Skilled Nursing

CHICAGO — Care Capital Properties Inc. (NYSE: CCP), the skilled nursing spinoff of giant healthcare REIT Ventas (NYSE: VTR), officially began trading on the New York Stock Exchange today. The company will ring the closing bell to celebrate its first day of trading.

CHICAGO — Blueprint Health Care Real Estate, a broker based in Chicago, has arranged the sale of two 120-bed specialized skilled nursing facilities in Central Texas for $14.2 million.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. and NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Team Health Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH), a provider of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals, will acquire IPC Healthcare Inc. (Nasdaq: IPCM), a post-acute provider, in an all-cash transaction totaling approximately $1.6 billion. The boards of directors of both companies have approved the transaction.

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — Evans Senior Investments, a Chicago-based investment banking firm, has brokered the sale of Pocono Tranquil Gardens in East Stroudsburg for $7.8 million.

MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Blue Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 300-bed skilled nursing facility in Martinsville, for $28.5 million.