Ritz-Carlton Developer Pivots to Luxury Senior Housing

Dallas-based senior housing owner and developer Silverstone Healthcare Company has been in business for about five years and is working with a well-established operator on about $1 billion worth of projects. Still, it’s possible that many industry players haven’t heard of them. “We’ve kept a very low profile,” Chairman and CEO Denny Alberts told Senior Housing News. The […]

Transactions & Financings: Welltower’s $130 Million CCRC Acquisiton

Welltower Acquires CCRC in Florida for $130 Million Toledo, Ohio-based health care real estate investment trust (REIT) Welltower, Inc. (NYSE: WELL) has officially acquired Stratford Court of Boca Pointe, a 527-bed continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Boca Raton, Florida, for $130 million, according to the South Florida Business Journal. The seller was Newton, Massachusetts-based REIT Senior Housing Properties […]

Providers Using Same Tech as Amazon, Netflix to Lower Staff Turnover

What do Netflix (Nasdaq: NFLX), Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN) and senior housing providers like Benchmark Senior Living have in common? They’re all using predictive analytics to meet their respective goals. In the case of Netflix, the goal is to correctly guess consumers’ viewing preferences. For Amazon, it’s to drive sales by suggesting appealing products for specific people to purchase. […]

Sunrise, Holiday Earn Top Honors from J.D. Power

Sunrise Senior Living, Holiday Retirement and Capital Senior Living (NYSE: CSU) have the most satisfied residents among the country’s largest senior living providers, according to a new report from market research firm J.D. Power. The “J.D. Power 2018 Senior Living Satisfaction Study” was conducted between October and December of 2017 and based on responses from 2,539 residents or loved ones […]

New $2 Billion KKR Fund to Invest in Senior Housing

Global investment firm KKR & Co. (NYSE: KKR) recently closed a $2 billion real estate fund that will be used to purchase value-add or opportunistic properties, including senior housing. The new fund has already spent or committed approximately $250 million of the capital raised, and a portion of that $250 million is going toward senior housing, […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (1/4/18)

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 Sunrise to Save Historic Barn as Part of Connecticut Assisted Living Project Sunrise Senior […]