NHI and Welltower Agree to Memorandum of Understanding
Following a late-February announcement that they would work out a settlement to their rent dispute, National Health Investors and Welltower announced that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding on the matter. The MOU stipulates that: NHI and Welltower wish to transition the 16 legacy Holiday Retirement properties to new tenants and that Welltower will use commercially reasonable efforts to complete this by April 1, 2022.NHI desires to sell one legacy Holiday property and that Welltower will use commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate the sale’s closing.Welltower will pay NHI approximately $6.9 million, to be held in escrow until the execution of the final settlement... Read More »
Healthcare Trust Expands Partnership with Senior Lifestyle and Jaybird
Healthcare Trust, Inc. (HTI), a public, non-traded real estate investment trust, announced the expansion of a strategic operational relationship with two senior housing operators, Senior Lifestyle Corporation and Jaybird Senior Living. Thirteen HTI-owned communities operated under HTI’s Addington Place brand across Georgia, Michigan and Florida will now be managed by Senior Lifestyle, bringing the total number of HTI properties operated by the company to 24. In addition, seven HTI-owned properties in Illinois, Kansas and Missouri, also operated under the Addington Place brand, will now be managed by Jaybird Senior Living. This expanded relationship brings the total number of HTI-owned... Read More »
Berkadia Adds Steve Muth to Team
M&A and lending activity is on the up as investors look to re-enter or expand their presence in the market, and Berkadia is growing their team to handle what they expect will be a busy year. The company has added Managing Director Steve Muth to Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare, serving on the mortgage banking platform. Mr. Muth will report to SVP, Head of FHA and Seniors Housing Finance Steve Ervin. Berkadia Seniors Housing & Healthcare closed more than $600 million in combined investment sales and financing in 2021 and ended the year as the top-ranking Freddie Mac Lender for Seniors Housing. The team’s 42 transactions encompassed a range of property types across the... Read More »Just Released M&A Stats: Where Have Senior Care Values Settled?
On February 17, Ben Swett, Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, hosted our annual webinar covering the latest proprietary M&A statistics from the previous year. He was joined by panelists Dan Revie of Ziegler, Dan Lahey of LCS Real Estate and Yitzy Rosenblum of Cascade Capital Group to discuss what happened in 2021, where values settled more than a year after the pandemic, and what buyers, sellers and operators can expect for 2022 and beyond. The full picture will be presented in our Senior Care Acquisition Report, 27th Edition, to be released soon. First, the panel reflected on 2021. And what a year 2021 turned out to be, with 443 publicly announced deals closed and the busiest December... Read More »