The market for liability insurance in senior living continues to face rising costs as well as spikes in expensive claims, settlements and payouts. As insurers and insurance brokers work to identify and manage risks, they are stressing to senior living operators to provide as much data as possible and to be transparent with liability incidents, […]
CBRE arranges $65 million acquisition financing for Virginia CCRC CBRE National Senior Housing Vice Chairman Aron Will and First Vice President Austin Sacco arranged a $65.2 million acquisition financing package for The Virginian, a 306-unit rental continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Fairfax, Virginia. Will and Sacco worked on behalf of Focus Healthcare Partners to […]
PGIM Real Estate is raising funds for its latest senior housing at a rapid pace. The Parsippany, New Jersey-based real estate investment firm is more than halfway toward its $750 million fundraising target, with significant contributions from pension funds paving the way. The Pennsylvania State Employees Retirement System (SERS) approved a $100 million commitment to […]
Invesque Inc. (TSX: IVQ.U), the Toronto-based real estate investment company formerly known as Mainstreet Health Investments, Inc. announced an agreement Wednesday to acquire Charlottesville, Virginia-based senior housing owner and operator Commonwealth Senior Living and 20 of its properties for $340.4 million. Invesque also has an exclusive right of first offer for three other Commonwealth assets […]
On the heels of a strong Q1 2019 performance attributed to an improved sales cycle and growth, Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) highlighted some of its operational outcomes Tuesday for a conference of investors. During a presentation at the RBC Capital Markets Global Healthcare Conference in New York City, Brookdale CEO Cindy Baier shared her […]
Minnesota senior living operators, elder care activists and state regulators announced a new framework last week intended to protect seniors from abuse and mistreatment in assisted living communities. The proposed legislation was passed by the Minnesota Legislature and is heading to the desk of Gov. Tim Walz, who is expected to sign the bill into […]
Welltower (NYSE: WELL) Executive Vice President, Business & Relationship Management Mercedes Kerr is leaving the Toledo, Ohio-based health care real estate investment trust (REIT) to assume the role of President at partner company Belmont Village Senior Living, Welltower announced in a press release Monday. Belmont Village Founder Patricia Will will continue as founder and CEO. […]
Storylines is not the first senior living-at-sea concept to be floated over the years. But there is one thing separating it from those other concepts that sank, Storylines Co-CEO, founder and Chairman Alister Punton said May 8 during Senior Housing News’ BUILD event in Chicago. “The fundamental difference is we’ve got the ship,” he said. […]
Ask the C-suite at any senior living provider to pinpoint the success of their operations and they will likely say it starts with a good executive director attached to a community. Max Rheinhardt III, executive director at The Firs, an independent living community in Olympia, Washington operated by MBK Senior Living, fits that description. The […]
Senior-only apartments have emerged as their own product type, which may compete to some degree with independent living but is mostly attracting a different, younger resident.That’s according to JLL’s 2019 Seniors Housing Survey, which reached out to over 1,000 lenders, operators and industry consultants about their confidence in senior living as an investment class through […]
