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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Top news organizations around the country recently ran these must-read stories related to senior housing. Why Nursing Homes Need to Have Sex Policies—A recent high-profile legal case in Iowa raised the issue of sex in long-term care facilities, and particularly among people with dementia. Residents having sex is not uncommon, yet few senior living providers […]
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 […]
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 […]
The latest move by Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) to spin off its skilled nursing assets into a separate real estate investment trust (REIT) may have come as a surprise for a company that has continually touted the diversification of its portfolio. But the move may actually position the REIT as having a strategic advantage against […]