NHI Funds Construction for Wisconsin AL/MC Community
Development has slowed, but we all know it has not stopped. One of the main barriers to getting development projects off the ground these days has been securing financing for them, considering the risks of funding a project amid soaring construction costs and an uncertain stabilization period. But certain projects are going ahead, and National Health Investors, Inc. announced that it will fund a $28.5 million construction loan to build The Courtyard of Fitchburg, a 108-unit assisted living/memory care community in Fitchburg, Wisconsin (Madison area). The four-year loan comes with an annual interest rate of 8.5% and two one-year extensions. Plus, NHI has a purchase option on the property... Read More »
NHI Reports Drop in December Occupancy
National Health Investors released another business update, and the news was not great. The REIT’s occupancy growth had started to slow in the fall of 2021, but its latest December averages showed declines across its three major operators when compared with November’s average. Senior Living Communities dropped by 10 basis points across the nine properties it operates for NHI from 81.9% in November to 81.8% in December. Bickford Senior Living’s 42 properties, the largest of the portfolios, saw a 90-basis point decline from 81.8% to 80.9%. Then, the 17 properties operated by Holiday Retirement fell by 190 basis points from 79.1% to 77.2% month over month, the lowest monthly average since... Read More »
60 Seconds with Ben Swett: Strong Census Gains Continue at NHI
As we head into the holidays, flu season and the snowy winter, when census gains will be much harder won and as our inboxes fill with news on the omicron variant, we want to point out some really positive occupancy news from National Health Investors’ latest business update. In October, average occupancy across its 42 Bickford Senior Living properties rose by 60 basis points to 81.3%, from 80.7% in September. That is up 670 basis points from the low in March of this year. In its smaller (SLC) Senior Living Communities portfolio of nine properties, average occupancy also rose by 60 basis points to 81.5%, or a 530-basis point increase from the low of last December. The Holiday Retirement... Read More »
NHI’s Occupancy and Rent Deferrals Rise
Another month gone and another month of occupancy gains for National Health Investors’ major tenants, according to the REIT’s latest business update. The largest operating partner, Bickford Senior Living with 42 properties in NHI’s portfolio, saw occupancy rise from 80.3% in August 2021 to 80.7% in September, for a 40-basis point increase. Holiday Retirement saw a month-to-month gain of 140 basis points from 77.5% to 78.9%, which was restated retroactively to reflect the sale of its Fort Wayne, Indiana property. Occupancy for the 18 properties still rose to 78.2% in September. And Senior Living Communities, across nine properties, saw occupancy increase 50 basis points from 80.4% to 80.9%.... Read More »Schedule a demo
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