More Senior Living CEOs to Pass the Baton — But Handoffs May Not Be Smooth

This article is available as part of your SHN+ membership Senior living leaders often talk about the generational tailwinds ahead in the form of an aging demographic of baby boomers. What they don’t talk about as much is how those trends will affect their companies in potentially negative ways. As the boomers age, so too […]

In the Pipeline: Anthology Senior Living Completes Two Luxury Projects; Silverstone Senior Living Advances on Virginia Development

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: In Progress The Trillium by Silverstone Senior Living advances construction Construction continues at the Trillium Tysons, a […]

Former Anthology Leaders Launch New Operator Evolve Senior Living 

Two former Anthology Senior Living leaders have announced the launch of a new operator and asset management platform known as Evolve Senior Living. The new operator, Evolve Senior Living is the brainchild of Justin Dickinson and Andrew Agins, two industry veterans who bring a wealth of senior living experience to the new venture. The company […]

In the Pipeline: Anthology Senior Living Open Two Communities; Toll Brothers Expand Active Adult Footprint

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards, an annual competition that recognizes cutting-edge design, excellence, and innovation in senior living. Construction: Planned Laurel Circle announces renovation plans Laurel Circle, a community offering AL, IL, memory care and skilled […]

Lawsuits, HQ Eviction Indicate Financial Trouble at Anthology Senior Living Parent Company CA Ventures

The parent company of senior living platform Anthology Senior Living is facing a handful of challenges, including a pending eviction from its Chicago headquarters reportedly in connection with an ongoing cash crunch. That’s according to real estate news publication The Real Deal. The lawsuits include one filed by the landlord of its Chicago headquarters detailing […]

Transactions & Financings: Blueprint Helps Sell Anthology’s Lone Utah Community; LCS Expands in Florida

Sales Blueprint Facilitates IL Sale  Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors announced it facilitate the sale of a 75-unit independent living community that will be converted into an assisted living community. The buy is a Columbus, Ohio-based owner-operator that is looking to expand its Medicaid Waiver Program presence in Ohio.  Blueprint Facilitates Par of Deals in […]

Senior Living Staffing Outlook Improving as Industry Faces ‘Uphill Battle’ for Workers

While labor challenges have plagued senior living operators more severely during the Covid-19 pandemic, there could be light at the end of the tunnel for some as positives emerge. While staffing still makes up the largest part of the company’s budget, labor pressures are beginning to ease due to reduced agency staffing costs and overtime […]

Senior Living Operators More Optimistic on Staffing in 2023 Despite Lingering High Costs

The dark clouds may be parting for the senior living labor market, but persistent pain points are causing operators to temper their enthusiasm regarding 2023. “I’m going to surprise people,” Discovery Senior Living CEO Richard Hutchinson said on stage at the 2022 Senior Housing News BUILD conference in Chicago last month. “I actually like our […]

Pathway to Living Exec Dickinson Rejoins Anthology Senior Living as President

Senior living veteran Justin Dickinson is leaving his leadership post at Pathway to Living and rejoining former employer Anthology Senior Living to become the company’s president. With the leadership change, the senior living executive is rejoining his former employer, Anthology, which manages, develops, acquires and operates communities as an affiliate of Chicago-based real estate developer […]