Ventas Transitions Ardent Operations in Deal Valued at $475 Million

After its previously announced $1.75 billion acquisition of Ardent Health Services, Inc., Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) has agreed to a deal with Equity Group Investments, which will take a majority ownership of the company’s hospital operations.  The transaction is the latest development as Ventas reconfigures its portfolio. At the same time that the Chicago-based real estate […]

Ventas, Capital One Reported to Bid on GE Capital Healthcare

Bloomberg News reports emerged Thursday indicating that Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) has entered a bid for General Electric Co.’s multi-billion dollar health care finance unit. Despite the report, sources with knowledge of the matter tell SHN Ventas is not moving forward in the bidding process. It is company policy not to comment on speculation or rumors related to […]

Enormous Health Care REIT Consolidation Wave is Yet to Come

Health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) have been the most active investors in senior housing properties of late, dishing out hundreds of millions of dollars to acquire massive portfolios. But the full force of their blockbuster potential may still be yet to come. Currently, health care REITs own about 12% of all the institutional […]

Moving the Needle: REITs Adapt to New Senior Housing Era

Senior housing and care has attracted a growing amount of interest among investors who are are eager to capitalize on the industry’s favorable market fundamentals. Some of the top investors, health care real estate investment trusts (REITs), have been players in the space for years — but their growth strategies may soon be changing. With […]

CEO Pay: HCP’s Martin Out-Earns Big 3 Peers

The CEOs of the “Big Three” health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) all were among the 25 highest-paid U.S. equity REIT chief executives in 2014, with HCP Inc.’s Lauralee Martin leading the pack. Martin, president and CEO of HCP (NYSE: HCP), took the No. 8 spot on the recently released rankings, compiled by business intelligence services […]

Senior Living Gains Investor Appeal, But Best is Yet to Come

For many years, senior housing real estate was viewed as a niche investment that appealed more to experienced real estate professionals and those who understood well the health care operations involved in such an investment type. But of late, Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN), Ventas (NYSE: VTR), HCP (NYSE: HCP) and large institutional investors have brought […]

Ventas Names SNF Spin-Off, Details Portfolio

The skilled nursing real estate investment trust (REIT) spin-off of Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) now has a name: Care Capital Properties, Inc. (CCP). Chicago-based Ventas announced the naming of the new REIT in a Form 10 filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday afternoon, just two weeks after the company first said it […]

For Public REITs, The Health Care ‘Party’ Continues

Publicly-traded health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) continue to dominate the senior living market in regard to total investments in the space. With their ongoing presence and success, those REITs are shifting the way investors view senior housing and care, leaving the door open for more public REIT investment in the space. American Realty […]