Pandemic has distinct effects for independent living and middle-market senior living operators, REITs...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2020
Operators of independent living communities and operators of senior living communities targeting middle-income individuals have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that differ from other senior living...
Welltower sees long-term viability in senior living despite near-term challenges
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 08, 2020
COVID-19 affected Welltower’s business overnight, but the real estate investment trust remains committed to senior housing in its portfolio, executives said on a first-quarter earnings call.
Sabra reports occupancy declines due to COVID-19; other companies also negatively affected
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Amy Novotney
May 08, 2020
Irvine, CA-based Sabra Health Care REIT declared a quarterly cash dividend of 30 cents per share of common stock Wednesday, to be paid on May 29 to common stockholders of record as of the close of business...
Brookdale keeps COVID cases under 1% but sees occupancy decline, calls for government aid
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 07, 2020
Less than 1% of residents at the country’s largest senior living operator have tested positive for COVID-19, but the virus has still affected occupancy rates, according to Brookdale Senior Living...
Healthpeak feels effects of COVID-19 but says pent-up demand will help occupancy rebound
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 07, 2020
Healthpeak Properties’s senior housing operators are feeling the effects of COVID-19, but pent-up demand should help occupancy rebound as the pandemic eases, top executives predicted Wednesday on the...
COVID-19 reduces occupancy, elevates costs in Omega’s senior living portfolio
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 06, 2020
Senior living and skilled nursing communities in Omega Healthcare Investors’ portfolio are weathering the effects of COVID-19 through declining occupancy and significantly elevated costs, according...
The effects of COVID-19 have not escaped the senior living and skilled nursing operators in LTC Properties’ portfolio, executives shared Monday on the real estate investment trust’s first-quarter 2020...
More than 80% of assisted living facilities report occupancy declines: NIC
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Amy Novotney
May 01, 2020
Roughly four-in-five assisted living communities and nursing facilities are reporting occupancy rate declines compared with a month ago, according to data collected last week from owners and executives...
Green Street: Seniors housing may be hardest hit, but rebound looks promising by 2023
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Amy Novotney
May 01, 2020
Investors taking a long-term view of the senior housing sector should see their investments pay off in the years ahead, despite indications that the industry will be among those hardest hit by the ongoing...
Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust Welltower announced Friday that occupancy within its seniors housing operating portfolio has fallen by 1.2% since March 27, declining from a rate of 85.4%...