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Five Star Says No Deal

by | Dec 23, 2015 4:04 pm | Opinion

As expected, Five Star Quality Care has rejected the offer by an affiliate of Senior Star to purchase the 33 owned senior living communities for $325 million. Basically, the board said the assets are not for sale, and that the company could improve the value of the... Read More »

Finish with a bang

by | Dec 23, 2015 4:01 pm | Acquisitions

Shep Roylance of The JCH Group is sprinting to the finish line in 2015, announcing four closings with a fifth on its way. First, earlier this month, Mr. Roylance closed the sale of a 175-bed skilled nursing facility in Sylmar, California for $14.4 million, or $82,300... Read More »

Will power

by | Dec 21, 2015 8:53 pm | Acquisitions, Financings

A pair of well-located, well-occupied and relatively new assisted living/memory care communities in Suffolk County, New York recently received $62.8 million in financing arranged by Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing. The loan, which featured a five-year fixed... Read More »

Seniors Housing Companies on the Defensive

by | Dec 18, 2015 8:31 am | Opinion

Oh, what an end of the year. With just three publicly traded seniors housing companies, all three are under some sort of pressure to do something to increase shareholder value. First it was Brookdale Senior Living, then Capital Senior Living and now Five Star Quality... Read More »