In the Pipeline: Avenida Plans Project Near Nashville; Community Opens at Arizona State University

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. Planned Avenida Plans Active Adult Project Near Nashville Avenida Partners is planning a new active adult community in Hendersonville, Tennessee. […]

Atria Makes Covid-19 Vaccines Mandatory for Workers

Atria Senior Living is making the Covid-19 vaccine a requirement for its employees. The Louisville, Kentucky-based senior living provider announced on Monday its more than 10,000 U.S. workers must get both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine by May 1. Atria’s vaccine mandate is unique among large senior living providers in the U.S., many of which […]

Movers & Shakers: New Trilogy COO; Westmont Appoints CFO

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Senior Living Occupancy Hit Record Low in Q4 2020

Senior living occupancy rates have reached a new low as pressures from the Covid-19 pandemic continue. Furthermore, the number of senior living operators with occupancy rates below the market average grew in 2020. But the prospect of a vaccine on the horizon offers a glimmer of hope for the coming year. U.S. senior housing occupancy […]

Providers Stay Nimble, Prepare for Hurdles as Covid-19 Vaccine Reaches Senior Living

The Covid-19 vaccine has arrived in the senior living industry amid a troubled initial rollout nationally. Many are reporting good, albeit early, progress, and they are preparing for obstacles appearing on the horizon. Providers across the country, including large organizations such as Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) and Atria Senior Living, began administering the long-awaited […]

Genesis CEO Hager Retires, Board Chairman Fish Takes the Reins

George Hager Jr. is retiring from his role as CEO and director of Genesis HealthCare (NYSE: GEN), the national nursing home and assisted living company announced Tuesday. The company’s chairman of the board, Robert Fish, has succeeded Hager, effective immediately. Hager will continue to work as an advisor to the board, while Fish will keep […]

Inside Aegis Living’s New Culinary Wellness Program

Even in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Aegis Living brought on board an enterprise culinary service director over the summer and now is making progress on a new, wellness-focused approach to dining. Behind the scenes, the culinary leaders with the Bellevue, Washington-based provider are making incremental changes to menus in order to boost the […]

Newly Launched Imprint Property Group Prepares for Active Adult Wave

Covid-19 complicated Imprint Property Group’s development plans this year, but the company still believes there will be many more opportunities ahead, both for new construction projects and acquisitions in the active adult sector. In the post-Covid era, some owners of active adult properties may choose to exit the space due to slow lease-ups or elevated […]

LTC Properties Trims Operators’ Rent Escalation by Half in 2021

LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) is offering a reduction on 2021 rent escalators for its operators, the company announced Thursday. The Westlake Village, California-based health care real estate investment trust (REIT) plans to reduce operators’ 2021 rent escalators by 50% in the form of a one-time rent credit.  LTC expects the escalation reduction will have an […]