Sands, the world’s largest casino operator, sold the property to Wind Creek Hospitality, an affiliate of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of Alabama.

Rents continue to grow and developers continue to open new properties at many schools, at a fairly consistent rate compared to prior years.

The sector’s national occupancy rate, based on aggregate statistics from 31 markets, held at 88.8 percent last quarter, according to NIC.

Executives at several seniors housing REITs say the burdens of more supply coming on-line this year are being complicated by a particularly nasty flu season.

Expecting single-family landlords to help solve the supply crisis requires some optimistic thinking.

Thirty percent of JLL’s survey respondents ranked those property sub-types as “extremely desirable,” and another 56 percent ranked them as “very desirable.”

During earning calls this month, senior-housing operators and landlords have lamented a harsh flu season that has led ailing residents to move out of their facilities.

After slowing down slightly in 2017, buyers are again pouring cash into purchases of student housing properties.