In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (6/18/15)

Construction: Planned Big Rock Partners Selects Construction Manager for $60 Million Luxury Community in Fla.  Big Rock Partners, a national real estate investment management and development firm headquartered in Beverly Hills, Calif., has selected Balfour Beatty Construction to serve as construction manager for a resort-style, $60 million senior living rental community under development in Celebration, […]

Sabra Acquires 9 Senior Housing Properties, Plans to Develop 10 More

A month after Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBRA) announced its pipeline would more than double, the senior housing investor is making good on its promise with a nine-property senior housing portfolio acquisition and a 10-property development pipeline. The real estate investment trust has agreed to purchase a nine-property senior housing portfolio in Canada for approximately […]

Senior Living Gains Investor Appeal, But Best is Yet to Come

For many years, senior housing real estate was viewed as a niche investment that appealed more to experienced real estate professionals and those who understood well the health care operations involved in such an investment type. But of late, Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN), Ventas (NYSE: VTR), HCP (NYSE: HCP) and large institutional investors have brought […]

NorthStar Realty Finance to Buy 32 Holiday Properties for $875 Million

In a deal quietly announced in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE: NRF) said it is acquiring a portfolio of 32 independent living communities from affiliates Harvest Facility Holdings LP, an affiliate of Holiday Retirement, for $875 million. The portfolio of private-pay facilities comprises approximately 3,983 units across […]

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 […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Lancaster Pollard, NorthMarq Capital

Sabra Health Care REIT Provides $4.5M Financing for Fla. Senior Living Development  Big Rock Partners, a real estate investment management and development firm, has closed on a nine-acre land purchase from The Celebration Company, and plans to launch construction of a $60 million Class A senior living rental development within the Celebration, Fla. community in […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (11/26/14)

Construction: Planned Big Rock Partners Closes Land Purchase for $60 Million Fla. Project Company: Big Rock Partners Type: New Construction Location: Celebration, FL Funding: 60 million #of Beds: 225 Construction start date: First Quarter 2015 Los Angeles, Calif.-based real estate investment management and development firm Big Rock Partners has closed on a nine-acre land purchase […]