, NHI

Blueprint Announces Senior Housing Deals in Massachusetts, Alabama Chicago-based advisory group Blueprint Health Care Real Estate Advisors recently announced the sale of a 100-unit assisted living and memory care community in Brockton, Massachusetts, called Heights Crossing Assisted Living Residence. Blueprint orchestrated an exclusive sales process on behalf of the seller, a regional owner-operator with a strong […]