Garden Spot, Frederick Living Agree to Affiliate, Advancing Growth Strategy

New Holland-based Garden Spot Communities is absorbing another local senior living nonprofit through affiliation, advancing the organization’s long-term growth strategy. Garden Spot is currently affiliating with Frederick Living, the organization announced Friday. The process for affiliation has been underway since December 2022, Garden Spot Communities CEO Steve Lindsey told Senior Housing News, and is anticipated […]

Senior Living Nonprofits Still Seeing ‘Record-Level’ M&A, High Number of Closures

The senior living industry’s non-profit sector is continuing to see high numbers of operators exploring affiliations and sales, or outright closing their communities. That’s according to a new mid-year M&A report from Chicago-based specialty investment bank Ziegler. According to the report, 846 senior living nonprofit communities have consolidated operations in some way since 2015. That […]

Economic Challenges, Health Care Opportunities Spur Affiliation for 3 Senior Living Operators

The pandemic’s challenges have pushed many non-profit senior living operators to consider joining forces. The latest example of that trend is occurring in New Jersey, where four communities are coming together as one. The communities, Fellowship Village in Basking Ridge, Friends Village in Woodstown, House of the Good Shepherd in Hackettstown and Pines Village in […]

Senior Living Nonprofits Saw Record Year for Transactions and Closures in 2022

Last year was the most active year on record for community “transitions” in the non-profit senior living sector, with nearly 110 communities changing hands across more than 70 deals in 2022. That’s according to a report by the Chicago-based specialty investment bank Ziegler. Transitioned communities are communities that changed hands in some way, such as […]

10 Largest Nonprofit Senior Living Operators in 2021 Ranked

Just under a third of non-profit senior housing units belonged to a top-10 largest operator in 2021 as the sector continued to diversify and evolve. That’s according to the latest and 19th LeadingAge Ziegler 200, released Thursday. The yearly report ranks the largest senior living non-profits in the U.S. and identifies trends in the space. […]

Non-Profit Operators Keep ‘Grow or Die’ Mindset Despite Construction, Labor Hurdles

A majority of non-profit senior living operators are sticking to their growth plans, even as workforce shortages and construction pressures continue to make doing so complicated. According to Ziegler’s CFO Hotline report for August, 58% of non-profit senior living operators say they are moving forward with their growth pipelines as planned this year. The report, […]

Senior Living Nonprofit Christian Care Files for Ch. 11 Bankruptcy

A not-for-profit senior living operator with three communities in the Dallas area has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after challenges exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, with a stalking horse bidder already lined up for a bankruptcy sale. The operator, Christian Care Communities & Services (CCC&S), has three communities in the Dallas/Fort Worth area totaling 760 […]

Transforming Age Merges SHAG, Two Affiliated Entities to Form Affordable Housing Arm

Senior living nonprofit Transforming Age has unveiled a new affordable housing arm and brand called “Circ.” The newly created brand — which Bellevue, Washington-based Transforming Age formats as CIRC — is an amalgam of Sustainable Housing for Ageless Generations (SHAG), which affiliated with Transforming Age in 2021; and two other Transforming Age-affiliated entities: Community Life […]

Nonprofit Independent Living Rate Increases Hit ‘Historic Highs’ in 2022

Amid short-term headwinds that are threatening occupancy rates and driving up expenses, monthly fees for independent living residents in not-for-profit communities have reached historic levels in 2022. Some not-for-profit operators are even contemplating more rate hikes in the midpoint of this year. That’s according to a report published by Chicago-based speciality investment bank Ziegler. The […]