Speed to Deal: REITs Dominate Off-Market Landscape for Senior Living M&A

Speed to Deal: REITs Dominate Off-Market Landscape for Senior Living M&A

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living REITs are using their scale and relationships to notch off-market acquisitions while new development remains tough to pencil. In the first quarter of 2026, Welltower (NYSE: WELL) sourced 37 of its 41 transactions in off-market arrangements, while approximately two-thirds of …

Read more

What’s Behind Welltower CEO’s Words of Warning About SHOP

What’s Behind Welltower CEO’s Words of Warning About SHOP

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Welltower held its fourth-quarter earnings call earlier this week, and a comment from CEO Shankh Mitra caught my ear. During the call, he acknowledged that “several health care REITs and private funds” other than Welltower are assembling senior housing operating portfolios (SHOP), …

Read more

Top Senior Living Trends for 2026

Top Senior Living Trends for 2026

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription In 2026, the oldest baby boomers turn 80. It’s an important time for the senior living industry, but not an easy one. With the arrival of the oldest baby boomers, the industry steps onto a years-long demand runway that will see millions …

Read more

Top 10 Senior Housing News Stories of 2025

Top 10 Senior Housing News Stories of 2025

New CEOs stepping in to lead high-profile operators, mergers and acquisitions worth billions of dollars, a looming development crisis – these were the topics of the most-read stories on Senior Housing News in 2025. As the senior living industry hopes to pivot to growth in 2026 and beyond, it is …

Read more

9 Quotes that Defined Senior Living in 2025, Set Stage for 2026

9 Quotes that Defined Senior Living in 2025, Set Stage for 2026

Results matter. Reviewing some of the top quotes from Senior Housing News stories of 2025, this emerges as a key theme. Many leaders in the sector emphasized this message, whether talking about adopting new technologies like AI, new operating or pricing models, or pursuing other innovations meant to more effectively …

Read more

Translate »
Senior Living Operators Pivoting for Growth Health Insurance for Seniors Above 60 Anemia in Aging: Symptoms, Causes & Questions