Archive for December, 2009

Senior Housing: New Study Looks at Trends in Long-Term Home Health Care.

Posted 12.14.2009 | Categories: Senior Housing/Assisted Living | No Comments

American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance and Homewatch CareGivers, an international provider of home care for people of all ages, have partnered to conduct a study examining trends in long-term health care and the utilization of associated support services.
Among the conclusions of the study is the dramatic growth of people receiving support care at home [...]

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Senior Housing: NorthStar Healthcare Investors Plans $200M IPO

Posted 12.14.2009 | Categories: Senior Housing/Assisted Living | No Comments

Assisted living facility owner NorthStar Healthcare plans $200 million initial public offering
NorthStar Healthcare Investors Inc., which owns and runs assisted living facilities, on Monday filed for a $200 million initial public offering.
The planned offering was disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company’s shares will trade under the symbol “NRH.”
NorthStar Healthcare [...]

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Fractional: Hamilton Hall to become PRC?

Posted 12.14.2009 | Categories: Hospitality/Fractional Ownership | 1 Comment

US plumbing magnate Herb Kohler has acquired Hamilton Hall in St Andrews, described as “one of the most photographed buildings in the world of golf”, leading to speculation that it may be transformed into a private residence club.
Kohler recently refurbished Riverbend, an estate home constructed in 1923 by Herb’s ancestor Walter J. Kohler, then Governor [...]

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Senior Housing: NHI agrees to $67 million purchase of six Florida skilled nursing facilities from Care Foundation

Posted 12.14.2009 | Categories: Senior Housing/Assisted Living | No Comments

MURFREESBORO, Tenn., Dec 04, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — NHI  — National Health Investors, Inc. (NYSE:NHI) has agreed to purchase six Florida skilled nursing facilities from Care Foundation of America, Inc. (CFA) for a total of $67 million, with the closing expected to occur within three months. The facilities are leased to affiliates of Health Services [...]

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Self Storage: Equity Based Services, Inc. Acquires Another Class-A Self Storage Project in Texas

Posted 12.14.2009 | Categories: Self Storage | No Comments

DALLAS, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ — EBS, a San Diego based Self Storage Operator, acquired its 64th property with the closing of Advantage Storage in Plano, Texas. This is the 24th property that EBS has acquired and now operates in the State of Texas.
Equity Based Services, Inc. (”EBS”) announced today that they have purchased Advantage Self [...]

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Healthcare: VBMC launches major expansion project

Healthcare: VBMC launches major expansion project

Posted 12.14.2009 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

POUGHKEEPSIE – Vassar Brothers Medical Center Monday announced it would construct a 78,000 square foot, $66 million expansion at its Poughkeepsie campus.
The structure will include an Ambulatory Surgery Center, Medical Office Building and a 900 space parking garage. There will also be a café and retail space.
Groundbreaking is anticipated in the summer of 2010 with [...]

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Student Housing: Education Realty Trust Closes $48 Million Expansion of Fannie Mae Credit Facility

Posted 12.14.2009 | Categories: Student Housing | No Comments

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 2, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EDR) today announced the closing of a $48 million expansion of its existing Fannie Mae master credit facility, provided by Red Mortgage Capital, Inc., a Fannie Mae DUS(R) lender. The facility expansion consists of fixed rate loans of approximately $8, $17, and $23 [...]

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The Blackswan 10 of 2009

The Blackswan 10 of 2009

Posted 12.13.2009 | Categories: Featured, Medical Office/Healthcare, Student Housing | No Comments

As the year winds down (thank God!), every list imaginable is trotted out online and in print for the innumerable list-obsessed crazies i.e. my wife.  There is a “best of, worst of” list for everything (List of Lists) from music, to art, to architecture, to political ads, to even the paranormal, and now, most important [...]

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Student Housing: Long-range plan for UA housing makes sense

Posted 12.11.2009 | Categories: Student Housing | No Comments

Our view: Regents reviewing options including privately built units downtown
For as long as the University of Arizona has existed, the question about the students it attracts to Tucson has likely been “But where will they all live?”
The UA’s 2009 campus long-range master plan states that the university wants to engage in more public-private partnerships for [...]

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Healthcare: Crozer-Keystone Sells Medical Portfolio for $38M, Leases Back

Posted 12.11.2009 | Categories: Medical Office/Healthcare | No Comments

Capital Solutions Acquires 256,000-SF Investment in Springfield, PA
Capital Solutions has acquired three medical facilities in Springfield, PA, from Crozer-Keystone Health System for $38 million, or about $150 per square foot.
The sale included the 40,000-square-foot medical office building at 100 W. Sproul Road, the 176,000-square-foot hospital at 190 W. Sproul and the adjoining 40,000-square medical office [...]

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