In the Pipeline: Atria, Welltower Join $300M Mixed-Use Project in New Jersey; Benchmark Renovating Connecticut CCRC

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. Submissions are currently open. In the Pipeline: Planned Atria, Welltower Among Project Partners for $300M Redevelopment in New Jersey Atria Senior Living, Welltower (NYSE: WELL), multifamily […]

Heritage Communities COO: Pandemic Recovery Is Like Having 14 New Communities

It’s been said that the Covid-19 pandemic has put much of the senior living sector back into lease-up as the battle for occupancy heats up. Heritage Communities COO Amy Birkel knows this all too well. For the Omaha, Nebraska-based senior living operator’s 14 communities, the pandemic has turned back the clock on occupancy. “It’s like […]

Movers & Shakers: Aegis Names Clinical and Health Services VP; Trustwell Hires SVP of Business Development

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CCRC Resilience By The Numbers: Understanding a Senior Living Covid-19 Success Story

The Covid-19 pandemic put serious pressure on senior living providers’ bottom lines, but for continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), those headwinds didn’t gust quite as hard. In fact, CCRCs’ resilience will be talked about for years to come, Eric Mendelsohn, CEO of National Health Investors, said in a recent SHN+ TALKS. As that conversation gets […]

In the Pipeline: The Springs Living Expands to Washington; Watermark, Hines Announce Houston Project

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. View this year’s winning entries here. And if you’d like to submit a project to In the Pipeline, email us. Construction: Planned The Springs Living Announces […]

Watermark Shifts Development Focus to High-End Elan, Elite Collections

Watermark Retirement Communities’ luxury-focused senior living communities have weathered the pandemic — and now leaders with the company are setting their sights on further growing that portfolio. The Tucson, Arizona-based company is deepening its focus on luxury with two nearly identical brands: The Elan Collection, which currently numbers five communities in three states; and The […]

Brandywine CEO: Covid-19 Created a New Type of Demand for Senior Living

Many providers are starting to see move-ins return and occupancy tick up as Covid-19 cases continue to dwindle — and Brandywine Living President and CEO Brenda Bacon thinks pent-up demand is only part of the reason why. The Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based provider’s phones were “jumping off the hook” in January, a byproduct of pent-up […]

List of Priciest U.S. Senior Living Communities Shows Luxury Niche Deepens as Market Matures

Over the last few years, the senior living industry has focused on meeting the middle market, and for good reason. But at the other end of the spectrum lies another evolving market niche: luxurious communities with services and prices geared toward the affluent. For residents, these communities come with cream-of-the-crop services — and monthly rates […]

Movers & Shakers: New CEO at National Lutheran Communities & Services; LifeSpire Names Chief Marketing Officer

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Welltower Inks New Investment Partnership With Active Adult Provider Treplus

Welltower (NYSE: WELL) is joining forces with Treplus Communities in a new investment relationship that will help fuel the active adult provider’s growth in the future. The new partnership will “expand the best-in-class Treplus product offering into Welltower’s senior living portfolio,” Treplus announced in a press release Thursday. Representatives for Treplus and Welltower declined to […]