Rosemann Completes New Senior Living Community in Kansas City

Earlier this month, architectural and interior design firm Rosemann & Associates, PC announced that construction of the 42 unit, independent senior living community in Kansas City, Mo. known as D.A. Holmes II Senior Apartments has been completed and 100 percent occupied. The owner, D.A. Holmes Senior Housing II, L.P. developed the $4.9 million, affordable senior […]

Pennsylvania Senior Living Conference To Focus On Finding Opportunities

Horst Construction is hosting its 8th annual Senior Living Conference — Silver-Lined Strategies: Identifying Opportunities in Today’s Economy on Thursday, April 9, 2009 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The conference is designed for CEOs, CFOs and executive administrators of senior-care communities throughout the mid-Atlantic region and will discuss national trends in the senior living market as well […]

Canadian Senior Housing Options: Luxury Condos & Apartments In The Same Building

The National Post, a Canadian publication, recently ran an article on Canadian seniors looking to downsize and extolling the benefits of purchasing smaller, luxury types of condominium units rather than renting or participating in a CCRC. While the developers are offering both rental units and condominiums units in the same buildings, they share the same […]

Australian Senior Housing Company Shares US Housing Pains

Not only is the economy affecting seniors selling their homes in the United States, it is affecting seniors around the world. The Australian ran an article in it’s business section on retirement living company Aevum, a publicly traded stock in Australia, that discussed the troubles it is facing with respect to the asset values of […]

DHCR Announces Approval of Economic Development Grants to Elder-Care Services in St. Lawrence County

The NYS Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR) recently announced $727,000 in New York State Community Development Block Grant (NYS CDBG) awards to St. Lawrence County to help United Helpers Nursing Home, Inc. and Canton Daycare Center Inc. develop and construct Maplewood Campus in the Village of Canton. The new $29 million facility will […]

HCP Announces 4th Quarter And 2008 Earnings

Last week, HCP (the “Company”) (NYSE:HCP – News) announced results for the quarter ended December 31, 2008. Funds from operations (“FFO”) applicable to common shares was $121.5 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2008, compared to FFO applicable to common shares of $117.2 million, or $0.54 per diluted share, […]

Housing Project For Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Seeks Funding

The oft-neglected problem of grandparents raising grandchildren is getting some unique assistance in Milwaukee from a housing perspective. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal ran a story last week entitled, Kid-friendly senior housing proposed, profiled a development on Milwaukee’s north side that would create a 47 unit, $10 million affordable, senior apartment complex called Villard Square. The […]