Welltower Upgrades Dozens of Community Break Rooms in Push to Improve Senior Living Turnover

Welltower (NYSE: WELL) is renovating dozens of senior living community break rooms in a move aimed at helping its operating partners reduce turnover and improve worker satisfaction. The company’s capital allocation team in 2024 and 2025 has started or finished renovations at 90 senior living employee break rooms, the Toledo, Ohio-based real estate investment trust […]

Why Senior Living Providers Are On Cusp of Best-Ever Years for Occupancy, Margin

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription The senior living industry’s best-ever period of occupancy, margins and revenue growth is right in front of it in 2025. This was the prevailing sentiment that I took away from the recent American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) conference, where optimism abounded amid talk of surging occupancy and […]

New Welltower Affiliate to Acquire NorthStar Healthcare, 40-Community Portfolio for $900M

A new private funds management business* launched by Welltower (NYSE: WELL) is acquiring NorthStar Healthcare Income in a $900 million transaction, the company announced Wednesday. The acquisition covers NorthStar and its 40 senior housing communities. The purchase price totals about $3.03 per share and Welltower expects it will close in the first half of 2025, […]

Westminster Communities of Florida Cements Interim CEO as New Top Leader

Westminster Communities of Florida has named interim CEO Hank Keith as the organization’s permanent top leader. With the announcement, Westminster is putting to rest a leadership search that began with the departure of former CEO Terry Rogers last fall. Keith previously worked as the company’s CFO. The Orlando, Florida-based organization’s board of directors named Keith […]

Inside 3 Big Senior Living Sales Trends of 2025

In 2025, senior living companies are gearing up for a big sales year in which they hope to add occupancy and new revenue to their operations. Earlier this week, we published a story detailing what 10 sales leaders from companies including LCS, Discovery Senior Living and Watermark Retirement Communities are expecting in the year ahead. […]

Integral Senior Living President and CEO Gray to Retire

Integral Senior Living CEO President and Collette Gray is retiring after three decades as an industry leader. Her retirement was announced Friday and is effective June 30. She is stepping down from her role later this year to spend more time with her family and friends. She is slated to remain an advisor and member […]

Why a Big Senior Living Development Rebound Is Unlikely in 2025

This story is part of your SHN+ membership Many senior living operators believe the industry’s biggest and best opportunity lies with the baby boomers. In 2025, time is already running out to build enough new communities to serve them all. The problem lies in the sheer magnitude of the demand ahead, and the math required […]

Top Senior Housing Trends for 2025

This story is part of your SHN+ subscription The senior living industry sits at an important crossroads between challenges and opportunity in 2025. What operators do now could mean the difference between success and failure in the coming years. On the one hand, the industry is still shaking off a few lingering woes from its […]