• Brookdale’s Operations Improve While NOI and Margins Lag

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:37 am | Statistics

    Following the preliminary results announcement after the January 28 close, Brookdale Senior Living’s stock spiked 11.5% on January 29. Investors cheered the upbeat early numbers, but the mood shifted once the official quarterly and full-year results came out February 18 after the bell. The stock opened nearly 7% below the prior close and dropped... Read More »

  • Morgan Stanley and Foundry Commercial Exit Spring Arbor Portfolio

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:31 am | Acquisitions

    Morgan Stanley Investment Management, through funds managed by Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing, and Foundry Commercial have completed their exit from the Spring Arbor Senior Living portfolio through the sale of the remaining 11 assets. The seniors housing communities, located in Maryland and Virginia, comprise 795 assisted living and memory... Read More »

  • Investor Enters Seniors Housing Sector Through Recapitalization

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:29 am | Acquisitions

    Amy Sitzman and Giancarlo Riso of Blueprint handled the recapitalization of Countryside of Wichita Falls, a 50-unit assisted living community in Wichita Falls, Texas. The asset offered value-add potential through renovations, rebranding and a planned memory care addition. As occupancy began to improve, Blueprint launched a marketing process,... Read More »

  • Public REIT Divests to National Provider

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:27 am | Acquisitions

    A publicly traded REIT recently completed the wind down of its relationship with an outgoing operator through its sale of a seniors housing community in Wisconsin. Michael Segal, Lauren Nagle and Daniel Waldhorn of Blueprint handled the deal, targeting local, regional and national investors. A growing national provider was selected as the... Read More »

  • Multiple Buyers Acquire Skilled Nursing Beds

    by | Feb 20, 2026 8:26 am | Acquisitions

    Under Ohio’s certificate of need regulations, skilled nursing beds can be transferred from counties deemed over-bedded to those experiencing a shortage. Taking advantage of this window, 12 separate sellers, motivated by downsizing, closures or strategic repositioning, transferred their beds with the help of Senwell Senior Investment Advisors. Ben... Read More »

Health Care REIT looking North, again

by | Jun 19, 2015 8:47 am | Acquisitions

In its existing RIDEA joint venture with Revera, Inc., Health Care REIT purchased Regal Lifestyle Communities, a Toronto-based operator of 23 independent living communities with more than 3,600 units. The joint venture, with HCN owning 75% and Revera 25%, will pay CAD$12.00 per share (a 27.1% premium), or approximately US$623 million ($173,100 per unit), for the portfolio, assuming CAD$359 million (US$ 291.9 million) of debt with a weighted average interest rate of 3.8% and an average maturity of four years. The initial cash yield is expected to be 6.1%, with HCN investing US$248.8 million in the transaction. The communities, located in Ontario (13), Quebec (7) and one each in British... Read More »