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Specialised healthcare real estate investor Northern Horizon’s fourth healthcare fund is now fully invested following the acquisition of a care home project in Hørsholm, Denmark, from SPD. Danish developer Scandinavian Property Development will complete the project (CGI pictured above) in the summer of 2025 and the care home is expected to achieve DGNB Gold certification. … Continue reading Northern Horizon fund fully invested with care home buy →

The ‘active adult’ sector is fast emerging, experts agreed at the ‘Senior Living – What we can learn from the US’ market briefing, organised by the Senior Housing and Healthcare Association (SHHA), which took place online yesterday on Real Asset Live. “There’s an increasing demand for choices other than traditional senior living settings”, said Jennifer … Continue reading SHHA briefing: US shows that seniors need more options →

Netherlands-headquartered SevenAges impact investor that finances and develops senior living real estate, is today unveiling its new concept, a senior care guesthouse. “Demand is really high. Throughout the Netherlands, we see that people need these kinds of solutions. We are trying to find and develop more locations as soon as possible. In the coming years, … Continue reading New senior care guest house concept opened in Amsterdam →

Senior living. Later Living. Retirement Living. CoLiving. Care Homes. Active Adult. Assisted Living. Integrated Retirement Communities. Memory Care. The list goes on and on, and while the names we use are unique in every country, we are all considering the same important questions: What does life look like as we age? Where do we go? … Continue reading Senior Living in the US: 50 years and learning →

Cushman&Wakefiled has published “CARE REAL ESTATE OPERATOR SURVEY 2023” Care properties have become increasingly popular with investors in recent years. The linchpin of this particular market are the operators, who create a differentiated range of care provision for a wide range of needs and continuously adapt this to changes in social, structural and regulatory requirements. … Continue reading How do operators view the care real estate market? →

Luxembourg-headquartered Threestones Capital has acquired two retirement homes in Cologne and Künzell from companies belonging to the Huk-Coburg insurance group. Berlin-based investment and asset management company TSC Real Estate, which specialises in property for healthcare, senior citizens and life science, advised Threestones on the acquisition of the so-called Ginkgo portfolio. The facility in Cologne (pictured … Continue reading Threestones Capital acquires German retirement homes →

Care Homes have proven to be a countercyclical real estate asset class, performing strongly in economic downturns, according to Savills’ latest report. KEY POINTS 144,000 additional care home beds needed to meet population growth in the next 10 years The number of people aged over 80 in the UK is forecast to increase by 1.1m between … Continue reading Spotlight: UK Care Home Development →

Serviced Living is growing in importance and is being recognised by policy makers as an important component in the planning of urban neighbourhoods. If you want to find out more about future developments and business opportunities in the sector, don’t miss the 3rd Annual Senior Living Conference. Taking place on 18-19 October at the SZ … Continue reading The Future of Serviced Living: The 3rd Annual Senior Living Conference →

The care home sector can be the perfect testing ground for impact investing Investing with purpose is a conviction play at the moment, as social impact is difficult to quantify and measure and there are no specific regulations yet. But experts believe that it’s not just the right thing to do but it will also … Continue reading Betting on a “social premium” →

Care-home provision in Europe is falling despite the fact that demand is increasing greatly, delegates heard at the recent Senior Housing and Healthcare Summit, organised by SHHA and EPRA. “At the moment, there’s an inability to meet the needs of people, as the availability of care-home beds is falling in many countries,” said Richard Valentine-Selsey, … Continue reading Demand for care homes rises rapidly →