by Steve Monroe | Jul 14, 2017 7:00 am | Developments, Financings
A group of local owners in Colorado went to HUD to receive construction financing for their 137-unit senior living development in Monument, Colorado (between Denver and Colorado Springs). Having just broken ground last month, the community will feature 80 assisted... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Jul 13, 2017 8:00 pm | Acquisitions
Always a prolific buyer, The Ensign Group is keep up its steady pace of acquisitions in 2017, most recently adding two more communities in Colorado to its portfolio. Already this year, the firm has bought several properties in Texas and Wisconsin, four in Utah and one... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Jul 12, 2017 7:02 am | 60 Seconds, Opinion
Quality Care Properties receives partial rent payment for the second month in a row, triggering a notice of default. In our June issue of The SeniorCare Investor, we laid out the issues in the battle between Quality Care Properties and HCR ManorCare, including the... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Jul 12, 2017 7:01 am | Opinion
The issue of labor will challenge the senior care industry and potentially bring it to its knees. That is at least our opinion, and that of many in the industry, as demand for senior care services (which will only increase in the next 10-15 years and beyond) must be... Read More »
by Steve Monroe | Jul 12, 2017 7:00 am | Acquisitions
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV closed the first of two tranches for an eight-property seniors housing acquisition in Northern California, bringing the REIT’s total to 27 medical office and seniors housing properties since its first acquisition in June 2016.... Read More »