SNH Stock Strategy Unclear in Tension-Filled Earnings Call

Analysts were determined to hear how Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH), a real estate investment trust (REIT) that primarily invests in senior housing properties, would raise its stock prices during its quarterly earnings conference call Wednesday. Overall, the financial news was good, but SNH has struggled to see its stock value rise recently. Since […]

Cap Rates, Prices Constrain REIT Deal Flow

Constrained deal flow due to low cap rates and sky-high prices has been a recurring theme among senior housing real estate investment trusts (REITs) as they report their earnings for the third quarter of 2015. After Welltower Inc. (NYSE: HCN) stated that soaring price tags have sidelined the REIT on major deals, both LTC Properties Inc. (NYSE: […]

Movers & Shakers: Brookdale’s New Board Chairman

Brookdale Appoints New Director and Non-Executive Chairman of the Board Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), the largest senior living operator in the U.S., announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Daniel Decker as Class I director and the non-executive chairman of the board in replacement of the late Granger Cobb, effective Oct. 1. “Dan is […]

Owners, Operators Design Plays for $100 Billion Skilled Nursing Market

With a new pure-play real estate investment trust on the hunt for acquisitions and public policy providing tailwinds for the sector, it appears that a flurry of transactions could bring significant consolidation to the skilled nursing industry in the near future. And with $100 billion of skilled nursing assets currently in private hands, according to […]

NHI Upheaval, Ventas Spin-Off Fuel Talk of REIT Consolidation

Dramatic developments over the past few weeks have redrawn the lines on the playing field for senior housing real estate investment trusts operating in the shadow of the so-called “Big Three.” While it remains to be seen which of these smaller-cap REITs gain steam and which struggle given the new normal, at least one analyst […]

Ventas Spin-Off Launches, Pursues $900 Million Pipeline

Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) has now officially spun off the majority of its skilled nursing assets into a new real estate investment trust that began trading Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange. The new entity, Care Capital Properties Inc. (NYSE: CCP), is pursuing a $900 million pipeline and is looking to grow in key […]

Omega Dips Into Senior Housing with $246 Million NYC Project

Following a quarter that saw nearly $200 million of new investments, along with the completion of the Aviv “mega merger,” Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) is hungry for more acquisitions—and it’s already spent $184 million in the past month alone. And among its current projects is a senior living development in Manhattan, which is an […]

Enormous Health Care REIT Consolidation Wave is Yet to Come

Health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been the most active investors in senior housing properties of late, dishing out hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire massive portfolios. But the full force of their blockbuster potential may still be yet to come. Currently, health care REITs own about 12% of all the institutional […]