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Fitch Ratings extended its negative outlook for the nation’s senior living sector, highlighted by the challenges that forced Erickson Retirement Communities of Catonsville into bankruptcy late last year.

Life Care Services LLC (LCS) of Des Moines, Iowa, recently announced the acquisition of Wyndemere Senior Living Community in Wheaton, Ill., a senior living community in the western suburbs of Chicago.

Columbia Development is looking to develop a “premiere medical and professional office building” across from its new hotel on Hoosick Street within the next year.

In an attempt to get a student housing project underway, Newman Development group has asked the City of Binghamton for help.

Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) announces the sale of two assisted living facilities in Florida and Alabama. The Florida transaction was for $12.4 MM with 184 units that was constructed in 1999 and had an 89% occupancy level at the time of the sale.

NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust announced today that it has filed a final prospectus with the securities commissions of all provinces and territories in Canada in respect of its initial public offering of 17,500,000 units of the REIT.

Austin-based Campus Advantage Inc. signed a management deal with the owners of a 160-unit student housing complex in Bryan, Texas for an undisclosed amount.

Health care real estate experts Julie A. Johnson, Trisha Talbot and Kathleen Morgan have formed a healthcare investment group with GPE Commercial Advisors.

The Jersey Village City Council approved the concept plan for a transit-oriented development south of Hwy. 290 and moved the process to the next stage—fiscal impact.

By Luciana Suran
Job losses continue and the economic recovery is only just beginning; however, one bright spot is the strong rebound in trade evident in the GDP data. Since reaching a trough in early 2009, both imports and exports have increased by more than 17%.
An aspect of U.S. trade not often discussed is Foreign Trade [...]