Big-Box Giants Downsize to Drive Productivity with Smaller, Urban Stores

Mar 30, 2011

As U.S. chain retailers absorb the lessons of the Great Recession, many big-box chains have started to shrink average store footprints to reflect the growing importance of multi-channel shopping, adapt to urban settings and recognize the need to...

Eleven Long-Term Care Facilities in Missouri Sell for $27.2 Million to Platinum Health Care

Mar 28, 2011

Deaconess Long Term Care Inc. has sold 11 of its facilities in Missouri to affiliates of Platinum Health Care LLC for $27.2 million in an all-cash deal. Consisting of 852 licensed skilled nursing beds and 128 assisted living beds, the portfolio...

The Economy Is Back, And So Are Hotel PIPs

Mar 09, 2011

That three-letter acronym many hotel owners loathe to hear, PIP, or property improvement plan, has come out of hibernation. With the net operating income of the average U.S. hotel expected to rise 10.9% this year, according to PKF Hospitality...

Benchmark Senior Living Enters Into $890 Million Partnership With Health Care REIT

Feb 28, 2011

Benchmark Senior Living, New England’s largest assisted living provider, has signed a definitive agreement to form an $890 million partnership with Health Care REIT (NYSE: HCN). The partnership will include 34 Benchmark senior housing communities...

Pssst! Want to Buy A Failed Bank?

Feb 23, 2011

Forget a courting period. Those who want to buy the assets of a failed bank need to get to the altar fast to clinch their union...