


Values Surge Despite Persistent Worries
The 25th Edition of The Senior Care Acquisition Report is almost ready, but get your sneak preview and analysis in our upcoming webcast. We are diligently working on the 2020 edition of the Senior Care Acquisition Report, which we hope to have ready for publication by the end of the month. It will be the 25th edition of this market-leading report, and it has valuable M&A statistics that you will not find anywhere else, including trends over multi-year periods. Well, that is not exactly true. Next week we will be releasing some of those statistics in our annual webcast on the state of the seniors housing and care M&A market. Our panel will include brokers from Cushman &... Read More »
ASHA and Stifel Nicolaus Meetings
What we heard about industry trends 3,000 miles from home. After spending three days at the American Seniors Housing Association meeting and the Stifel Nicolaus “2020 Seniors Housing & Healthcare Real Estate Conference, other than jet lag, there were a few takeaways. First off, on a few panels stand-alone memory care communities came up, and not in a good way. Because they tend to be small, a few resident deaths can have an outsized impact, the former over-development has still left a bad taste, and stand-alone anything is viewed by many as too risky. Speakers believed cap rates were at least 100 basis points higher than for assisted living. One thing we did hear is that... Read More »
Jump Starting Your Occupancy
As occupancy rates begin to rise, make sure you have all the necessary tools to ensure your occupancy rises faster than the competition. Isn’t it about time to take a fresh look at how you are marketing your seniors housing community, and turn those leads to move-ins so you can finally get your occupancy above 90%, and maybe even 100% with a wait list? A pipe dream, you might say. But without the proper tools, it will be a pipe dream. And without knowing what new techniques are available, especially in this increasingly digital age, you will never reach that goal of a wait list. According to NIC MAP, occupancy may have bottomed out last quarter. That’s great news, but you also don’t want... Read More »
Five Star Senior Living Soars
Shares of Five Star Senior Living have soared by more than 60% this year, leaving everyone guessing. Right after all the restructuring was completed at year end between Five Star Senior Living and its landlord, now recently re-named Diversified Healthcare Trust, Five Star’s shares have taken off. Two points to remember, though. Five Star just doled out about 26.5 million shares to Diversified and its shareholders to remove working capital liabilities. And, last October 1 they completed a 1-10 reverse stock split. That is important because now that the shares are trading at over $6.00 per share, for comparison purposes, that would be 60 cents per share four months ago. It just shows... Read More »