Best Assisted Living Design of 2022: Olympic Spirit Lives On at Aegis Community Near Seattle 

The University of Washington Men’s rowing team stunned the world by taking a gold medal at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. Nearly 90 years later, Aegis Living has distilled that Olympic spirit at an assisted living community just north of Seattle. The community, located on the east bank of Lake Union, does not simply include […]

Transactions & Financings: Cushman & Wakefield Arrange 2-Community Sale, Vitality to Operate; IHC Closes $400M in 2022

Financings Inspired Healthcare Capital Close Two Before 2023 Inspired Healthcare Capital announced it closed two acquisitions before turning the calendar to 2023. The first community – called Thrive at Augusta – is an 85-unit assisted living and memory care community located in Augusta, Georgia. The second community — called Dancing River — is an 84-unity […]

Brandywine CEO: New Intergenerational Senior Living Model Hinges on Creating Neighborhoods 

Brandywine Living CEO Brenda Bacon is focused on the next iteration of intergenerational living — but to achieve it, she is going back to her roots and taking inspiration from a slightly older way of life. With its most recent intergenerational development in the D.C.-area market of North Bethesda, Maryland, Brandywine is aiming to connect […]

Anthology President: Senior Living Industry Has ‘Tremendous’ Opportunities Despite Big Development Challenges

When CA Ventures launched Anthology Senior Living 2018, Justin Dickinson figured the new company’s president, Ben Burke, wouldn’t be going anywhere for a while. In 2021, Dickinson joined Waterton, the parent company of Pathway to Living, to ultimately lead the senior living operator after the departure of co-founder and former CEO Jerry Finis. Then, earlier […]

Welltower CEO: We ‘Strongly Believe’ Labor Market is Improving, RevPOR Increase Sets Record

Improvements in senior housing fundamentals for Welltower (NYSE: WELL) are creating a “strong setup for 2023,” according to CEO and Chief Investment Officer Shankh Mitra. Specifically, Welltower’s senior housing operators demonstrated historically strong pricing power in Q3 2022, and Mitra is even more excited about positive workforce trends. “We strongly believe the labor market is […]

Transactions & Financings: Innovation Senior Living Buys 2 in Florida; Roobrik Receives $3M Angel Investment

Financings CBIC Provides $17M for AL, SNF Portfolio CBIC Bank announed that it provided a California lessor with a $17.5 million mortgage facility related to the refinancing of an assisted living and skilled nursing portfolio in Southern California. The portfolio consists of 180 assisted living units and 100 skilled nursing bed and is run by […]