Senior Living Developers Face ‘Awful’ 2023 Outlook, Focus on Long-Term Value Creation

At our annual BUILD event last week, The Springs Living CEO Fee Stubblefield quipped: “You guys may want to consider changing your name to HOLD instead of BUILD, with what’s going on in financial markets.” Fee’s comment captured one message that came through strongly at the event, which is focused on senior living development and […]

Big Rock, Greenbrier Go Big on Senior Living Hospitality in $250M Project

Big Rock Partners and Greenbrier Development are working on a project that could represent a new format for continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). The partners are co-developers on a project currently dubbed Green Cay Life Plan Village, a $250 million project in Boynton Beach, Florida. As planned, the to-be-named project will have more than 200 […]

In the Pipeline: $180M Life Plan Community Planned in South Carolina; Alabama Mixed-Use Project Includes Senior Living

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. Submissions are currently open. Construction: Planned Life Plan Community Planned in South Carolina Big Rock Partners is developing a new life plan community on South Carolina’s […]

3 Wellness Tech Initiatives Senior Living Providers Must Deliver

The wellness revolution in senior living is here to stay, and much of it is powered by technology. In a senior living context, wellness focuses on five main components: the emotional, mental, physical, social and spiritual. Technology touches each of these elements. To compete in the next decade and beyond, senior living providers must understand […]

Big Rock Aims to Acquire Large Senior Housing Operator After IPO

Following an initial public offering (IPO), Big Rock Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: BRPAU) has its sights set on ultimately acquiring a large senior housing operator. Florida-based senior housing owner and investor Big Rock Partners just completed the IPO for Big Rock Acquisition Corporation, a new special purpose acquisition corporation. It raised $69 million in the IPO. […]