As CEO of Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG), Danny Walker is leading an organization with about 50 senior living communities and 60 home health and hospice agencies — and he believes that this mixed portfolio will give the company a competitive advantage by enabling it to drive coordinated care. Pennant officially came into existence at the […]
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A recent entrant into the senior housing space is diversifying and expanding its offerings by launching a new memory care brand called Liana. Quadrum Senior Living (QSL) announced this week that its new Liana brand now extends to two 54-unit properties in Venice, Florida; and Austin, Texas. Another two 54-unit communities on the way in […]
The cost of assisted living rose 1.28% in the past year, according to the latest Cost of Care Survey from insurer Genworth Financial (NYSE: GNW). The national median cost for a one-bedroom unit in an assisted living community is now $4,051 per month, or $48,612 per year, according to the survey. The five-year annual growth […]
Collette Gray leads one of the largest senior living operators in the United States — but she had humble beginnings in the industry. “I started as a sales and marketing director in a brand new building. I didn’t even have a trailer,” she said during a recent appearance on the Senior Housing News podcast, Transform. […]
About five years after joining Merrill Gardens as president, David Eskenazy is preparing to step down from that role and exit the senior living provider. He will pursue other professional opportunities and spend more time with family, he told Senior Housing News. For about four years, he has been on a plane every week to […]
The ongoing proxy battle between Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) and activist shareholder Land & Buildings is on hold — at least for now. Land & Buildings Investment Management on Tuesday withdrew its nomination to add Jay Flaherty, a former CEO of real estate investment trust HCP (NYSE: HCP), to Brookdale’s board of directors. The […]
A group of long-term care veterans led by former AVIV REIT chairman Craig Bernfield are launching a new private company to acquire, develop and enter into triple-net leases on health care real estate for seniors. Hana2.0 Property Group will initially focus equally on assisted living and skilled nursing assets, co-President Jeff Marshall told Senior Housing […]
Not long ago, Benchmark was struggling. Although it had built a reputation as a leading senior living operator, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based company was staring down new competition and declining business results. Benchmark’s occupancy had fallen to below 88% in 2017, a departure from the 93% occupancy rate the company had grown accustomed to over the […]
About six months ago, Le Groupe Maurice (LGM) founder and CEO Luc Maurice received an offer he could not refuse — however much he wanted to. The private equity investors in Le Groupe Maurice were going to buy Maurice out, to the tune of nearly $1 billion. He had no choice but to take the […]
Many senior living executives today have hospitality backgrounds, but few can say they worked with the original owners of Club Med — except for Agemark CEO Richard Westin. Westin joined the legendary resort company in 1962 after meeting co-owners Gilbert Trigano and Gerard Blitz the previous year. In fact, he was the very first American […]