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Company Profile: Distinctive Living Partners Up

by Jeff Shaw

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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LTC Seeks to Sell, Transition 35-Community Portfolio as Brookdale Elects to End Lease

by Jeff Shaw

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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Otterbein SeniorLife Partners with Perennial Advantage of Ohio

by Jeff Shaw

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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Vivage Senior Living, Beecan Health Colorado Announce Merger

by Jeff Shaw

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — Vivage Senior Living and Beecan Health Colorado have merged, bringing together an integrated network of care. The two companies combined operate 42 skilled nursing facilities totaling 3,600 licensed beds in the state of Colorado. In addition to providing a large variety of placement options, Vivage-Beecan is also dedicated to enhancing specialty program development. This unified network of skilled nursing facilities allows residents and family members greater access to healthcare solutions in every corner of the state of Colorado, according to the company.

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Welltower, Retirement Unlimited Partner to Launch Luxury Elancé Brand

by Jeff Shaw

TOLEDO, Ohio and ROANOKE, Va. — Welltower Inc (NYSE: WELL) and Retirement Unlimited Inc. (RUI) have formed a partnership under which RUI will operate luxury seniors housing communities under a newly launched Elancé brand. Welltower, a Toledo-based REIT, installed Roanoke-based RUI as the operator of Fountains at Washington House in Alexandria, Virginia in November. Following the change, the property was renamed Elancé at Alexandria and became the first community under the new banner. The two companies have planned a “significant expansion in the programmatic relationship between Welltower and RUI” in …

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Strawberry Fields REIT to Begin Trading on the New York Stock Exchange American

by Jeff Shaw

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Strawberry Fields REIT, a South Bend-based owner of skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and long-term acute care hospitals throughout the Midwest and South, will officially begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange American on Wednesday, Feb. 22. The stock exchange, formerly known as the American Stock Exchange, is known for representing small-cap companies that are not yet big enough to list on the New York Stock Exchange, according the U.S. News & World Report. The company announced in April of last year that it …

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Oxford Closes $867M in Healthcare Loans in 2022

by Jeff Shaw

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Oxford Finance LLC, an Alexandria-based specialty finance firm that provides senior debt to life sciences and healthcare services companies worldwide, provided $867 million in healthcare real estate loans in 2022. The total was an annual record for the company’s Healthcare Real Estate Group, which closed a total of 14 transactions, with credit facilities ranging from $9 million to over $124 million. Highlights included: Oxford provided an $80.8 million term loan and an $8.5 million revolving line of credit to finance the acquisition of four healthcare campuses comprised …

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ABP Acquisition to Purchase AlerisLife for $43.8M

by Jeff Shaw

NEWTON, Mass. — ABP Acquisition LLC has agreed to acquire Newton-based operator AlerisLife Inc. (NASDAQ: ALR) for $1.31 per share, or $43.8 million, and take the company private. The price represents an 85 percent premium to the average stock price over the 30 days prior to the sale announcement, which was 71 cents per share. ABP is majority owned and controlled by Adam Portnoy, one of ALR’s managing directors and the chair of its board of directors. ABP and its affiliates currently own approximately 6.1 percent of ALR’s outstanding shares …

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Sabra Completes $185M in Dispositions, 24-Property Operator Change

by Jeff Shaw

IRVINE, Calif. — Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA) has completed roughly $185 million of sales related to previously disclosed disposition activity. In addition, the 24 properties formerly leased to North American have been successfully transitioned to Ensign Group (NASDAQ: ENSG) and the Avamere Family of Companies. The disposition activity was almost entirely comprised of skilled nursing investments, including a sizable portfolio that sold for over $200,000 per bed. In aggregate, the cash yield on this disposition activity was approximately 7 percent for the 12-month period ending Sept. 30, …

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Ventas Promotes Justin Hutchens to Chief Investment Officer

by Jeff Shaw

CHICAGO — Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR), a Chicago-based REIT and the second-largest owner of seniors housing in the United States, has promoted J. Justin Hutchens. The longtime seniors housing executive will maintain his title of executive vice president of seniors housing, but take on the additional role of chief investment officer. In his expanded role, Hutchens will be responsible for Ventas’ capital allocation strategy and execution across the enterprise in addition to his current responsibility for the company’s seniors housing portfolio. He will oversee both the seniors housing and investments …

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