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An interview with Raoul Thomassen, Chief Operating Officer at Aedifica What emerging trends do you see as having the greatest impact on the seniors housing and healthcare market, and how are you strategically positioning your investments to capitalise on these trends? As occupancy rates and margins are improving across the continent, we also see a … Continue reading Innovation in ageing societies →

Romano Senior, a SOCIMI (Spanish REIT) established by Azora with Banca March and Indosuez Wealth Management, has acquired 11 care homes, in a sale and leaseback deal with Spain’s largest care home operator, DomusVi group. Four of the care homes are newly built in Seville, Gerona (pictured above), Murcia and Vitoria, and the rest are … Continue reading Romano Senior buy lifts Azora’s senior care stake to €500m →

PGIM Real Estate is acquiring the real estate and operations of Signature Senior Lifestyle which develops and operates senior housing in the UK. Signature’s portfolio comprises 13 senior living communities, including 10 operating properties and three consented development projects in and around Greater London. Signature’s established management team will continue to operate the homes. The … Continue reading PGIM acquires UK senior housing group Signature →

A new public-private partnership will create a senior housing development in Rome with 300 apartments in nine separate buildings aimed at self-sufficient residents of 65 years of age or more. The initial investment of €130 million will create Spazio Blu, a pilot project, with a plan to build more in future in a very under-served … Continue reading Public-private partnership to create 300 senior flats in Rome →

England’s planning regime is currently one of the major challenges for the country’s seniors housing market according to research from consultant Knight Frank and law firm Irwin Mitchell. Nearly a third of local authorities remain unprepared to provide suitable housing for the ageing population. The report, Unlocking Potential for Seniors Housing Development, concludes that this … Continue reading Pre-election inertia stymies English senior housing sector →

Specialised healthcare real estate investor Northern Horizon’s fourth Nordic aged-care fund has been fully invested, deploying €648 million and bringing the portfolio to 47 top-tier assets across the Nordics, of which three are under construction. Mariehjemmene Soro in Denmark, one of Northern Horizon’s assets“We are pleased to have exceeded expectations since the fund’s final close … Continue reading Northern Horizon invests €648m in 47 care homes →

Paris-headquartered care specialist Clariane – formerly known as Korian – has sold its UK activities and assets to UK investment fund Elevation Healthcare Properties for £207 million (approximately €243 million). Clariane’s UK interests comprised 805 beds in 12 care homes acquired between 2020 and 2022 and which, with one exception, it owned outright. The platform … Continue reading French Clariane sells UK care homes to Elevation for £207m →

There is something very unusual about the retirement home sector, delegates heard at Real Asset Media’s SHHA In-Depth: Best Practice From the UK – Integrated Retirement Communities webinar, which took place online recently. “We welcome competition in this sector,” said Honor Barratt, chief executive, Birchgrove. “We need more operators and we need more activity to … Continue reading Extra core capital needed to deliver more senior housing →

Healthcare operators are under financial pressure due to lack of staff, lack of storage and rising costs. “So we are seeing that a lot of operators and investors are going more from care to senior living and assisted living,” said Savills’ associate director, operational capital markets – healthcare, Max Eiting. “We see opportunities in the … Continue reading Political shift needed to end German care home hurdles →

La Française Real Estate Managers has acquired a serviced residence for seniors. The residence, which is located in Villeneuve d’Ascq, on the outskirts of Lille, was acquired off-market from Icade and Groupe Duval. The asset was acquired on behalf of Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe and its real estate investment company. The residence has access to … Continue reading La Française adds Lille project to senior housing portfolio →