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Brookdale And Welltower See Occupancy Gains

September 10, 2021, Ben Swett, The SeniorCare Investor - Brookdale Senior Living and Welltower continue to show occupancy gains in their senior living portfolios.  For both companies, the peak increase was from May to June, with Welltower’s SHOP portfolio posting…

DigitalBridge Sells Healthcare Real Estate Assets

September 9, 2021, Ben Swett, The SeniorCare Investor - The seniors housing and care M&A market was hit with another major deal announcement a couple of days ago when DigitalBridge Group, formerly known as Colony Capital, disclosed that it was selling its healthcare real estate…

Multifamily Construction Moves To The Suburbs

September 8, 2021, Paul Bergeron, GlobeSt.com - Residential construction continued to shift toward the suburbs and lower-cost markets, and this trend is especially pronounced within the multifamily sector, according to the latest Home Building Geography Index (HBGI) released by NAHB.  During…

Apartment Rents Continue Their Upward Tear

September 8, 2021, Lynn Pollack, GlobeSt.com - Apartment rents across the US increased by 2.1% from July to August⁠—a slight cool-down from 2.5% the month before⁠—but still continuing a trajectory of rent growth that began…

Other Healthcare Sectors See Healthy August Acquisition Activity

September 8, 2021, Ben Swett, The SeniorCare Investor - The summer surge in deal-making continued into August, and across most of the healthcare industry, with a total of 150 deals announced across all 13 healthcare sectors, a 30% increase from August of 2020.  However, this was a small dip…

The New Senior Living Rankings

September 8, 2021, Ben Swett, The SeniorCare Investor - U.S. News & World Report announced that it is getting into the business of ranking seniors housing communities, after already doing the same for nursing homes.  We’re happy to see the initiative…

DigitalBridge Announces Agreement To Sell Wellness Infrastructure Business

September 8, 2021, Business Wire - DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG) (“DigitalBridge” or the “Company”), a leading global digital infrastructure REIT, today announced it has reached an agreement to sell its Wellness Infrastructure business (the “Wellness Sale”) to an investment group…

Long-Term Care Job Openings To Nearly Double In Next Decade

September 8, 2021, Amy Stulick, Skilled Nursing News - The need for direct care workers in long-term care settings has grown in the last 10 years, and with staff expected to transfer to other occupations or exit the workforce altogether, alongside a growing elderly population, such job openings…

Some REITs Worry Where Hot SNF Market Will Lead

September 8, 2021, Alex Zorn, Skilled Nursing News - The average price per bed for nursing homes rose almost 22% year over year for the first quarter of 2021, as staffing…

Value-Based Medicare Advantage Payment Plans ‘Only Going To Increase’

September 7, 2021, Amy Stulick, Skilled Nursing News - There’s a strong possibility that Medicare will move to mandate value-based payment models (VBP) for the nursing home industry in the years to come, according to industry executives.  Dr. René Lerer and Brian Cloch, CEOs for Longevity…