The Ensign Group Buys Texas Skilled Nursing Facility at 59% Occupancy

The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG) announced on Tuesday it had acquired a 150-bed skilled nursing facility located in Paris, Tex. for an undisclosed price. A subsidiary of Keystone Care, Inc. will operate Paris Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, which was 59% occupied at time of acquisition. The prior owners opened operations on the relatively new facility […]

Recent Senior Housing & Care Transactions: Ensign, Ventas, Sunrise

Ventas Completes Previously-Announced Cogdell Spencer Acquisition Ventas, Inc. (NYSE:VTR) announced on Monday, April 2 that it had completed its previously announced acquisition of Cogdell Spencer (NYSE:CSA). “With the closing of the accretive Cogdell acquisition, Ventas is now the largest owner of medical office buildings (“MOBs”) in the U.S. with over 21 million square feet of […]

Movers & Shakers – People & Positions for March 2012

Early spring temperatures have given rise to the promise of summer.  While spring blooms maybe on the horizon, sprouts in the job world of senior housing are starting to appear in 2012. Looking for nice buds to plant in your organizational garden?  Post your jobs online with Senior Housing News for $50 for sixty days. […]

Ensign Purchases 45% Occupied Idaho Skilled Nursing Facility

The Ensign Group (NASDAQ:ENSG) announced on Wednesday that it had acquired Hillcrest Haven Convalescent Hospital, a 113-unit skilled nursing facility in Pocatello, Ida. The asset acquisition was effective on Thursday, March 1. “We look forward to enhancing the quality of skilled nursing care services provided to Hillcrest Haven’s present and future patients, and helping them […]

Ensign Broadens Care Continuum Footprint With Acquisition of Urgent Care Franchise

The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSG) announced on March 5 that its urgent care joint venture, Immediate Clinic LLC, has acquired Doctors Express, a national urgent care franchise system, effective Thursday, March 1. “The combination of the Doctors Express franchise system with Immediate Clinic’s company-owned walk-in clinics broadens our reach into the urgent care business,” said […]