IRA Capital launches $500M fund with a focus on senior housing
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 16, 2023
IRA Capital has launched a $500 million closed-end real estate fund focused on senior housing and medical properties acquisitions across the United States, the company announced last week. The fund is...
Private equity ownership tied to higher costs to patients
Jul 21, 2023
Furthermore, the review found mixed to harmful effects on quality of care.
Legislators look to ‘tap the breaks’ on private equity investments in healthcare, expert says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 21, 2023
Healthcare transactions have been “robust” over the past decades, but the past five years or so have been “a particularly active period” with a “spike” coming in 2020 and into 2022 as pandemic...
Home health, hospice among top private equity healthcare acquisition targets
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 27, 2023
Private equity healthcare investments in 2022 were the second highest on record after 2021, in terms of disclosed deal value and deal count. Home health and hospice both made it into the top 15 categories...
Private equity healthcare deals face scrutiny under antitrust laws
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 17, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission has private equity healthcare deals under a microscope. Both the FTC and the Department of Justice have the authority to enforce federal antitrust laws.
Private equity deals slow down in 2022 after 2021 high
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 23, 2022
Private equity healthcare provider deals have slowed in early 2022 after reaching a high in 2021, according to recent reports.
Private equity ownership of nursing homes under federal investigation
By
Kimberly Marselas
Apr 15, 2022
The federal government’s focus on private equity ownership in nursing homes is just a “red herring” for lawmakers, one leader said after the launch of a new probe into the matter.
Sabra ‘completely committed’ to senior living, ‘actively reviewing’ $2 billion in deals
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 06, 2021
Sabra Health Care REIT President and CEO Rick Matros said Thursday that the real estate investment trust remains “completely committed to continuing to grow in senior housing,” despite its decision,...
Sabra to exit Enlivant joint venture as portfolio takes $164.1 million hit in quarter
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 04, 2021
Sabra Health Care REIT plans to exit a joint venture with private equity firm TPG Real Estate through which it has a 49% stake in a portfolio of 158 Enlivant senior living communities, the Irvine, CA-based...
Sabra ‘in all likelihood’ will exit Enlivant portfolio, Matros says, as REITs take varied approaches...
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 10, 2021
Sabra Health Care REIT has yet to reach a decision about its joint venture with private equity firm TPG Real Estate, through which it has a 49% stake in a portfolio of dozens of Enlivant senior living...