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 $3.0 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.

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