Post-Acute & Senior Living

The planned $28 million, 60-bed Mercy Rehabilitation Hospital in Springfield, Mo., which is being developed and will be owned by Duke Realty, is an example of how providers and healthcare real estate firms are expanding into the post-acute space. (Rendering courtesy of Duke Realty)

Post-Acute & Senior Living: Rehab hospital is a sign of the times

Duke Realty moves into post-acute space as providers try to trim readmissions   By Murray W. Wolf One of the most talked-about aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), or healthcare reform, is that hospitals and health systems now face financial penalties for above-average rates of readmissions for certain “preventable” conditions covered by […]

Post-Acute & Senior Living: More Post-Acute and Senior Living Real Estate News

• Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing Team recently closed three seniors housing transactions totaling more than $23.4 million.

News Release: Cambridge Arranges $3.7 Million HUD Lean Loan to Refinance Metropolis Nursing and Rehab Center in Metropolis, Illinois

Cambridge Realty Capital Companies reports closing a $3.7 million HUD Lean first mortgage loan for Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, a 103-bed skilled-care nursing home in Metropolis, Ill. Cambridge Chairman Jeffrey A. Davis said the fully-amortized, 30-year term mortgage was arranged for the owner, a Missouri limited liability company, using the HUD Section 232 pursuant […]

News Release: $16 Million Acquisition Loan and Bridge Loan to FHA 232/223(f)

About the Transaction KeyBank Real Estate Capital® provided a $16.3 million term loan to refinance existing debt and to acquire an additional skilled nursing facility for RollinsNelson LTC Corp. The term loan will serve as a bridge to long term HUD financing. The KeyBank Real Estate Capital Relationship Key’s relationship with RollinsNelson supports the company’s […]

News Release: MedProperties Holdings invests in rehab hospital

News Release: MedProperties Holdings invests in rehab hospital

MedProperties Holdings invests in rehab hospital Dallas-based real estate private equity investment firm is joint venturing with Avail Healthcare Ventures and Trivant Healthcare to develop 40-bed hospital near Austin, Texas MedProperties Holdings is serving as the primary equity source for a new rehabilitation hospital in Kyle, Texas, which will be 100 percent leased by a […]

News Release: C.C. Hodgson Architectural Group announces opening of Resthaven Care Community in Michigan, emphasizing wellness & spirituality

 CLEVELAND, May 10, 2013— Resthaven Care Community (Holland, MI) recently opened a $4.6 million patient-centered expansion that includes a 16-suite rehab cottage, chapel/life center and wellness center. C.C. Hodgson Architectural Group, a Planetree certified architectural firm specializing in senior living, worked closely with the Resthaven team to design a facility that emphasizes wellness and spirituality. […]

Transactions: National Health Investors announces $26.3 million senior living acquisition

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. –National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE: NHI) has announced that it plans to acquire a total of 254 skilled nursing beds in two Texas facilities for $26.3 million. The facilities, both less than two years old, are in Corinth and Canton, which are about 40 and 60 miles, respectively, from Dallas. Indirect affiliates of […]

Transactions: Canadian senior living company doubles U.S. portfolio with $141.7M buy

TORONTO – A Canadian real estate investment trust (REIT) has more than doubled its portfolio of U.S. senior housing and care properties with a $141.7 million acquisition of 13 assets in three states. Toronto-based HealthLease Properties REIT (Toronto: HLP.UN) has closed on the acquisition of 10 properties in North Carolina, two in Pennsylvania and one […]

Communities like this facility in Hanford, Calif., help to make Holiday Retirement Corp. the nation’s largest independent living operator. (Photo courtesy of Holiday Retirement Corp.)

Industry Pulse: Survey details largest senior living operators

Holiday Retirement Corp., Emeritus Corp. (NYSE: ESC) and Merrill Gardens LLC top a new survey of the nation’s largest senior living providers. Many of the healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs)  and other investors that own medical office buildings (MOBs) also own senior living facilities. That means many senior living firms are tenants or prospective […]

Post-Acute & Senior Living: More News

■ LCB Senior Living LLC reportedly paid a record price when it recently acquired the 50-unit, 83-bed Arbors of Bedford assisted living community in Bedford, N.H., from Merrimack Health Group, according to The Senior Care Investor newsletter. The $35 million purchase price works out to $700,000 per unit and $422,000 per bed. Cushman and Wakefield’s […]

Post-Acute & Senior Living: Denver seeing flurry of senior living

Changing preferences and population growth are presenting fresh opportunities By Murray W. Wolf The aging of the population and a stronger economy are spurring a flurry of senior living development in the Denver area. The largest project to be announced is Balfour at Riverfront Park in Denver. The proposed $74 million, 205-unit continuing care retirement […]

Post-Acute and Senior Living: Senior housing recovery continues as Q4 occupancy climbs to 89.1 percent

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The average occupancy rate for senior housing was 89.1 percent during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2012, up 0.3 percent from Q3 and up 1 percent Q4 2011, according to the Annapolis-based National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing & Care Industry (NIC).  “Occupancy is now at a four-year high and, with […]

Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital, which opened in April 2012 in Austin, Texas, was recently acquired by an affliate of Norvin Healthcare Properties of New York.
Photo courtesy of Prevarian Hospital Properties

Post-Acute and Senior Living: Norvin acquires Texas rehab hospital

Private equity firm pays $32.9 million for fully leased, 50-bed facility in Austin By John B. Mugford New York-based Norvin Healthcare Properties recently gained a foothold in the Austin, Texas, market by purchasing the 60,000 square foot, three-story Central Texas Rehabilitation Hospital (CTRH) from an affiliate of Dallas-based Prevarian Hospital Partners.  The price was $32.9 […]

Woodview Assisted Living & Memory Care

News Release: Just Sold – Assisted Living & Memory Care

  Woodview Assisted Living & Memory Care Ft Wayne, Indiana 82,407 SF 88 Units 97% Census

Cornerstone Healthcare Group of Dallas recently started construction of the 54-bed Cornerstone Hospital Round Rock (Texas), one of the first new long-term care hospitals (LTACH) to be developed since a five-year moratorium ended Dec. 29. (Rendering courtesy of Cornerstone Healthcare Group)

Post-Acute & Senior Living: At last, the long LTACH moratorium ends

After 5 years, will expiration mean a surge of activity in the post-acute space? By John B. Mugford At long last – after five years, in fact – the federal government’s moratorium on the development of new long-term care hospitals (LTACHs), as well as the expansion of existing ones, has finally come to an end. […]