Ventas offering deferred rent for April; others likely to follow
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Amy Novotney
Apr 01, 2020
Ventas announced Monday that it is offering a 25% deferred rent payment for April for its operators in triple-net leases — about 20% of its portfolio by net operating income.
Welltower, Diversified Healthcare Trust takes steps to address financial impact of COVID-19 pandemic
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Amy Novotney
Apr 04, 2020
Toledo, OH-based real estate investment trust Welltower announced several steps late Wednesday that the firm has taken in recent weeks to strengthen its balance sheet and enhance its liquidity profile.
Trilogy’s people-first staffing approach has led to a nearly 50% lower employee turnover rate than...
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Amy Novotney
Dec 11, 2020
As the pandemic’s toll has exacerbated workforce shortages and employee turnover in the sector living and care sector, executives at Louisville, KY-based Trilogy Health Services know that ensuring a...
Builder confidence in 55+ housing market reaches all-time high in third quarter: NAHB
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Amy Novotney
Nov 13, 2020
In what may be seen as a threat to independent living or continuing care retirement communities, builder confidence in the single-family active adult housing market jumped 18 points in the third quarter,...
Home sharing may be gaining steam as an affordable alternative to formal seniors housing
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Amy Novotney
Sep 23, 2020
It was the high cost of housing in Colorado Springs that originally brought roommates Kimberly Bolding, Ardene Hagadorn and Louis John Vastine together, but it’s the medical and financial support...
Analysts mull recovery prospects for seniors housing REITs
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Amy Novotney
May 18, 2020
A week after the sector’s largest companies reported first-quarter earnings, several analysts have shared their views on how healthcare real estate investment trusts are faring amidst the ongoing COVID-19...
NHI’s third-quarter results suggest that tenant credit risk is getting worse as the pandemic continues
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Amy Novotney
Nov 11, 2020
Despite strong rent collections in October and November, Murfreesboro, TN-based National Health Investors may be in for some tough quarters ahead as its senior housing portfolio faces additional stress...
Nursing home firms snag high-powered lobbyists
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Amy Novotney
Aug 18, 2020
An analysis published in the New York Times Sunday examined the efforts of some of the country’s largest nursing home companies to assemble lobbyists to help advocate for protection against lawsuits,...
Coronavirus forcing investors to realize seniors housing is not just a real estate play
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Amy Novotney
May 14, 2020
After years spent viewing seniors housing as a potential cash cow given the graying of the baby boomer generation, the coronavirus pandemic is forcing investors in the sector to recognize that they are...
CFOs see pandemic recovery requiring more than three months: survey
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Amy Novotney
May 14, 2020
A quick return to “business as usual” after COVID-19 is appearing less and less likely, with nearly 60% of chief financial leaders across the nation reporting that they believe it will take their companies...