Omega, Aviv Finalize Creation of $11 Billion SNF REIT

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (NYSE: OHI) has completed its acquisition of all of the outstanding shares of Aviv REIT, Inc. (NYSE: AVIV), finalizing a high-profile stock-for-stock merger that creates a real estate investment trust (REIT) with total market capitalization of approximately $11.1 billion, Omega announced Wednesday. The deal forms a combined company with equity market […]

Aviv Closes $305 Million Acquisition of 29-Property Portfolio

A little more than a month after announcing its acquisition of 29 properties from Diamond Senior Living, Chicago-based Aviv REIT, Inc. (NYSE: AVIV) today closed the transaction valued at $305 million.  The deal, which was Aviv’s largest acquisition in three decades, included 23 skilled nursing facilities and one office building, with the remainder comprising assisted […]

The Biggest Senior Housing Deals of 2014

The year in review for the senior housing mergers and acquisition market could be characterized by several traits, primarily the insatiable appetite among investors nurtured by billion-dollar blockbuster transactions. Both publicly- and non-traded REITs, private equity firms, as well as other operators were the players, acquiring senior housing and health care real estate and an […]

Post-Omega Deal, Aviv Acquires 29 Properties for $305 Million

Following the recent mega merger with Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI), Aviv REIT, Inc. (NYSE: AVIV) announced its largest acquisition in 30 years, at $305 million for 29 properties, the Chicago-based real estate investment trust announced Wednesday. Aviv entered into a definitive agreement with Diamond Senior Living, LLC, a subsidiary of General Electric (GE) Credit Corporation of Tennessee, […]

Omega Healthcare Closes $525 Million Senior Living Deal

Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) real estate investment trust today closed a sale/leaseback deal with Ark Holding Company for 56 senior living communities valued at a total of $525 million.  Ark Holding was previously owned by Behrman Capital, a private equity firm, with the sale/leaseback transaction being completed in connection with the acquisition by merger […]

Omega Healthcare Investors Ranked Fifth Among Best-Performing REITs

Omega Healthcare Investors Inc. (NYSE:OHI) is the fifth-best performing U.S. real estate investment trust year-to-date in 2013, according to the SNL US REIT Equity Index. Only 12 REITs had outperformed the S&P 500 as of mid-November, when the rankings were released. OHI was the only healthcare-focused REIT on the list. The top-performing US REIT was […]

Senior Housing Investments & Acquisitions (9/10/13)

Care Investment Trust Closes Acquisition of 2 Senior Housing Assets Care Investment Trust LLC, a subsidiary of Tiptree Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:TIPT) that focuses on senior housing real estate investment, and privately-held senior housing owner and operator Premier Senior Living, L.L.C., recently announced the closing of a previously announced acquisition of two senior housing facilities located in […]