Hutchens to Leave HCP, Become CEO of U.K. Care Home Company

Four months after becoming president of HCP Inc. (NYSE: HCP), Justin Hutchens has decided to leave the major senior housing real estate investment trust (REIT) to become CEO of HC-One, one of the largest care home operators in the United Kingdom. Hutchens will remain at HCP through June 1, the Irvine, California-based company announced Monday morning. “Though […]

Hot New Tech Helps Shape Wellness-Centered Senior Living

The 21st Century Senior Living Community is a series brought to you by CDW, a provider of technology solutions and services focused exclusively on serving the healthcare marketplace. The series takes a clear-eyed look at how leading providers and their partners are creating the next generation of senior living communities by raising the bar on […]

Retail Developer Oppidan Pursues $400 Million Senior Housing Pipeline

This coverage of the 2017 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Investment Forum is brought to you by Mainstreet. As the nation’s largest developer of transitional care properties, Mainstreet specializes in real estate development, value investments and health care. With Mainstreet’s support, SHN is bringing event coverage of the NIC conference, which […]

Best Repositioning 2016: Taking Independent Living to New Heights

High-rise senior housing projects typically are associated with dense urban areas, but one recently completed project shows these buildings can also be nestled in beautiful natural surroundings. Rockwood South Hill is a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) that occupies 90 acres of picturesque forest and wetland about 3.5 miles outside the city center of Spokane, […]

Avamere Pilots IBM ‘Watson’ Tech for Precision Senior Care

Watson, the IBM cognitive computing system that gained fame for beating human Jeopardy! champions at the game, soon could enable more precise care and services in senior living. The technology currently is being piloted by Wilsonville, Oregon-based Avamere Family of Companies, in its independent living, assisted living, and skilled nursing settings, as well as through […]

Tips to Address Slow Senior Housing Lease-Ups

This coverage of the 2017 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Investment Forum is brought to you by Mainstreet. As the nation’s largest developer of transitional care properties, Mainstreet specializes in real estate development, value investments and health care. With Mainstreet’s support, SHN is bringing event coverage of the NIC conference, which […]

With Health Reform in Limbo, Frist and Daschle ‘Tweet’ Advice to Senior Housing

This coverage of the 2017 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Investment Forum is brought to you by Mainstreet. As the nation’s largest developer of transitional care properties, Mainstreet specializes in real estate development, value investments and health care. With Mainstreet’s support, SHN is bringing live event coverage of the NIC conference, […]

Juniper Slashes Hospitalization Rates by Integrating Senior Housing, Care

This coverage of the 2017 National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care Spring Investment Forum is brought to you by Mainstreet. As the nation’s largest developer of transitional care properties, Mainstreet specializes in real estate development, value investments and health care. With Mainstreet’s support, SHN is bringing live event coverage of the NIC conference, […]

Editor’s Take: 3 Ways to Super-Charge Luxury Senior Living

Luxury senior living is booming, and it’s making me jaded. Once, I might have been impressed by communities with bistros and formal dining rooms and wine bars, state-of-the-art screening rooms, fully equipped fitness studios, indoor pools, on-site pet grooming, and swanky spas. Now, after innumerable press releases about the latest and greatest “luxury” community opening […]

How Silverado Plans to Become a Coast-to-Coast Provider

Silverado was the eighth-largest memory care provider nationally as of 2016, and the company now is set to grow its footprint by expanding into a new part of the country. A property being developed in Alexandria, Virginia, will be the first foray into an East Coast market for Irvine, California-based Silverado. Scheduled to open in […]