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German senior housing and care home developer Carestone Group is to sell a portfolio of nine facilities for €168 million to an international institutional investor. Carestone development at Unna-Hemmerde, North Rhine-Westphalia.The Hanover-based company has agreed the sale of six standing assets and three development projects that will provide a total of 1,000 senior living units … Continue reading German Carestone sells nine senior facilities for €168m →

Patron Capital-backed luxury care home developer and operator Hamberley Group has sold five care homes to property investor Rynda Healthcare for more than £100 million. Hamberley’s operating company, Hamberley Care Homes, will lease back three operational care homes on 35-year terms and two homes under development in Eastleigh, Hampshire, and Enfield, north London. Two of … Continue reading Patron-backed Hamberley sells £100m five-home care portfolio →

Essen-headquartered Instone Real Estate has started development of a “generational living” project in Rosenheim, south-east of Munich. The scheme, which is being jointly undertaken with company BayernCare is located in the city’s mixed-use Lokhöfe district and will accommodate seniors and students alongside each other. The project comprises 142 student apartments which Instone will develop, 44 … Continue reading Multi-generational German housing project starts on site →

Cheyne Capital is lending £219 million to Riverstone, which provides residential property in premium London locations for people of over 65 years. The senior finance facility will be used for a development in Kensington and represents the UK’s largest single asset debt deal for the later living sector, according to Cheyne. Riverstone Kensington is at … Continue reading Cheyne lends £219 in record UK over-65s housing debt deal →

Brussels-listed healthcare property company Aedifica has invested €126 million in two portfolios, one comprising five homes in Jersey and the Isle of Man, the other consists of three homes in Ireland. The deals will increase Aedifica’s capacity by a total of more than 600 residents. Aedifica has paid £46 million for the four homes on … Continue reading Belgian Aedifica buys €126m Ireland, Jersey, IOM care homes →

MoZaïC Asset Management & the SHHA have launched a collective initiative to restore confidence in the nursing home sector. MoZaïC AM introduced an initiative, under the umbrella of the Senior Housing & Healthcare Association (SHHA), to restore trust in the sector which was shaken by the Orpéa crisis in France. Details were presented during the … Continue reading MoZaïC Asset Management & the SHHA are introducing the governance code →

There are two sectors that tick all three ESG boxes for their positive impact on the environment, society and governance, experts agreed at Real Asset Media’s Senior Housing & Healthcare Investment briefing, which took place recently at MIPIM in Cannes. Stephen Miles, Executive Director – Head of Operational Real Estate Investment, Continental Europe, CBRE“Until now … Continue reading Senior housing and healthcare sector ticks all three ESG boxes →

Octopus Real Estate is financing the development of five “future-proof” care homes, valued at around £80m which will be operated by the New Care group on completion. The homes, located in North West England, will provide a total of 347 bedrooms which will all have en-suite wet room facilities. Knight Frank advised New Care on … Continue reading New Care funding follows Octopus’ net zero pledge →

A lot of new capital is seeking to enter the senior accommodation market in Europe but established players have an advantage, delegates heard at Real Asset Media’s Senior Housing & Healthcare Investment briefing, which took place live at MIPIM in Cannes yesterday. “The market has become very competitive because of new investors that have entered … Continue reading MIPIM: Senior Housing market more competitive post-Covid →

According to the Savills report published in February 2022, over the past decade, Integrated Retirement Communities have become the UK’s predominant form of senior living provision, still the delivery remains low. Often referred to previously as ‘housing with care’, the new term ‘Integrated Retirement Community‘ (IRC) coined by ARCO (Associated Retirement Community Operators), the body … Continue reading Spotlight: UK Senior Living →