Private Equity Giant KKR Is Benchmark’s New Capital Partner

Global investment firm KKR (NYSE: KKR) is the new financial partner for Waltham, Massachusetts-based senior living provider Benchmark. At the end of July, real estate investment trust Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) announced that it had disposed of its ownership interest in Benchmark for a gross sale price of $1.8 billion. At that time, Welltower and […]

Movers & Shakers: Benchmark Hires Chief Marketing Officer; LaSalle Group Names Finance VP

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Benchmark Forms Urban-Focused Wellness Division, Adds New President

Benchmark, one of the largest senior living providers in the U.S. Northeast, is launching a Wellness Management division focused on new, urban communities. Denise McQuaide, who has served in executive roles within senior living and other health care companies over the last 30 years, has been hired to lead the division as president and COO. […]

Movers & Shakers: Civitas Names First Chief Information Officer; LCB’s New CFO

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Top Senior Housing Trends in 2018

Senior living professionals have reasons to be excited as they turn the calendar to 2018, even in the midst of ongoing occupancy pressure and potential disruption from recent health care mega-deals. Perhaps most fundamentally, the passage of another year brings the long-anticipated baby boomer age wave that much closer. Yet, most boomers are still a […]