• Thank You Ortelius?

    by | Jul 9, 2025 8:19 am | Opinion

    Brookdale Senior Living just reported June occupancy, and the increases were much better than we expected for a second quarter, which historically has been a mixed bag for the industry. Let’s just say, we were impressed. June’s same-community weighted average occupancy was 81.1%, up 220 basis points year over year and up 50 basis points... Read More »

  • SLIB Sells SNF in New Jersey

    by | Jul 9, 2025 8:17 am | Acquisitions

    Toby Siefert of Senior Living Investment Brokerage got a skilled nursing sale in New Jersey over the finish line after survey issues caused a buyer switch-up. Built in 1980, Medford Care Center is located in the town of Medford (about an hour east of Philadelphia) and features 180 beds on an 11-acre campus. Operations were not strong, and the... Read More »

  • Carnegie Capital Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary with Texas Portfolio Deal

    by | Jul 9, 2025 8:16 am | Acquisitions

    Carnegie Capital, the national seniors housing debt brokerage founded and run by JD Stettin and David Farhadian, celebrated its 10-year anniversary with a $124 million, or $117,100 per bed, portfolio acquisition transaction. Carnegie provided a combination of advisory work and debt placement for the nine-skilled nursing facility portfolio with... Read More »

  • 12 Oaks Senior Living Appoints New CFO

    by | Jul 8, 2025 3:44 pm | Uncategorized

    12 Oaks Senior Living appointed Elliott Westerman as CFO, effective immediately. Westerman has more than two decades of leadership experience across senior living, healthcare, and real estate sectors. As CFO, Westerman will oversee all aspects of financial management, including financial planning and analysis, capital structure strategy,... Read More »

  • Ensign/Standard Bearer Adds Two Facilities

    by | Jul 8, 2025 3:42 pm | Acquisitions

    The Ensign Group acquired a couple of skilled nursing facilities through its real estate subsidiary Standard Bearer Healthcare REIT. The first purchase was for Duncanville Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a 124-bed SNF in Duncanville, Texas, which will be operated by a third-party operator subject to a long-term, triple-net lease. Ensign... Read More »
Brookdale And Welltower Reach Agreements

Brookdale And Welltower Reach Agreements

by | Jun 29, 2018 7:02 am | Opinion

Brookdale Senior Living continues to shrink, which is actually good news, and Welltower investors will be glad to see new operators to spread the risk. That is the result of a series of transactions agreed to by the two companies in a major end-of-quarter announcement. Too bad they couldn’t have done this a year or two ago, but maybe it is the new management at Brookdale. In the first of the transactions, Brookdale will pay Welltower $58 million ($14,164 per unit) to cancel leases on 37 communities with 4,095 units in two different lease pools. The leases had current negative cash flow after lease payments, and the projections were for there to be continued losses on them. They were to... Read More »