Diversified Healthcare Trust reports news about a healthcare real estate investment trust that owns properties across the United States. The company’s portfolio categories include senior living communities, medical office properties and life science properties, with operating activity organized around its Senior Housing Operating Portfolio and its Medical Office and Life Science Portfolio.
Recurring DHC updates include quarterly financial results, earnings presentations, financial guidance, conference call notices, common-share distributions and dividend tax characterization. Company releases also reference its Maryland REIT structure, Nasdaq-listed common shares of beneficial interest, healthcare-property diversification and management relationship with The RMR Group.
The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR) facilitated a $272.1 million mortgage refinancing for its managed medical office joint venture in Los Angeles.
The interest-only loan has a two-year initial term, three one-year extension options and interest at one-month Term SOFR plus 180 basis points. Proceeds repaid approximately $267 million of mortgage debt scheduled to mature in February 2027 and funded closing costs. Morgan Stanley and BNP Paribas provided the financing.
The collateral comprises two medical office buildings totaling approximately 330,000 square feet and two parking garages on the Cedars-Sinai campus. Cedars-Sinai and affiliates occupy approximately 60% of rentable space. Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) owns a 20% equity interest in the venture, whose primary owners are private institutional investors.
Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) announced a regular quarterly cash distribution of $0.01 per common share, equivalent to $0.04 per share per year. The distribution is payable to common shareholders of record at the close of business on October 19, 2026, and will be distributed on or about November 12, 2026.
Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) will host its third quarter 2026 results conference call on November 3, 2026. The call begins at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, hosted by President and CEO Chris Bilotto and CFO and Treasurer Matthew Brown. Financial results will be released after the Nasdaq closes on November 2, 2026. A live listen-only webcast and an archived replay will be available on the company’s website.
Diversified Healthcare Trust (DHC) entered a 15-year triple net lease with Ensign Group operating subsidiaries, effective October 1, 2026. The Colorado portfolio comprises seven skilled nursing facilities with 807 licensed units. Ensign guarantees the lease. First-year annual rent is $8.0 million, above the prior year's rent. Property-level costs shift to the tenant; DHC expects lower capital spending and operational volatility. Annual rent increases are tied to inflation.
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust (ILPT) appointed Anthony Paula as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective October 1, 2026.
Paula is a Vice President of The RMR Group with more than 15 years of commercial real estate experience and has served as Vice President of Diversified Healthcare Trust since December 2024. He will resign from his DHC role in connection with the ILPT appointment. Paula succeeds Tiffany Sy, who will resign from ILPT effective September 30, 2026; her resignation is stated not to result from any dispute with ILPT or RMR.
Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) reported its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026, and issued updated full year 2026 financial guidance, available in the Quarterly Reports section of its investor website. The company stated that this updated 2026 guidance remains consistent with its June 1, 2026 news release.
DHC will host a conference call on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss second quarter results. Investors can join by phone using the listed domestic and international numbers or via a live listen-only webcast on DHC's website. A phone replay and archived webcast will be accessible for a limited period after the call, subject to DHC's restrictions on transcription, recording and retransmission.
Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC) declared a regular quarterly cash distribution on its common shares of $0.01 per share, equivalent to $0.04 annually.
The dividend will be paid to shareholders of record on July 20, 2026, with payment on or about August 13, 2026.
Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq:DHC) will release its Q2 2026 financial results after the Nasdaq closes on Monday, August 3, 2026. Management will host a conference call to discuss results on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. ET, with phone and webcast access available.
Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq:DHC) raised its full year 2026 guidance, citing expense controls, procurement efficiencies, cost savings from operator transitions, and improving senior housing operating portfolio (SHOP) performance.
DHC now expects 2026 SHOP NOI of $185–$195 million, total NOI of $307–$323 million, Adjusted EBITDAre of $300–$315 million, and Normalized FFO/share of $0.56–$0.62. Updated guidance assumes roughly 300 bps occupancy growth, about 8% revenue growth, 5.3% average monthly rate increases, and 4.5% operating expense growth.
Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq:DHC) will present at Nareit’s REITweek 2026 Investor Conference in New York on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time.
A live, listen-only audio webcast will be accessible via the company’s investor relations website.