National Health Investors Stabilizing
National Health Investors (NHI) was the last of the healthcare REITs to report earnings in what was a very informative earnings season. We have already reported that the REITs and their SHOP portfolios have begun the long-anticipated turnaround as occupancy begins to rebound. Operating costs will be another matter, and it will take a few years to return to normal, whatever that is. NHI’s three major seniors housing tenants have appeared to stabilize, at least from an occupancy perspective. Bickford Senior Living, which has been responsible for the majority of cash rent deferrals during the pandemic, boosted sequential occupancy by 180 basis points in April to 76.3%. That... Read More »
Ventas Recovery Begins
Like most companies, average occupancy for the seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP) of Ventas declined in the first quarter of 2021. Same-community census average 76.5%, a decline of 260 basis points from the fourth quarter, but a little better than predicted by management. This represents the U.S. and Canadian portfolio combined. Net move-in trends started improving during the quarter as well, and move-ins during April totaled 1,880 residents, the highest number since June 2019. Average weekly spot occupancy for the U.S. portfolio hit bottom in the week ended March 11 at 69.9% and then steadily rose 170 basis points to average 71.6% during the last week of April. But from the... Read More »
Sabra Health Care REIT Sees SNF Improvement
As we all know, the skilled nursing sector was battered during the pandemic, and not only by the media. But optimism is in the air, at least at Sabra Health Care REIT. Its top seven skilled nursing providers, making up 63% of its skilled nursing rental income, saw an average increase in occupancy of 431 basis points from a late-December low to the end of April. In addition, its skilled mix census in its skilled nursing/transitional care portfolio at the end of April 2021 was 148 basis points higher than in February 2020, before the pandemic. Just like other owners of seniors housing, its senior housing managed portfolio occupancy bottomed out in the first half of March and has... Read More »
New Senior Investment Group Reports April Occupancy Bump
The good occupancy news keeps on coming from the first quarter earnings announcements, with New Senior Investment Group the latest to report an occupancy jump in April. After January occupancy ended down 80 basis points, February down 60 basis points and March down 20 basis points, sequential occupancy grew by 40 basis points in April to 80.6%, which was the company’s first occupancy gain since the pandemic began. There was more good news, with first quarter leads representing 103% of average 2019 volume, and April leads staying above 2019 levels as well. COVID-19 cases were also down to nearly zero, with one active resident case as of May 3 and four new resident cases reported in the... Read More »
Brookdale Senior Living Bottoms Out
It has been a tough go for Brookdale Senior Living for several years, really, ever since its acquisition of Emeritus in 2014. But the pandemic was almost the final nail in its coffin. Now those nails are beginning to be removed, and perhaps the resurrection is in sight. While there is work still to be done, the big O, as in occupancy, has finally ended its slide. It looks like February was the bottom, with average occupancy dropping 60 basis points to 69.4% from January, and then remained there in March but increased 50 basis points in April to 69.9%. End-of-month occupancy also bottomed out in February at 70.1%, increasing by 50 basis points by March 31 and... Read More »Schedule a demo
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