This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Development is frozen, but savvy companies are getting projects done. Surging demand is raising the operational bar even higher. The “age wave” is more like an age “high tide,” with a corresponding “low tide.” These are just a few of the big forces shaping the senior living […]
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This story is part of your SHN+ subscription As demand for senior living surges and the rate of new community openings stagnates, operators are in 2026 moving closer to full occupancy. That means they must be at the top of their games. In 2026, the oldest baby boomers turned 80 years old. In the coming […]
Ventas (NYSE: VTR) is increasing its senior living investments by 50% for 2026, raising the total from $3 billion to over $4.5 billion. That is another increase from the $2.5 billion it projected for its guidance at the beginning of the year following the fourth quarter close. Since 2024, the Chicago-based real estate investment trust […]
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Ventas names interim general counsel The Ventas (NYSE: VTR) executive vice president, general counsel, ethics and compliance officer and corporate secretary announced her resignation effective June 26. Carey Roberts will join Blackstone as senior managing director and general counsel of real estate, according to a press release. She will remain in her position until the […]
In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned Cedarhurst Senior Living plans expansion project in Kansas Cedarhurst Senior Living recently announced an independent […]
New players with access to capital are executing on a wave of senior living acquisitions. But at least some of today’s buyers will end up sellers tomorrow. Acquirers and developers of senior living communities don’t always hold onto their properties for the long-term. Brokers say owners of communities are hitting their pro forma faster than […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living REITs are using their scale and relationships to notch off-market acquisitions while new development remains tough to pencil. In the first quarter of 2026, Welltower (NYSE: WELL) sourced 37 of its 41 transactions in off-market arrangements, while approximately two-thirds of Ventas’ (NYSE: VTR) $1.7 billion […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is at its “fighting weight,” and for the first time in a long while, ready to potentially grow again, according to CEO Nick Stengle. That milestone, reaching the relatively slimmed-down size of 517 communities, marks the end of the Brentwood, Tennessee-based senior […]
Senior living REIT Welltower (NYSE: WELL) closed 41 transactions in the first quarter of 2026 totaling $3.2 billion, all part of the company’s currently active investment strategy. Welltower sourced the deals off-market, which added 37 communities totaling more than 4,200 units to the Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust’s (REIT) senior housing operating portfolio (SHOP). […]
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