New Ebenezer Communities Mix Generations as Trend Gains Steam

The largest senior living operator in Minnesota is pushing forward with new intergenerational projects meant to foster interaction between older adults and kids, exemplifying a rising industry trend. Ebenezer is working with developer Oppidan Investment Company on a 283-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community on the provider’s home turf of Minneapolis. As planned, The Pillars of […]

Brookdale CEO: Senior Housing Portfolio Should Be 20% Smaller Within 3 Years

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is continuing to make headway with its real estate investment trust (REIT) partners as it shrinks its portfolio and re-balances from leased properties toward owned assets. Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale is the nation’s largest senior housing company, with a total portfolio of about 1,010 communities. The goal is to reduce that […]

Why More Developers May Choose to Co-Locate Senior Housing, Medical Office

Health care providers are increasingly embracing creative real estate strategies, paving the way for more medical office buildings to co-locate alongside senior living communities. Many developers and owners of medical office buildings are moving away from hospitals and instead opening their doors closer to where patients live, according to recent research report from professional services firm JLL (NYSE: JLL). […]

Balfour Senior Living Kicks Growth Strategy Into Higher Gear

A company that has made a name for itself owning and operating luxury and urban senior housing properties is entering a period of accelerated growth, which includes venturing outside the state of Colorado for the first time. Balfour Senior Living recently hired its first COO and is planning to open a 150-unit rental community in Ann Arbor, Michigan, […]

Transactions & Financings: Blue Moon’s JV, PMRG to Merge with Madison Marquette

PMRG in Talks to Merge with Madison Marquette Texas-based PMRG, a privately held commercial real estate firm specializing in property management, project leasing investment management and development services, and Washington, D.C.-based Madison Marquette, a privately held commercial real estate investment and operating company, are in talks to merge. Closing is expected in the next 30 […]