Experience Senior Living President: Development Demands Solving Financing Rubik’s Cube, Creating a Community Before a Building

Editor’s note: You can hear more from senior living executives, including Experience Senior Living President Phill Barklow, on the topic of ongoing development at the upcoming (RE)BUILD conference. Experience Senior Living is pushing ahead on its development pipeline of new communities in key markets across the country, with the organization pivoting to meet the needs […]

Transform Podcast: Jeff Gopen, CEO, Jewish HomeLife

Jewish HomeLife CEO Jeff Gopen sat down with Senior Housing News to discuss the company’s current plans to grow and evolve, how it has served the Atlanta area for more than 70 years and what comes next in senior housing and care. Find the right service for your loved one — learn more.

Solera CEO: Senior Living Operators Must Embrace New Models to Succeed in Value-Based Care 

Solera Senior Living CEO Adam Kaplan sees a bright future for senior living operators embracing value-based care, but he believes the industry must evolve care models to maximize those opportunities. In the coming years, Kaplan envisions a care ecosystem that will “ultimately evolve” into a hybrid model of in-community care and virtual care. “The care […]

The Springs Living CEO: Operators Must Embrace that Senior Living is a ‘Problem Business’

If they hope to be successful, operators must understand that senior living is a “problem business.” That’s according to The Springs Living CEO Fee Stubblefield, who explained that residents frequently come to senior living communities because they are experiencing problems – for this reason, among others, there are “friction points” that are inevitable, and demand […]

Transform Podcast: Fee Stubblefield, Founder and CEO, The Springs Living 

The Springs Living is in the final year of construction on a state-of-the-art community in Vancouver, Washington and more calculated growth is expected as potential acquisition and development opportunities present themselves heading into 2025. With margins improving and occupancy trending positively, the organization continues to expand operations in preparation for the next generation of senior […]

Transform Podcast: Tom Grape, Founder and CEO, Benchmark Senior Living

With occupancy recovery at-hand, Benchmark Senior Living surpassed 90% census and is focused for the remainder of 2024 on integrating new systems that Grape called “foundational infrastructure” while stabilizing newly opened communities while reinvesting into over 30 existing locations. Also this year, the Waltham, Massachusetts-based provider will start on two additional developments. 

Distinctive Living CEO: ‘Tide Has Turned’ for Senior Living Operators in 2024

Distinctive Living has seen rapid growth in the recent past, along with up to 16 communities currently in various stages of development as more opportunities for growth appear on the horizon. While there’s no specific portfolio number in mind, Distinctive Living CEO Joe Jedlowski told Senior Housing News the Freehold, New Jersey-based operator is continuing […]