• Welltower Releases Strong Results, Again

    Welltower announced its fourth quarter and full-year 2025 results, which reflected a strong year, as anticipated. Investors seemed to agree, with shares rising to an intraday high of 5.9% above the prior close the day following the release, before finishing up 3.5%.  In the fourth quarter, the REIT saw 400 basis points of average occupancy... Read More »
  • Omega Healthcare Investors Acquires Performing AL/MC Asset

    Omega Healthcare Investors announced that it acquired a seniors housing community in Alabama for $10.3 million, or $128,750 per unit. The community appears to be Proveer at Grande View, which has been rebranded as The Ridge at Grandeview. Blueprint was engaged by the seller in its divestment of this community.  Built in 1999, The Ridge at... Read More »
  • T7 Capital Hits the Ground Running

    Founded by industry veterans Ari Adlerstein and Josh Simpson in 2025, T7 Capital has hit the ground running, announcing more than $3 billion in closed transactions in their first year. And the team continued at that same pace into 2026, closing more than $200 million of transaction volume in January. T7 Capital, which advises clients on financing... Read More »
  • Stellar Senior Living Adds San Antonio Asset

    Ventas found a new operator for its Villa De San Antonio Senior Living community in San Antonio Texas, bringing on Stellar Senior Living, a Utah-based family-owned senior care owner/operator, to manage the community. The addition of this community, which was built in 2006 and features 219 independent living and assisted living units, expands... Read More »
  • Harrison Street Acquires Class-A Communities in Fairfield County

    A couple of new, high-end seniors housing communities in affluent Fairfield County, Connecticut, traded with the help of Jay Wagner, Rick Swartz, Aaron Rosenzweig and Jim Dooley of JLL Capital Markets’ seniors housing investment sales and advisory team. They represented the sellers, Virtus Real Estate Capital and LCB Senior Living, although LCB... Read More »
Several Companies Report August Occupancy Gains

Several Companies Report August Occupancy Gains

Several companies have released occupancy updates for the month of August, and there were some mixed results. However, for the most part, these top players reported large basis-point gains over several months, and even between July and August. This consistency among businesses bodes well for a return to normalcy in the skilled nursing and seniors housing industries. After announcing their agreement to provide Recovery Centers of America with a $325 million mortgage loan this week, Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. reported occupancy gains across several of their portfolios. Among their top eight skilled nursing operators, they have seen a 554-basis point increase between late December 2020 to... Read More »
National Health Investors Divests Eight Holiday Properties

National Health Investors Divests Eight Holiday Properties

National Health Investors completed the sale of eight independent living communities operated by Holiday Retirement for $115 million, or $126,500 per unit. The REIT expects to realize a gain on the sale of up to $2 million, and there is one more property to sell of the original nine that NHI had slated for divestment earlier this month. Rental income for these eight properties, excluding the impact of any straight-line rents, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was $4.2 million. The purchase price for that property should be close to $15 million. The institutional buyer of the portfolio was not named.  There may be further action on NHI’s remaining 18 Holiday... Read More »
60 Seconds with Ben Swett: National Health Investors Issues Another Positive Occupancy Update

60 Seconds with Ben Swett: National Health Investors Issues Another Positive Occupancy Update

Transcript Inflation worries and fears surrounding the delta variant took the stock market and publicly traded senior care companies on a bit of a roller coaster the last couple of days, but we were also delighted to see some positive news come from National Health Investors. From May to June, the REIT saw its occupancy jump across its three major operating partners. The nine SLC properties rose 50 basis points to 79.1%, Bickford’s 42 properties saw a 90-basis point increase to 78.2%, and the 26 properties operated by Holiday Retirement saw census rise by a more modest 20 basis points to rest at 74.1%. Still a long way to go, and we’re not sure what kind of rent discounts are being... Read More »
National Health Investors Issues Another Update

National Health Investors Issues Another Update

National Health Investors is continuing its steady census progress, but the rent deferrals for Bickford Senior Living just will not end. The silver lining is that the deferral amounts are decreasing, from $3 million in both March and April of this year and $2 million in June. Now, the two parties have agreed to $1.5 million in rent deferrals per month in June and July. That will bring Bickford’s total deferred rents with NHI to $11.75 million for the year, so far, which is expected to be repaid over a period of 18 months commencing on October 1, 2021, at an interest rate of 8% from the date of the deferral. That is on top of the $3.75 million of Bickford deferred rent from Q4:20 and... Read More »
National Health Investors Expands Navion Relationship

National Health Investors Expands Navion Relationship

National Health Investors expanded its relationship with Navion Senior Solutions, announcing an acquisition, funding of a community expansion project and funding of a corporate loan for the operator to put towards future development costs. The investments total approximately $13.2 million.  First, NHI acquired a 48-unit assisted living/memory care community in Manchester, Tennessee, adding it to an existing master lease with Navion which has a 12-year maturity, 2.5% annual escalators, and two five-year extensions. The community was purchased for $6.5 million, or $135,400 per unit, excluding about $100,000 of closing costs. That results in an initial yield of 7.5%.  NHI also provided... Read More »