Sonida Senior Living has plans to acquire CNL Healthcare Properties in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $1.8 billion. As a combined enterprise, Sonida expects to have an equity market capitalization of approximately $1.4 billion and a total enterprise value of approximately $3 billion upon closing.
The combined company, which will continue to trade on the NYSE under the ticker SNDA, will be uniquely positioned in the public markets as a pure-play senior housing owner-operator platform, with a combined portfolio of 153 owned independent living, assisted living and memory care senior living communities. The two portfolios have complementary footprints that deepen Sonida’s exposure to high-quality assets in strong submarkets in the South, Southeast and Midwest while expanding national exposure to attractive markets, including the Mountain West and Pacific Northwest.
“We are extremely pleased to announce this transformational deal, which will genera
