Fitch Rates $42MM Masonic Home of Kentucky 2008 Revs ‘BBB’; Outlook Stable

Fitch Ratings has assigned a ‘BBB’ rating to the expected issuance of $42.2 million Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority healthcare facilities revenue bonds series 2008 A&B (Masonic Homes of Kentucky, Inc. [MHKY]). Rating Outlook is Stable.  MHKY was established by the Grand Lodge of Kentucky Free and Accepted Masons in 1867 to provide a home […]

Faulkner Design Group Completes Interior Design for Village at Gleannloch Farms Continuing Care Retirement Community in Houston

Faulkner Design Group has completed the interior design and planning for the Village at Gleannloch Farms, a vibrant, continuing care retirement community at Spring Cypress Road and I-249 in northwest Houston, Texas, according to Adrienne Faulkner, president of Dallas-based Faulkner Design Group, one of the nation’s leading interior and architectural design firms. The Village at […]

AgeSong Expands into Emeryville with New Independent and Assisted-Living Community

AgeSong at Bayside Park, a 116,400 square-foot, 125-apartment community that will offer independent and assisted living apartments for senior adults breaks ground today in Emeryville, expanding AgeSong’s holistic approach to elder care in the East Bay. A five-story residence, AgeSong at Bayside Park sits on a corner site at 1440 40th Street (and Horton), within […]

Sunrise Senior Living Loses $65 million in Q2

Sunrise Senior Living (NYSE: SRZ) reported a loss of $31.8 million in the second quarter, compared to a profit of $8 million for the same quarter last year. Adding that to the first quarter loss of $33.1 million, the Mclean, Va.-based retirement community operator lost $64.9 million in the first six months of this year, […]

Luxury Senior Housing Projects Targeting Metropolitan Denver

Two senior housing projects are looking to cater to the luxury market for seniors on the Front Range in Denver, Colorado. The goal is to provide a high-end, low maintenance lifestyle with nearby assistance if they need it. The two projects, the Stratford at FlatIrons in Broomfield, CO, and the Balfour Cosmopolitan Club in downtown […]

Senior Housing Finance Falls 60% in Q1 2008

As the financial system in America continues to grind to a halt, the amount of financing for senior housing plummets proving it is not immune to the credit crisis engulfing the economy. The 60% drop reported in the first quarter of 2008 from the National Investment Center for the Seniors Housing and Care Industry (NIC) […]

Pennsylvania CCRC and County Official Reach Tax Compromise

Brethren Home Community and Adams County officials settled a tax dispute last week in a process that started almost 10 years ago.  The significance of this settlement is the differing stances that the Brethren Home took when determining which taxes that they would pay.   Brethren Home argued that it is a nonprofit charity donating services […]

New Orleans Gets Senior Housing Project Underway

New Orleans builders will break ground this summer on a $22-million gated community on the North Shore available exclusively to people 55 years and older.  Maison du Lac will have 269 one-story detached homes and 151 condos, which will sell for between $200,000 for a condo and $500,000 for a three-bedroom home.  Thirty six percent […]