This was a tough year for the sector, judging by the most-read stories on Senior Housing News. Financial troubles dominated, with Enlivant’s default notice and related negotiations being the most-read story in the last 12 months. The bankruptcy filing of a large CCRC, the troubles at Anthology Senior Living’s parent company, and the closure of […]
For more than three decades, Watermark Retirement had never been replaced by a different management company. But times have changed. “We were replaced by Welltower on a few of our communities; but on the other hand, we’re being the replacer, going into some communities,” Watermark Chairman David Freshwater told me recently. Swapping management companies is […]
Harrison Street and Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) are collaborating on a new initiative aimed at creating healthier senior living communities and finding new solutions through research. The companies are working with wellness real estate and technology company Delos, which announced the launch of an initiative it dubbed Wellness Innovation in Senior Environments (WISE) […]
Activist shareholder Land & Buildings has picked another battle with a major senior living company, with the news breaking this week of a proxy fight with Ventas (NYSE: VTR). This latest battle comes after Land & Buildings in 2019 was at loggerheads with Brookdale (NYSE: BKD), unsuccessfully pushing a board nominee and a real estate […]
Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) intends to terminate its master lease with Holiday Retirement and enter into management agreements with the independent living giant. Under the terms of a non-binding letter of intent, Sabra would terminate the master lease with regard to all 21 Holiday communities in its portfolio, the REIT announced Wednesday. At […]
Private equity giant Apollo Global Management plans to invest further in senior living after acquiring a portfolio of 22 properties currently managed by Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), a person with knowledge of the deal told Senior Housing News. New York City-based Apollo is an alternative investment management firm that currently has about $247 billion […]
Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA) has made some major skilled nursing waves over the past year, with its acquisition of Care Capital Properties and ongoing attempts to shed assets operated by troubled provider Genesis Healthcare (NYSE: GEN). Rick Matros, the Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust’s (REIT) CEO, has been outspoken about the changes sweeping the […]
Senior living professionals have reasons to be excited as they turn the calendar to 2018, even in the midst of ongoing occupancy pressure and potential disruption from recent health care mega-deals. Perhaps most fundamentally, the passage of another year brings the long-anticipated baby boomer age wave that much closer. Yet, most boomers are still a […]
It should come as no surprise that leaders of the largest publicly traded real estate investment trusts in senior housing—and the nation’s largest provider—topped this list of highest paid senior living executives in 2016. Company leaders at Welltower (NYSE: HCN), Ventas (NYSE: VTR) and Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) made the most in total compensation in 2016, which includes base salary, […]
Already embattled, publicly traded skilled nursing providers and real estate investment trusts (REITs) had an especially tough day on Friday. Shares were down across the sector on the heels of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) revealing details of a possible overhaul to the payment system for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). The current […]
