In The Pipeline: Welltower, Atria Silicon Valley Project Advances; Commonwealth Senior Living Expands in Midwest

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned Welltower, Atria Senior Living luxury residences to see construction soon A plan to bring luxury senior living residences to Santa Clara, California by Welltower […]

Movers & Shakers: Senior Lifestyle Corp. Adds Vice President Post; Benchmark Senior Living Promotes HR Chief

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Landlord of Embattled Lifespace CCRC Likens Community’s Bankruptcy Plan to ‘Disney Fairy Tale’

The Chapter 11 bankruptcy saga of a Dallas, Texas CCRC is heating up, with the landlord in the case recently claiming the operator’s plan forward was something out of a “Disney fairy tale.” Attorneys on behalf of Intercity Investment Properties filed a motion to dismiss the Chapter 11 case brought by Dallas, Texas-based continuing care […]

Senior Living Operators Seek Clearer Distinctions Between IL, AL, Active Adult as Lines Blur

The lines between senior living care levels have blurred in recent years as residents arrive at communities with more care needs, and as operators get more skilled in caring for them. For example, it’s a common refrain in the industry that today’s independent living residents are yesterday’s assisted living residents; and today’s assisted living residents […]

In The Pipeline: LCS in Partnership for Nashville Project, Aegis Living Opens ‘World’s Greenest’ Community

In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned WesleyLife to build new Meals on Wheels location WesleyLife will transform a building in the Drake University neighborhood of Des Moines, Iowa into a […]

Invesque Sees Occupancy Momentum, Continues Skilled Nursing Exodus

Leaders with real estate investment firm Invesque (TSE: IVQ.U) hope to continue positive momentum into the end of the year as they continue to optimize the company’s senior housing portfolio in favor of senior living communities. The Carmel, Indiana-based REIT in the second quarter of 2022 continued its pivot to private-pay senior living communities. Year […]

New Largest Providers List Shows a Senior Living Industry in Flux

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is still the nation’s largest senior living operator — but others are catching up, as the industry is still rife with disruption, according to Argentum’s 2022 Largest Providers Report. The report, released Wednesday, was compiled in partnership with real estate finance firm Lument. It ranks U.S. senior living operators in […]

Brookdale CEO Still Sees Huge Opportunity For Occupancy, Revenue Growth Despite Labor Hurdles

Brookdale Senior Living’s (NYSE: BKD) operating margins ticked up in the second quarter of 2022 as the nation’s largest operator saw banner occupancy and move-in growth, but labor remains a hurdle for the future. Occupancy gains and strength in the company’s revenue per available room (RevPAR) nudged the company’s senior housing operating margins up to […]

Juniper Launching Membership-Based Program Aimed at Boosting Senior Living Resident ‘Wellspan’

Juniper Communities is expanding into membership-based services. The Bloomfield, New Jersey-based senior living operator is formally launching a new health and wellbeing program with the goal of bringing about the “next generation of senior living,” according to CEO Lynne Katzmann. The new program, Catalyst, is an “ecosystem of programs and services” where residents will pay […]