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DALLAS — Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA), a Dallas-based owner-operator, saw stock prices plummet Thursday, March 30, as its fourth-quarter 2022 earnings press release warned that the company may be on its way to failure. “Due to the current inflationary environment, elevated interest rates and continued impact of COVID-19 on our financial position, as well as our upcoming debt maturities, our management concluded as of Dec. 31, 2022 there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern,” the press release reads. “While the company’s plans are …

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TOLEDO, Ohio — Longtime seniors housing industry executive, most recently the founder and CEO of ReNew REIT, George Chapman died Wednesday. Although the cause of death was not disclosed, ReNew described his passing as peaceful and surrounded by family. He was 75. Chapman was the former CEO of Welltower (NYSE: WELL), then known as Health Care REIT, from 1995 to 2014. Under his watch, the company grew from a mid-sized company with a market capitalization of $394 million to a REIT giant with a market cap of $15.5 billion. Welltower …

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DENVER — Healthpeak Properties Inc. (NYSE: PEAK) has named James Connor as an independent director to its board of directors. The appointment expands the board to eight directors, with an average director tenure of approximately seven years. Connor has extensive real estate experience, having most recently served as chairman and CEO of Duke Realty Corp. until its acquisition by Prologis in October 2022. He held a variety of leadership positions at Duke Realty for over 20 years. Before joining Duke Realty, Connor held executive and brokerage positions with Cushman & …

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EAGLE, Idaho — The Pennant Group Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG), the parent company of the Pennant group of affiliated home health, hospice and senior living companies, has appointed Barry Smith as chairman of its board of directors and Brent Guerisoli as a member of its board of directors. Smith has served on Pennant’s board since 2021. He previously served as chairman and CEO of Magellan Health Inc., the nation’s largest provider of behavioral health services and a leading provider of pharmacy benefit management services, from 2013 to 2019. He was also …

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CARLSBAD, Calif. — Funds advised by Lee Equity Partners LLC and Coastwood Senior Housing Partners LLC, two specialized investment firms, have made an investment in Integral Senior Living Management (ISL). As part of the investment, ISL will partner with Discovery Senior Living and form the fifth largest seniors housing operator in the United States. Lee Equity and Coastwood recently completed the recapitalization of Discovery Senior Living, which is led by CEO Richard Hutchinson. The investment in both companies by Lee Equity and Coastwood will create an opportunity to find synergies …

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ITHACA, N.Y. — To celebrate its first symposium since 2016, Cornell’s Institute for Healthy Futures is convening industry leaders and academics from across health, hospitality and design to collaborate on ways these combined disciplines can improve quality of life. Held on the Cornell campus in Ithaca from May 11 to 13, the event will include lectures and panels led by economists, senior living and hospitality entrepreneurs, and healthcare practitioners and designers. Beth Mace, chief economist at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care (NIC), and Rohit Verma, founding …

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BETHESDA, Md. — MidCap Financial, a Bethesda-based lender focused on middle-market transactions, has acquired a “significant portion” of Sector Financial’s managed healthcare asset-based lending portfolio, totaling over $500 million in commitments and over $300 million in funded assets. “We are pleased to expand our portfolio and forge meaningful new partnerships with borrowers in one of our core verticals, serving as a leading capital provider to the healthcare industry and the middle market overall,” says Garrett Fletcher, product head of asset-based lending at MidCap Financial.

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Through value-add acquisitions and ground-up developments, new owner-operator is a big believer in the power of collaboration. By Jeff Shaw For a company that’s less than two years old, Distinctive Living has grown quickly. Launched in 2021, Distinctive currently operates 27 seniors housing communities under third-party contracts, with 19 of its own ground-up projects in some phase of development through its affiliate company, Distinctive Living Development. The company, based in Freehold, New Jersey, plans to have an ownership stake in all its own development endeavors. Those 27 communities total 2,881 …

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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — LTC Properties Inc. (NYSE: LTC ), a REIT that primarily invests in seniors housing and healthcare properties, has announced plans to diversify its portfolio through the transition and possible sale of some of the properties in its Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) portfolio, following Brookdale’s election not to exercise its lease renewal option. Brookdale is contractually obligated to pay rent on the portfolio of 35 assisted living communities across eight states through the end of the lease term on Dec. 31, 2023. The portfolio represents 8.4 …

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Otterbein SeniorLife has recently joined Perennial Advantage of Ohio Inc., a Columbus-based operator-owned Medicare Advantage Special Needs Plan. Otterbein launched the Perennial program in nine of its locations. With this partnership, Perennial Advantage will now operate in 40 senior living communities across Ohio. Perennial Advantage, a member of Perennial Consortium LLC, offers enhanced care for residents of nursing homes, assisted living facilities and independent living communities by providing on-site care teams of healthcare professionals. These teams will work together with each facility’s existing staff to enhance quality …

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