Maryland CCRC Names New COO Broadmead, a continuing care retirement community in Cockeysville, Md., has recently hired Robin Somers as its new chief operating officer. Somers, a 20-year veteran of the senior living and health care fields, has previously served as the executive director and senior executive director for Fairhaven, another CCRC, as well as […]
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The so-called “big three” health care real estate investment trusts (REITs) continue to dominate as the largest non-provider senior living property owners in 2015, with Health Care REIT Inc. [NYSE: HCN] retaining its top position on the annual list from the Assisted Living Federation of America. HCN ranked No. 1 in all three metrics considered, […]
In case you missed them…. here are the top headlines grabbing Senior Housing News readers’ attention this week. Alliance Residential Launches $1 Billion Senior Living Pipeline—With an established footprint in multifamily development, Alliance is making a major foray into senior housing with a billion-dollar pipeline planned in the coming years. As Providers Ready for […]
Following a year that brought blockbuster acquisitions and record-breaking deal volume, this year’s ranking of the largest senior living providers reflects the growth and consolidation of the top players in the market. Notably, the biggest change in the list is the merging of Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) and Emeritus Senior Living Corp. […]
Senior care providers have long been tasked with anticipating the wants, needs and preferences of tomorrow’s resident. But now, they’ll have to re-imagine what maturity and growing older really means as they prepare for the new wave of their most demanding consumers. But it’s not just the boomer age wave and increasing longevity that is […]
Traveling to San Diego next week to attend NIC’s 2015 Capital and Business Strategies Forum March 31 – April 2? Senior Housing News has you covered on where to dine while you’re in town. While San Diego is known for its fish tacos and plethora of Mexican-inspired cuisine (it is, after all, just a few […]
Atlanta CCRC Names New CFO, VP of Finance Lenbrook, Atlanta’s only continuing care retirement community (CCRC) to be nationally accredited by CARF-CCAC, has named Dan Dornblaser to the position of chief financial officer and vice president of finance. Lenbrook has also elected Tripp Rawls to serve on its Board of Directors. Dornblaser brings more than […]
Top news organizations around the country recently ran these must-read stories related to senior housing. Aging Baby Boomers Bring Drug Habits Into Middle Age — Drug abuse—and overdose deaths—are surging among older Americans, as Baby Boomers continue or resume their drug habits as they age, the Wall Street Journal reports. Patterns of opioid use also are […]
Senior Star co-founders and brothers Bill and Bob Thomas didn’t so much approach the senior living business as the business approached them. Or rather, it sort of fell into their laps. Their first two communities came under receivership of the brothers more than 25 years ago at a time when they were active in real estate, […]
In case you missed them, here are the top headlines grabbing Senior Housing News readers’ attention this week. Brookdale and HCP to Acquire 35 Chartwell Communities for $849 Million—The senior living operator-owner duo agreed to purchase Chartwell’s entire U.S. senior living portfolio for $849 million. The portfolio will be acquired using a RIDEA joint venture […]