Brookdale Senior Living IncReaffirmed guidance and announced acquisitions to convert leases to owned assets, boosting EBITDA and cash flow.

Brookdale Senior Living reported second-quarter results that management framed as proof its turnaround is taking hold, even as occupancy growth keeps arriving slower than the company originally expected. The senior living operator reaffirmed its full-year guidance of 8% to 9% RevPAR growth and adjusted EBITDA between $502 million and $516 million, pointed to a shrinking pool of underperforming communities, and unveiled two acquisitions meant to turn leased real estate into owned assets. Second quarter RevPAR climbed 8.2% year over year, while consolidated occupancy reached 82.4%, up 230 basis points from a year earlier and the 57th straight month of year-over-year occupancy gains. Brookdale closed on the 244-unit Brookdale Galleria in Houston for $23.4 million at the end of June, and announced plans to buy 17 communities it currently leases for approximately $157 million, a deal expected to close in the fourth quarter and lift 2027 EBITDA and cash flow. Management called the pace of improvement in its weakest communities not sufficient, and full-year consolidated occupancy is now projected to land around 83%, while leverage stood at 8.4 times adjusted EBITDA, above the company's own target of under 6 times.
Brookdale Senior Living IncReaffirmed guidance and announced acquisitions to convert leases to owned assets, boosting EBITDA and cash flow.