
Welltower Earnings Boosted by Senior Housing Acquisitions
Welltower , the country’s largest senior housing landlord, reported another strong quarter with increased pricing power and ample acquisitions.
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Welltower , the country’s largest senior housing landlord, reported another strong quarter with increased pricing power and ample acquisitions.
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Welltower (NYSE: WELL) closed on $2.7 billion in investments and acquisitions with deals spanning 43 senior living properties in the third quarter.
The Franchise Times’ 2026 list of the largest franchise systems in the U.S.

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Chiara Communities Foundation acquires Capri Communities, a senior living operator with 43 properties.
Sinceri Senior Living Co-Chairman Chris Belford departs, co-presidents take over.

Senior living industry learns from hotel sector's mistakes and successes

Owning a business meant finding a way to combine their professional experience with a shared desire to make a meaningful impact in the place they call home for Christopher and Elizabeth Uribe.
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The owners of Discovery Senior Living are potentially lining up a buyer for the nation’s largest operator, with a possible valuation nearing $1 billion.

Aging veterans often want to remain in their own homes, but health problems, limited mobility and loneliness can make that difficult.
Ciel Senior Living has assumed the management of Sopris Lodge at Carbondale, an established senior living community located in the heart of Colorado’s Roaring Fork Valley.

Spectrum, Maplewood, and Kendal use word-of-mouth marketing to build brand recognition
Bayada Home Health Care named Melanie Sponholz its new chief compliance officer, according to a post on her LinkedIn profile.
Discovery Senior Living is acquiring Sunshine Retirement Living communities and management of the company’s 33 communities, with opportunity to now grow in the Pacific Northwest.

Home Helpers and Right at Home expand through franchising with 409 and 750 locations respectively

As senior living operators prepare for solo-agers , they also are adapting to the rise of multiple generations of older adults living in the same community.

Tiffany and Shaun Phelan, multi-unit franchise owners with Senior Helpers, are the first couple to receive the Founders Award, the company’s highest honor, at the brand’s recent annual conference.
Following the acquisitions, the family-owned operator now has eight communities in Indiana and Ohio.