Ventas’ (NYSE: VTR) senior housing portfolio (SHOP) performance has lagged throughout 2019. That performance took a turn for the worse in the third quarter of 2019. A combination of market dynamics, particularly on pricing, surprised Ventas’ operating partners in Q3. Those conditions worsened over the course of the quarter, with occupancy taking a “precipitous leg […]
About six months ago, Le Groupe Maurice (LGM) founder and CEO Luc Maurice received an offer he could not refuse — however much he wanted to. The private equity investors in Le Groupe Maurice were going to buy Maurice out, to the tune of nearly $1 billion. He had no choice but to take the […]
Ventas (NYSE: VTR) continues to deal with the realities of senior housing supply and demand dynamics, even as the company prepares for what it believes will be a reversal of fortune in that segment of its portfolio over the next five years. The Chicago-based health care real estate investment trust (REIT) reported funds from operations […]
A notable dropoff in megadeals has not slowed investor interest in long-term care and assisted living properties, because the industry remains attractive to investors who recognize managing rising costs and population health remain priorities. Notably, deal value for long-term care assets, which includes assisted living, saw the largest increase in multiple value versus the previous […]
Publicly traded and private real estate investment trusts are entering into RIDEA structures with senior housing operators at a level not seen for at least three years. This reflects that REITs have a better understanding of how RIDEA works, after an initial flurry of activity a decade ago, and they are more selective with their […]
Demand for urban senior living is increasing across the country, and the nation’s largest city is a hotbed. Given New York City’s particular market dynamics, flashy new projects are coming out of the ground, an existing community on the Upper West Side is thriving, and a real estate investment trust recently paid a historically high […]
Ventas (NYSE: VTR) has a plan to “pivot to growth” in 2020, and it sees big data and close relationships with its senior housing operating partners as key to that effort. The Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT) laid out its multifaceted growth strategy during its investor day presentation in Philadelphia on Tuesday. That strategy […]
Ventas invests $490M in Colony Capital refinancing, announces $800M research development pipeline Ventas (NYSE: VTR) announced four new developments, totaling $800 million in its university-based research and innovation business, all in partnership with Wexford Science & Technology (“Wexford”), the leading developer of university-focused real estate solutions. These investments are part of $1.5 billion research and […]
Fresh off a new equity partnership with Ventas (NYSE: VTR), Quebec senior living developer and manager Le Groupe Maurice (LGM) is planning to ramp up its operations in the Canadian province of Quebec and may venture further afield. On June 3, the Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT) agreed to acquire LGM’s portfolio of 31 […]
Ventas (NYSE: VTR) has agreed to acquire a Canadian senior housing portfolio of 31 existing properties and four in development through an 85%/15% equity partnership with Le Groupe Maurice (LGM). The total portfolio, including the in-progress developments, is valued at $1.8 billion. Ventas’ investment will equal 85% of the total portfolio valuation, as well as […]