Skilled Nursing

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Occupancy at skilled nursing facilities in the United States held steady at 82.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, virtually unchanged from the previous quarter and down less than half of one percentage point (0.4 percent) from the previous year. 

DOWNEY, Calif. — The Ensign Group Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG) has acquired Downey Care Center, a skilled nursing facility in Downey, approximately 13 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

BARDSTOWN, MANCHESTER and ELKHORN CITY, Ky. — Strawberry Fields REIT has acquired three skilled nursing facilities in Kentucky for $21 million.

CHICAGO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors, a Chicago-based brokerage firm, has arranged the sale of seven skilled nursing facilities in northwest Georgia for $70 million.

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRE), a San Clemente-based investor, has acquired a 503-bed, four-property skilled nursing portfolio in California.