Editor’s Note: Interested in the active adult market? Check out SHN’s Active Adult Virtual Summit, taking place July 15-17. Click here to learn more and register. Startup Cantina Communities came into 2020 with momentum, and its founders were pushing hard to make their vision of active adult living a reality — then Covid-19 struck. The […]
U.S. senior living providers have struck on a variety of creative solutions to enable in-person visits during the Covid-19 pandemic, but they may want to look north of the border to gain inspiration from what one Canadian independent living company has created. Vancouver-based PARC Retirement Living, which operates five communities in and around Vancouver and […]
Assisted living communities have been in lock-down mode since the Covid-19 pandemic struck the United States in mid-March — but this situation is slowly beginning to change. Over the next weeks and months, assisted living buildings will adapt again in order to facilitate certain visitors and restart some activities. To regain a semblance of normalcy […]
Small-house senior living may be well-suited to handle the disruptions of the Covid-19 era. This may help boost the model’s popularity going forward — but the industry will first need to overcome obstacles regarding the way these communities are developed, financed and licensed. Just ask Jim Stroud, co-founder and former chairman of Capital Senior Living […]
Belmont Village is teaming up with residential real estate giant Greystar to develop a 17-story senior living highrise in San Diego, in a project that is a first for both companies. The building will be the 32nd senior housing community in Belmont Village’s portfolio and marks the first time that the Houston-based company has done […]
The coronavirus pandemic is sparking concerns of a real estate collapse that could surpass the one associated with the 2008 recession. But senior housing could prove resilient, and new opportunities for development could arise as other property types become increasingly beleaguered. No asset class has been left unscathed by Covid-19, but product types that rely […]
It’s been a little more than two months since Covid-19 turned the world on its head — but the senior living industry is already contemplating creative ways to change how buildings are designed, to cope with current and future challenges. In the short-term, providers have come up with ways to keep residents and staff safe […]
While it’s uncertain how or when the Covid-19 pandemic will end, the disease’s unique pressures will likely shape how senior living communities are designed for years to come. Senior living providers across the U.S. are radically altering their normal operations to prevent or limit the spread of Covid-19, such as by canceling group activities and […]
Founded in 1997 by industry pioneer Tom Grape, Benchmark recently embarked on a new chapter, with a new private equity owner and an operating approach internally dubbed “Benchmark 2.0.” This next era is exemplified in one of the latest additions to the Waltham, Massachusetts-based provider’s portfolio, Adelaide of Newton Centre. Located about 10 miles west […]
If location is everything, then Tokyo’s Sun City Tachikawa Showa Kinen Koen has it all. The nearly 600-unit community sits at the edge of Showa Memorial Park, a public park in the Tokyo suburb of Tachikawa that opened in 1983 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the reign of Japanese Emperor Showa. Situated on the […]
