Private Investors Pour Capital Into Debt Funds

Financing vehicle enables private equity firms to open another revenue line while offering borrowers an option when lenders are scarce. By Jeff Shaw The growing popularity of private equity-backed debt funds is a win-win for many of the players involved.…

Why Now Is the Time for Lenders to Invest in Seniors Housing

By Taylor Mokris and Kim Huffstutler In this market, with the twin difficulties of persistent inflation and interest rate hikes, it can be a challenge to find the right real estate investment. However, as lenders work with developers, owners and…

Investors Hit the Brakes on M&A

After transaction volume rebounded greatly in 2021, sales fell 38 percent in 2022 as economic hardships mounted. By Jeff Shaw I get knocked down, but I get up again  You are never gonna keep me down  The lyrics to the…

ESG Rises in Importance

Investors and customers are increasingly drawn to companies that embrace environmental, social and governance policies, but the success of these initiatives hinges on transparency and authenticity. By Jeff Shaw A company could be forgiven for wanting to avoid developing and…

Welltower, Retirement Unlimited Partner to Launch Luxury Elancé Brand

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…

LTC Invests $128M in 12 Communities in North Carolina

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — LTC Properties Inc. (NYSE: LTC), a Westlake Village-based real estate investment trust that primarily invests in seniors housing and healthcare properties, has made a $128 million investment in 12 assisted living/memory care properties totaling 937 beds…

Company Profile: Omega Healthcare Investors

A Port in the Storm Omega Healthcare Investors rides out recessions, regulatory sea changes and pandemics to remain one of the largest owners of senior care facilities. By Jeff Shaw Omega Healthcare Investors launched in a way that was extremely…

InterFace Panelists: Debt Markets Tightening as Transactions Slow

Macroeconomic conditions are slowing the pace of seniors housing transactions and squeezing the availability of capital. Inflation and rising interest rates are making deals more expensive to finance. Debt providers are tightening their underwriting terms, while equity investors sit on…

Affordable Developer Standard Communities Breaks Out Three Business Units

LOS ANGELES — Standard Communities, a Los Angeles-based investor and developer of affordable multifamily housing including seniors housing, has established three new, diversified business lines. The three dedicated business lines — acquisition/redevelopment, new construction and essential housing — aim to…

Steps to Help Small Seniors Housing Owners Prepare for a Sale

The seniors housing market has had its fair share of well-documented struggles, including plunging occupancies during COVID-19 and continuing labor challenges. Like the rest of the commercial real estate market, the sector is now confronting higher interest rates and recession.…

Silverstone Senior Living Takes on Compatriot Capital as New Equity Partner

DALLAS — Compatriot Capital, a diversified real estate company and wholly owned subsidiary of Sammons Enterprises Inc., has acquired an equity interest in Dallas-based senior living developer Silverstone Senior Living. Currently, Compatriot Capital is Silverstone’s largest limited joint venture partner…

Value-Add Strategies Fit the Times

As land and construction costs soar, developers find success with repositioning projects despite the risks. By Jeff Shaw Ground-up seniors housing construction is arguably more difficult now than it has ever been, forcing developers to come up with an alternative…