COO Outlook: Expect Senior Living Occupancy Rebound, Workforce Challenges in 2021

With the senior living industry largely focused on when occupancy will start to recover, chief operating officers with provider companies are focused on rebuilding census — and feeling optimistic about the prospects for 2021. In fact, several COOs indicated that they are less worried about restoring occupancy than they are about looming workforce challenges. With […]

In the Pipeline: United Properties Plans Senior Co-Op; Frontier’s Growing Portfolio

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. Construction: Planned United Properties Plans Senior Cooperative Project Near Denver United Properties is planning to open a senior cooperative community […]

Welltower Largely Splits With Genesis, Bolsters ProMedica JV in Deals Valued at $880M

Welltower (NYSE:WELL) announced Tuesday it has substantially exited its operating relationship with nursing home giant Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN), with joint-venture health system partner ProMedica picking up some of the operator’s buildings.  In a separate transaction, Toledo, Ohio-based Welltower is divesting 25 properties that it acquired through its 2018 JV with ProMedica. The series of […]

Assisted Living Average Price Per Unit Plunged 30% During the Pandemic Last Year

The Covid-19 pandemic took a deleterious toll on the senior living industry last year — and average senior housing values dropped as some owners looked to divest. The average price per unit for senior housing communities, which includes assisted living and independent living properties, fell to $196,200 per unit in 2020, representing a 20% decrease […]

Best 55+ Design of 2020: Senior Housing Meets High-End Club at Isakson Community

Peachtree Hills Place doesn’t just resemble a high-end, exclusive club — it also includes one. Located on the campus of a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Atlanta neighborhood of Buckhead, Peachtree Hills Place caters to older adults who want to downsize and desire the security of senior housing, but still want to own […]

Brookdale CEO Foresees Senior Living Benefits from HCA Deal, Hopeful About Occupancy Recovery

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) residents are getting their Covid-19 vaccines in droves — and the company’s leaders are hopeful that will push occupancy trends positive in 2021. Brookdale’s executives also are touting potential senior living-related benefits of the company’s just-announced deal to sell an 80% stake in its home health, hospice and outpatient therapy […]

Brookdale to Sell 80% Stake in Home Health, Hospice Segment for $400M

Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) has agreed to sell a majority stake in its home health, hospice and outpatient therapy service line. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based operator on Wednesday announced it entered into a partnership to sell an 80% stake in Brookdale Health Care Services (BHS) to Nashville-based health system HCA Healthcare for $400 million. Brookdale […]

NHI CEO Hopeful Occupancy Losses Near Bottom After Headwinds Continued in Q4

The fourth quarter of 2020 brought more disruptions for National Health Investors’ (NYSE: NHI) senior housing tenants, but the company’s leaders are cautiously optimistic that better months are ahead. Recent positive trends in sales leads and vaccination rates, coupled with the prospect of more federal support for senior living providers this year, have given the […]