Transactions & Financings: Welltower, Healthpeak Reportedly Sell South Florida Communities at Steep Discounts

Welltower sells Florida assisted living facility for $56M Welltower (NYSE: WELL) sold Aston Gardens Assisted Living in Parkland, Florida for $55.7 million, The Real Deal Miami reports. The buyer was Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors. the property is operated by Discovery Senior Living. The property sold for $78 million in 2015. The latest sale marks a […]

Transactions & Financings: ORIX-Hunt Real Estate Capital Merger; Diversified’s $103M Portfolio Sale

ORIX USA acquires Hunt Real Estate Capital ORIX Corporation USA completed its acquisition of Hunt Real Estate Capital, creating a commercial real estate finance platform with annual loan production in excess of $9 billion and a servicing portfolio of more than $40 billion. ORIX will combine Hunt into its existing brands, Lancaster Pollard and RED […]

Transactions & Financings: Five Star Restructuring Complete; HJ Sims Arranges $219M Construction Financing

Cindat, Omega partner on $232M UK portfolio deal Chinese investment firm Cindat Capital Management entered into a joint venture with health care real estate investment trust, Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI), on a 49% stake in a 67-property senior housing portfolio in the United Kingdom from Irvine, California-based health care REIT, Healthpeak Properties (NYSE: PEAK). […]

In the Pipeline: Aegis Plans ‘World’s Greenest’ Community; Watercrest, St. Joe Start Work

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design trends and the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: In progress Aegis Plans ‘World’s Greenest’ Community in Seattle Workers have broken ground on […]

Transactions & Financings: Brookdale’s $160M Credit Facility; Westmont Living’s $58M Acquisition

The NIC Fall Conference is underway in Chicago and the deals are flowing like wine. Here are some recent transactions. Brookdale secures $160M credit facility Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) secured a $160.3 million credit facility for a five-community, 945-unit portfolio in Alabama, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Texas. Brookdale has owned and operated the portfolio for […]

Transactions & Financings: Senior Housing Management Expands Operations; Ensign Acquires in California

JLL advises Welltower on $1.8B Benchmark portfolio sale JLL (NYSE: JLL) represented Welltower (NYSE: WELL) in the Toledo, Ohio-based REIT’s $1.8 billion disposition of 48 properties operated by Waltham, Massachusetts-based Benchmark Senior Living, to an unnamed buyer. The 4,137-unit portfolio consists of 48 assisted living properties located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island […]

Transactions & Financings: New Senior Issues Fortress Affiliate $40 Million In Stock, NHI Lends $180 Million

New Senior Investment Group Issues Fortress Affiliate $40 Million in Series A Preferred Stock New Senior Investment Group (NYSE: SNR) filed an 8-K form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicating the New York City-based real estate investment trust (REIT) issued 400,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock to FIG LLC, an affiliate of […]

AbiliT Taps Senior Housing Management to Run 8 Wisconsin Communities

Senior Housing Management will manage an eight-community portfolio in Wisconsin thanks to a newly announced arrangement with senior housing owner AbiliT Senior Living. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based senior living operator on Jan. 14 will assume management of Milestone Senior Living communities in the Wisconsin towns of Cross Plains, Eagle River, Eau Claire, Hillsboro, Rhinelander, Stoughton, Tomahawk and […]

In the Pipeline: Ryan Cos., Cadence Announce New Arizona Project; Meridian Opens in Ohio

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design trends, the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: In progress Ryan Cos., Cadence Living Collaborate on Arizona Project Ryan Companies, Cadence Living and […]