On Sunday, Welltower (NYSE: WELL) announced it is acquiring a portfolio of communities managed by Amica Senior Lifestyles in Canada for a deal equivalent to almost $3.2 billion USD. Welltower is with the deal gaining 38 “ultra luxury” communities and nine development parcels along with a minority ownership interest in its new operating partner. But […]
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This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Ventas (NYSE: VTR) Executive Vice President of Senior Housing and CIO Justin Hutchens is not shy about the opportunity ahead for senior living operators. As he has said before, the population of people aged 80 and older in the U.S. grew 4% in the years after the […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Two major real estate acquisitions announced in the last two weeks are setting a faster pace for senior living investments to come in 2025. Earlier this week, Apollo (NYSE: APO) agreed to acquire Bridge Investment Group, a capital markets company that owns 62 senior living communities as […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is expanding an engagement-focused program to complement its growing HealthPlus service line – just one of the ways the company is seeking to maximize profitability in the months and years ahead, according to CEO Cindy Baier. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based company detailed its new program, Engagement Plus, which is designed to […]
Leaders with Ventas (NYSE: VTR) said the company is in a “strong position” to grow its senior housing operating portfolio, given the demand upside at the industry’s doorstep. The Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT’s) 638-community SHOP segment grew NOI nearly 16% on a same-store basis in 2024, representing a third consecutive year of double-digit […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription The senior living industry sits at an important crossroads between challenges and opportunity in 2025. What operators do now could mean the difference between success and failure in the coming years. On the one hand, the industry is still shaking off a few lingering woes from its […]
To say the least, 2024 was a year of change for the senior housing industry. Some of that change came through high-profile transactions that occurred throughout the year. Several of our most-read stories of the year focused on those deals. There were also plenty of personnel changes throughout the year as well, and stories related […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) has agreed to a new “mutually beneficial” master lease with landlord Ventas (NYSE: VTR) to continue managing 65 communities previously covered by a 120-property lease the operator declined to renew earlier this month. In conjunction with the agreement, Ventas is in Sept. 2025 converting 44 communities in the portfolio to […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Earlier this week, Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) declined to renew a master lease with landlord Ventas (NYSE: VTR) covering 120 communities. That’s notable news, but the details really caught my eye. Hours after Ventas’ initial announcement, Brookdale released its own statement noting that the portfolio generated […]
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