Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: Blueprint, NHI

Blueprint Announces Senior Housing Deals in Massachusetts, Alabama Chicago-based advisory group Blueprint Health Care Real Estate Advisors recently announced the sale of a 100-unit assisted living and memory care community in Brockton, Massachusetts, called Heights Crossing Assisted Living Residence. Blueprint orchestrated an exclusive sales process on behalf of the seller, a regional owner-operator with a strong […]

Plans Take Shape for Senior Living in ‘Disneyland for Football’

A much buzzed-about retirement community for former NFL players officially has an operator—and more of a game plan. That community, Legends Landing, will include 143 beds for independent living, assisted living and memory care. San Antonio’s Franklin Companies, owner and manager of seven senior living properties in Texas under the Franklin Park brand, will operate the community, […]

Legends Landing to House Retired NFL Hall of Famers

Senior Hall of Famers from the National Football League Association will soon have an assisted living facility to call home. A 150-unit facility, Legends Landing, is currently underway for former football players who need an assisted living level of care in Canton, Ohio. The project is part of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Village, […]

Movers & Shakers: LeadingAge’s New Board Chair

Kathryn Roberts Begins 2016 as LeadingAge Board Chair Kathryn Roberts, president and CEO of Ecumen, has taken over in the lead role of LeadingAge’s board of directors. She has served as a board member for eight years and succeed Dave Gehm, president and CEO of WellSpring Lutheran Services, who served a board chair for two […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (7/30/15)

(Ventana by Buckner – Photo courtesy of Buckner Retirement Services) Construction: Planned Buckner Senior Living Reveals Renderings of Dallas High-Rise CCRC Texas-based Buckner Senior Living, a not-for-profit organization that is part of Buckner International, recently revealed new renderings of its latest project: a high-rise continuing care retirement community (CCRC) called Ventana by Buckner. Scheduled to […]

NFL Alumni Association Endorses 33-Property Senior Living Pipeline

The NFL Alumni Association is officially giving its seal of approval to a Florida-based developer to provide assisted living and memory care services for former pro football players. Pro Football Legends, the marketing arm of the NFL Alumni Association, will be working with Validus Senior Living, a subsidiary of Validus Group, to spend more than a […]