With their eyes on the huge cohort of lower- and middle-income baby boomers, senior living providers are looking to the Medicaid program as one potential avenue for growth. Large providers such as ALG Senior and Gardant have carved out niches in the Medicaid space, but recent Medicaid policy changes paint a decidedly mixed picture about […]
The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG) gave itself more financial flexibility a year into the coronavirus pandemic. The Eagle, Idaho-based company amended its revolving credit facility to $150 million, of which only $18.3 million was drawn as of February 22. Coupled with strong cash flow, expands Pennant’s ability to opportunistically target senior housing, home health and […]
Sales and operator transitions Livingston Street Capital affiliate acquires Maryland active adult community An affiliate of Livingston Street Capital has acquired Alta at Regency Crest, a 150-unit, 55-plus active adult community in Ellicott City, Maryland. This is Livingston Street’s fourth recent active adult acquisition. Previously, the firm purchased two communities in Utica and Albany, New […]
Assisted living providers have been largely overlooked by the government’s financial support programs during Covid-19. Even Gardant Management Solutions — a large provider with significant Medicaid revenues — had to wait a long time for federal aid. The provider had to wait until early July to apply for assistance through the $15 billion CARES Act […]
Construction: Planned Erickson Opens Sales Center for Planned Community Erickson Living has opened a sales center for Avery Point, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) slated to open in Short Pump, Virginia. Construction will occur in phases, with the first phase consisting of two residence buildings with 218 units and a community clubhouse scheduled to […]
More than 7,000 assisted living residents may have died from Covid-19 in the United States, according to a new report based on information that federal lawmakers gleaned from providers. The report suggests that the numbers may actually be higher, since deaths in assisted living facilities are not reported to the federal government, an issue that […]
Two U.S. senators from Massachusetts and the chair of the House Oversight Committee are asking some of the largest providers of senior living in the U.S. to provide more information about their Covid-19 infection rates and response measures. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) this week sent a letter […]
Now is the time to think big about how senior living can serve a rapidly expanding middle-income market. “It’s a time to throw spaghetti against the wall,” Beth Burnham Mace, chief economist at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), told Senior Housing News. Mace is a co-author of a newly released […]
In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design trends, the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned $50 Million Community Proposed in Florida A $50 million senior living community is planned […]
Lancaster Pollard Helps Secure Financing for Assisted Living Project Lancaster Pollard recently aided Gardant Management Solutions and Horve Builders in securing financing to build Heritage Woods of Noblesville, a planned 124-unit affordable assisted living community in Noblesville, Indiana. Lancaster Pollard obtained a $19.9 million loan insured by the FHA Sec. 232 program to fund the […]
