Sabra, LTC Properties Execs: Skilled Nursing Faces ‘Slog’ in 2023, High-Acuity Care an Opportunity

The coming year will be “a bit of a slog” for skilled nursing, but operating and financial headwinds should ease over the course of 2023. That’s the viewpoint of Rick Matros, CEO of Sabra Health Care REIT (Nasdaq: SBRA), which owns 270 skilled nursing and transitional care properties, along with senior living, behavioral health and […]

CareTrust CIO: ‘End of Line’ Nears for Some Operators Across Skilled Nursing Sector, Creates Investment Opportunities

Economic conditions such as tight debt markets have slowed the portfolio restructuring efforts that CareTrust REIT (NYSE: CTRE) embarked on earlier this year. However, company leadership see the scales tipping in favor of acquisitions. Currently, acquisition pricing remains tricky, as sellers are still trying to achieve “peak pricing,” CareTrust Chief Investment Officer Mark Lamb said […]

Covenant Care Names New CEO

Covenant Care has tapped Nathan Ure as its next CEO. He joined the Covenant Care team in June after spending nearly eight years in executive leadership roles at Sun Mar Healthcare. Other career achievements include founding Cambridge Healthcare and being an early equity partner at the Ensign Group, according to a LinkedIn post announcing the appointment. […]

CareTrust Picks Up Southern California Nursing Facility for $15.9M; Eastern Union’s $57M Bridge Financing

CareTrust REIT (Nasdaq: CTRE) acquired the Buena Vista Care Center, a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in Santa Barbara, Calif., for about $15.9 million, including transaction costs, the real estate investment trust announced March 9. The facility will continue to be operated by Covenant Care under a long-term lease assumed by the San Clemente, Calif.-based CareTrust […]

Why Skilled Nursing Operators Can’t Bank on ‘Silver Tsunami’ — or One Good Month Under PDPM — for Relief

As the post-acute and long-term health care industry struggles through shortened lengths of stay and compressed reimbursements, an oasis has lingered just beyond the horizon: the so-called silver tsunami. If operators can wait out the current downturn, the thinking goes, the glut of baby boomers turning 80 and older over the coming years will be […]

CareTrust Touts $300M Skilled Nursing Pipeline for 2019

CareTrust REIT (Nasdaq: CTRE) turned in solid earnings results for the fourth quarter of 2018, with a sizable pipeline of skilled nursing assets coming in 2019. The real estate investment trust’s quarterly revenue of $40.4 million beat analyst estimates by about $270,000, and represented an increase of around 10% from the previous year. Still, chief […]

CareTrust’s $43.9M Deal in California; Invesque’s $70M Portfolio Sale in Georgia

CareTrust REIT (Nasdaq: CTRE) this week announced the $49.3 million acquisition of four skilled nursing facilities in California operated by Covenant Care, Inc. The 503-bed portfolio comes to the San Clemente, Calif.-based real estate investment trust (REIT) through a sale-leaseback arrangement, with initial annual cash lease payments of $4 million and a 15-year term. The […]