Transform Podcast #57: Garden Spot Communities CEO Steve Lindsey

Garden Spot Communities CEO Steve Lindsey wants to push senior housing to its next evolution — and he believes the answer doesn’t only lie with older adults. Instead, Lindsey seeks to build a truly intergenerational model of urban senior living where people of all ages and walks of life share the same space and interact […]

Transform Podcast #53: Pathway to Living CEO Jerry Finis

It’s been a big summer for Pathway to Living.  The Chicago-based senior living operator is nearly doubling its portfolio under a $97 million transaction with real estate investment trust Welltower. CEO Jerry Finis believes the new relationship could help fuel more growth for Pathway in the future — and that buyers with access to large […]

Transform Podcast #52: Watermark Retirement Communities President David Barnes

To reach the baby boomers, senior living operators are going to have to offer them something more than engagement. Instead, the baby boomers will want the flexibility to make their own choices about how they live their lives. That’s the belief of Watermark Retirement Communities President David Barnes, and the thesis behind the company’s Elan […]

Transform Podcast #51: Confluent Managing Partner John Reinsma

The sky-high cost of building materials is making life hard for senior living developers in 2021. Confluent Senior Living is no exception. The developer has even resorted to stockpiling lumber to save money, a risk that Confluent Managing Partner John Reinsma says the company wouldn’t normally take. But there is a silver lining in the […]

Transform Podcast #50: Heritage Communities COO Amy Birkel

It’s been said that the Covid-19 pandemic has put much of the senior living sector back into lease-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 to the point that Birkel says it’s like […]

Transform Podcast #49: Trustwell Living CEO Larry Cohen

In 2018, Larry Cohen announced he was stepping down as CEO of Capital Senior Living — but he didn’t stay away from the senior living industry for long. Now, Cohen is launching Trustwell Living with several of his former colleagues at Capital Senior Living, with plans to cater to the middle-market by acquiring older communities […]

SHN+ TALKS — The Future of The Springs Living

Join us for the next SHN+ TALK, with Fee Stubblefield, on May 4 at 11am CST. Learn more about the future of The Springs Living and Fee’s perspective on the senior living landscape, including: Innovative communities under development How to gauge when an operator is ready to add scale Covid’s impact and the timeline for […]

Transform Podcast #48: Marquis Companies CEO Phil Fogg Jr.

Marquis Companies CEO Phil Fogg, Jr. has a philosophy: anything that improves outcomes for long-term care residents is worth owning and doing. That helps explain why Marquis has its hand in so many service lines, from senior living and long-term care to rehab and an in-house pharmacy. Being a population health company has benefitted Marquis, […]

Transform Podcast #47: Danette Opaczewski, COO, Revel Communities

Senior living providers will need to come up with a new playbook to attract the baby boomers in the post-pandemic world — and boutique hotels could provide a roadmap for that reinvention. Danette Opaczewski, executive vice president of resident experience and COO at Revel Communities — the senior living brand of The Wolff Company — […]

Transform episode #46: Patrice Johnson, Director of Partner Success, Medication Management Partners

This episode of Transform is sponsored by Medication Management Partners. The Crestwood, Illinois-based company provides medication management and is a dedicated pharmacy partner for assisted living, memory care, and behavioral health communities across the country. Over the past few months, MMP has helped its senior living partners hold vaccination clinics — and Director of Partner […]