Welltower invests $1.15B in California

Welltower is purchasing more than 2,500 units on 19 California properties in a deal estimated at $1.15 billion. The acquisition will make the Toledo, Ohio-based REIT the largest senior housing owner in Northern and Southern California.

The properties, currently operated by Vintage Senior Living, will be operated by Senior Resource Group (11 sites), Sunrise Senior Living (seven sites) and Silverado (one site). The portfolio has an average occupancy rate of 87 percent in the north and 83 percent in the south, and includes the hot markets of San Francisco and Los Angeles.

“These properties are in attractive markets including irreplaceable locations near San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park and Nob Hill, with a growing population of seniors, favorable supply-and-demand fundamentals and high barriers to entry,” said Scott Brinker, Welltower’s Chief Investment Officer, said in a corporate press release. “Our long-term partnership approach, business expertise and unmatched local scale give Welltower and its operating partners significant opportunities to enhance the services offered at the properties and create value for our shareholders.”

Pamela Tabar

Pamela Tabar was editor-in-chief of I Advance Senior Care from 2013-2018. She has worked as a writer and editor for healthcare business media since 1998, including as News Editor of Healthcare Informatics. She has a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University and a master’s degree in English from the University of York, England.