DHC Transitions Seven More Five Star Properties
Diversified Healthcare Trust is nearing the complete transition of its operations away from Five Star Senior Living, agreeing to add five assisted living communities in Wisconsin to an existing management agreement with Cedarhurst Senior Living, and two AL communities in Pennsylvania to a new agreement with IntegraCare. The Wisconsin communities total 300 units, while the two Pennsylvania communities have a combined 182 units. Cedarhurst had previously taken over eight properties totaling 486 units in Illinois on behalf of the REIT. Diversified Healthcare Trust originally had 108 communities in its Five Star portfolio, and is now left with about 10.... Read More »
Diversified Healthcare Trust Transitioning 66 Communities
A few months ago, Diversified Healthcare Trust announced it would transition 108 of 228 senior living communities managed by Five Star Senior Living to new operators. It has now found three operators to take over management of 66 of them with 4,084 units, or 62 units per community. The 108 communities have approximately 7,500 units, while the remaining 120 communities have about 18,000 units. So, the communities being transitioned to new operators are much smaller (average of 69 units) compared to the retained communities, with an average of 150 units. Naperville, Illinois-based Charter Senior Living will be taking over management of communities in... Read More »
Five Star Exits Skilled Nursing Sector in Portfolio Restructuring
Five Star Senior Living is making a complete exit from the skilled nursing sector and restructuring its portfolio to focus more on larger, lower acuity seniors housing properties. It looks like an acknowledgement of the company’s weakness, and its strengths, to focus on what it does best, at a smaller, more manageable size. Its landlord, Diversified Healthcare Trust, agreed to amend its management agreements and transition 108 smaller senior living communities totaling approximately 7,500 units to other operators by the end of the year. DHC will not have to pay a termination fee and will also no longer have the right to sell up to $682 million worth of senior living communities... Read More »
Diversified Healthcare Trust Update
Diversified Healthcare Trust is feeling the pain that most of the REITs also have been feeling: census is still dropping. Its senior housing operating portfolio (SHOP) posted a 380-basis point decline in census in the fourth quarter. While not good, the progression was worse. It started with a 70-basis point drop in October, growing to 130 basis points in November and then a plunge of 180 basis points in December alone. And this when 93% of its SHOP communities, the vast majority managed by Five Star Senior Living, are open for new admissions. What this means is that just because you are open for business, it does not necessarily mean people will move, even if it is safer... Read More »Schedule a demo
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