Monarch, Welltower Launch New Luxury, Wellness-Focused Senior Living Brand 

The latest senior living provider diving head-first into wellness-focused offerings is Monarch Communities, with the operator launching a new luxury senior living brand known as “The Current” in connection with Welltower (NYSE:WELL). The Current will be a “person-centric, wellness-oriented” aging-in-place community in Weymouth, Mass., and be the first of The Current brand of luxury senior […]

What’s Behind Recent Senior Living Margin Expansion – And What Lies Ahead

This content is available as part of your SHN+ membership Third quarter earnings calls highlighted the pain to be inflicted by “higher for longer” interest rates, but the calls also revealed positive trends related to the improving operating environment for senior living. In particular, leaders with Welltower (NYSE: WELL), Ventas (NYSE: VTR) and Brookdale (NYSE: […]

Welltower, Chartwell End JV, Split Ownership of Portfolio in Canada

Welltower (NYSE: WELL) and Chartwell Retirement are ending a joint-venture arrangement and dividing a senior living portfolio the companies owned together under that agreement in Canada. Chartwell is handing ownership of 23 assets to Welltower in exchange for the Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust’s (REIT’s) interest in 16 assets and a payment of $97.2 […]

Why Senior Living Market Conditions Put REITs in the Driver’s Seat for 2024

This content is available as part of your SHN+ subscription We might be entering a golden age for senior housing REITs, judging by what the top leaders of Welltower (NYSE: WELL) and Ventas (NYSE: VTR) had to say during their companies’ most recent earnings calls. The senior living industry is entering a new period of […]

Pegasus Senior Living Sees Clear Path to 90% Occupancy With ‘Souped Up’ Strategy

Thanks to a data-first analytics approach inspired by the film “Moneyball,” Pegasus Senior Living is on an upward trajectory in staffing and occupancy. The Dallas, Texas-based senior living provider is thinking about more operations growth internally than external growth. With current capital market constraints, CEO Chris Hollister sees select acquisition opportunities for external expansion and […]

Welltower Announces $1.5B Stock Sale to Acquire Senior Housing Properties

Welltower (NYSE: WELL) is reloading its”growth bazooka” with fresh ammunition to fund senior housing acquisitions amid what CEO Shankh Mitra recently called “the best environment for investments that we have ever seen.” The Toledo, Ohio-based company on Monday announced a sale totaling $1.5 billion in gross proceeds from a public offering of 17.5 million shares […]

Welltower CEO: Debt Maturities Helping Create Best Investment Environment ‘We Have Ever Seen’

Welltower CEO Shankh Mitra has a lot on his plate at the tail-end of 2023. Welltower (NYSE: WELL) is gearing up to launch its in-house operating platform in Canada within the coming weeks with Cogir, which recently expanded its relationship with the Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust (REIT). All the while, billions of dollars […]