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Love and Supportive

Love and Supportive

A brand new supportive living facility is set to go up on a 2.5-acre lot in an urban neighborhood around six miles from downtown Chicago. All 120 studio and one-bedroom units will be backed by Illinois’s Supportive Living Program, which is an apartment-style... Read More »

Griffin-American starts small

After a busy year during which it made over $1.55 billion in healthcare acquisitions, Griffin-American Healthcare REIT-III recently made a relatively small deal in central Pennsylvania, acquiring a 120-unit independent/assisted living community in Palmyra for an... Read More »
Hats off to Vita

Hats off to Vita

Already with three skilled nursing facilities in the state of New York, Vita Healthcare Group (which is based in New Jersey) has in the past seven months worked to grow its presence in the Mid-Atlantic region. Back in June 2015, the company purchased two facilities... Read More »

Troubles Everywhere

This week can go down as one of the worst we have seen in the seniors housing and care market. Putting aside the nearly $10 billion drop in market value of the healthcare REITs and senior care companies, when analysts start asking HCP, Inc. whether they think HCR... Read More »
Father/son tag team steps down

Father/son tag team steps down

A father and son team is selling their only senior care asset, a 48-unit assisted living/memory care community in North Carolina, for $3.65 million, or $76,042 per unit. Built in 1984, the community features all double-occupancy rooms, with 64 adult care home beds and... Read More »