For Sabra Health Care REIT’s (Nasdaq: SBRA) senior housing portfolio, the worst has not come to pass. That is evident in the Irvine, California-based company’s average senior housing occupancy rate, which declined between February and July — but not to a calamitous degree. Sabra’s managed senior housing portfolio, which consists of 47 communities, shed almost […]
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A joint venture of Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) and private equity firm TPG completed a sale of eight senior housing communities totaling 321 units in Oregon and Washington state to an Arizona-based private investor making its first senior housing acquisition. These communities were operated by Enlivant and were underperforming, Sabra CEO Rick Matros […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has sparked what one analyst is calling a “Great Reset” — and the result has been topsy-turvy for the senior living industry. Investor sentiment may be shifting against senior housing in favor of the once-shunned skilled nursing sector. Related, the pandemic is helping some senior housing owners that have been working for […]
When will the Covid-19 pandemic end? Not anytime soon, according to the leaders behind Aegis Living, New Perspective and Sabra Healthcare REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA). All three companies are making preparations now to position their companies to weather the pandemic for the next 24 to 36 months. For instance, Aegis has formed a “virus council” made […]
Senior housing has so far managed to weather Covid-19 better than some feared, according to Rick Matros, CEO of Irvine, California-based Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA). However, he emphasizes that more testing is needed to keep the senior housing communities safe and secure — particularly because Covid-19 has spread through Sabra’s buildings in odd […]
Columbia Pacific-Singapore Press Holdings Canadian portfolio deal Columbia Pacific Advisors and Singapore Press Holdings mutually agreed to terminate a previously announced sale of a six-property, 717-unit Canadian senior housing portfolio due to global market instability stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic. The acquisition price was about $175 million, Deal Street Asia reported Wednesday. Singapore Press Holdings […]
Senior housing-related stocks fell sharply on Thursday amid a dramatic market plunge tied to coronavirus fears. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 10% at market close, in the worst drop for the index since “Black Monday” in 1987. The Nasdaq composite was down 9.4% at the close. Several senior housing-related stocks fell even more […]
The rapid spread of Covid-19 is putting new communities at risk every day — and providers across the country should prepare for an outbreak near them sooner rather than later. As of Wednesday, almost 53% of roughly 33,000 U.S. senior housing and care communities in the U.S. are located in or adjacent to a county […]
Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) is turning its attention to returning to growth in 2020 and beyond, having spent 2019 revamping its portfolio and implementing a dynamic pricing strategy for its Enlivant senior housing communities. For the time being, The Irvine, California-based REIT is taking a wait-and-see approach before making any further moves with […]
Pam Kessler joined LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) during a time of crisis for the real estate investment trust and the whole senior housing and care industry. After that trial by fire, Kessler helped lead the REIT through a long period of industry stability — but that has ended. Having started in accounting with Ernst & […]