Ecumen Bets on New Co-op Brand to Attract Younger Seniors

One non-profit senior living provider is building a line of co-op housing, hoping to attract younger residents and expand its portfolio while escaping labor market pressures. Shoreview, Minnesota-based Ecumen is steadily rolling out a plan to build three senior co-ops annually under its new “Zvago” brand, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal first reported. The provider’s first such […]

Transactions & Financings: HFF, Summit Senior Living, Capital One

HFF Advises on $115 Million Financing for Seattle Senior Housing Development Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. (HFF) has advised Columbia Pacific Advisors on the $114.69 million financing for a luxury, high-rise senior housing property in Seattle. The 24-story property—620 Terry—will offer 243 Class A residential units comprising 194 independent living units, 21 assisted living units and 28 […]

Assisted Living Occupancy Expected to Fall in 2018

The next couple of months may bode well for occupancy at continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs), but not so much at independent or assisted living communities. That’s according to the latest Seniors Housing Research Report from real estate services firm Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI). In the first half of this year, independent living occupancy […]

Chinese Investors Still Have Intense Appetite for U.S. Senior Housing

Going forward, Chinese investors may be a lot more active in U.S. seniors housing. That’s because there’s an “intense appetite” among Chinese capital providers for U.S. senior housing assets, John Stasinos, managing director-healthcare at private equity firm Cindat Capital Management, said last week at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) Spring […]

Frontier Management On Track to Hit 100 Communities in Two Years

Frontier Management is betting on careful, methodical growth to help it hit 100 communities by 2020. The Portland, Oregon-based company is growing its footprint in California, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Nevada, Tennessee and even Hawaii, according to Greg Roderick, the senior housing provider’s president and CEO. “I’m turning 50 in a couple of weeks, so it’s not […]