Capital Senior Living’s Future Takes Shape With New Memory Care Program, Growth Strategy

Capital Senior Living (NYSE: CSU) has shrunk considerably during the two years since Kim Lody became CEO, going from 129 communities to 68. But with its portfolio restructuring complete, recent moves have been focused on growth, and the future of the company is becoming clearer. Today, the Dallas-based provider is announcing the rollout of a […]

JLL Closes 16-Property Senior Housing Sale, Expects $600 Million in Q1 Volume

JLL recently closed the sale of a 16-property senior living portfolio and is on track to log more than $600 million in sales this quarter. The 16 properties were previously owned by a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) and were acquired by a non-traded REIT, Mike Garbers, managing director, capital markets, told Senior […]

Best CCRC Design of 2020: Generations Mix on World’s Largest College Campus

The Spires at Berry College has a claim to fame, being located on the world’s largest college campus. And the recently opened continuing care retirement community (CCRC) makes the most of its location by integrating seamlessly with its picturesque surroundings and the neighboring school. Laurie Steber could tell that the community was going to be […]

Biden Pledges ‘Laser-Focus’ on Vaccines for Residential Care, Targeted Interventions for Assisted Living

One day after President Joe Biden took office, his administration released its national strategy for combating Covid-19. The 200-page plan calls for a “laser-focus” on vaccinating people at highest risk, including older adults and people in congregate settings, as well as “targeted surge assistance” to help contain Covid-19 outbreaks in assisted living. “The United States […]

Atria, Related JV Moves in Intriguing Directions

Related Cos. and Atria Senior Living have been tight-lipped about plans for their $3 billion development pipeline, so I was excited when NY YIMBY recently published renderings of the project underway in New York City. I reached out to the architecture firm that is involved, Handel, in hopes of learning more about the design concept, […]

Welltower Senior Housing Occupancy Falls to 75.3% Amid Pandemic’s Winter Resurgence

Numbers from real estate investment trust Welltower (NYSE: WELL) provide the latest evidence that high Covid-19 infection rates across the country are taking a toll on senior housing communities. Occupancy in the REIT’s senior housing operating (SHO) portfolio fell 220 basis points in the fourth quarter of 2020, to 76.2%, according to a business update […]

New Operator Prosper Life Care Acquires First 2 Communities, Targets Middle Market

Although Covid-19 made the process longer and more complicated than anticipated, a new senior living operator — Prosper Life Care — has now acquired its first two communities. Both communities are located in Massachusetts and were previously owned and operated by Landmark Senior Living, which is exiting the sector to focus on addiction treatment. Landmark […]

Brookdale Reports December Occupancy of 71.5%, Progress on Vaccinations

Occupancy continued to slide for Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) as 2020 came to an end, with both weighted average occupancy and month-end occupancy sitting at 71.5% in December. However, the new year brought better news for the nation’s largest senior living provider, with about 90% of its communities having completed or scheduled an initial […]