The Ensign Group acquired a skilled nursing facility and an assisted living community, both in Norfolk, Nebraska. Built in 1968, St. Joseph Rehabilitation and Care Center comprises 83 skilled nursing beds. Skyview Villa Assisted Living features 20 assisted living beds. The real estate was acquired by a subsidiary of Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT, Inc.
This acquisition brings Ensign’s growing portfolio to 324 healthcare operations, 30 of which also include senior living operations, across 14 states. Ensign subsidiaries, including Standard Bearer, own 123 real estate assets. Ensign is actively seeking opportunities to acquire real estate and to lease both well-performing and struggling skilled nursing, senior living and other healthcare related businesses throughout the United States.