External growth is hard, which is why some senior living operators are growing via repositioning and renovation projects. The average age of a senior living community in 2025 was 24 years, and operators are taking that as a cute to revitalize them. The Village of River Oaks, an Aspenwood Company community in Houston, is a […]
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Is middle-market senior living impossible? Is AI helping or hurting marketing? Will an operator ever deploy a humanoid caregiver robot? Do older adults actually want what operators are selling? These questions often inspire spirited discussions among senior living operators, and they were a topic of conversation at the RETHINK Conference in Philadelphia, co-hosted by Senior […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living operators have entered a new era of little growth and narrowing capacity. Some companies are rethinking their operational strategies as a result. High demand for senior living but difficulties getting new development projects in the ground has led to tighter conditions in certain markets. Where […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Demand for senior living is surging in 2026. It might be too much of a good thing. Of course, it’s only good for senior living operators that millions of older adults will come to want and need senior living services as more baby boomers age in the […]
Brookdale Senior Living’s occupancy inflection has not happened as quickly as expected, but the company’s top leader believes all the strategic pieces are in place and that its plan is beginning to make progress. A new top sales leader, a reorganized portfolio, targeted capital improvements and acquisitions are spurring growth heading into the final two quarters of 2026, […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) is acquiring the real estate of 17 communities that the company currently leases, for an approximate price of $157 million. Brookdale also has obtained $249 million of fixed-rate mortgage financing, which the provider will use to address all remaining mortgage debt maturities until 2028. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based company is the […]
Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), Discovery Senior Living, LCS and Erickson Senior Living have maintained their respective positions as the four largest senior living operators in the industry, according to Argentum’s latest operator list. The new report also includes a breakdown of ownership and operating models within the senior living sector, revealing majority-ownership and management-only […]
Brookdale Senior Living has hired Margaret Cabell as chief sales officer, welcoming her back into the company after more than half a decade away. Cabell previously worked at Brentwood, Tennessee-based Brookdale for 16 years across various roles spanning operations, marketing and sales. She left Brookdale to lead sales and marketing at Harmony Senior Services in […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Leading a senior living operator and flying an F-15 fighter jet are alike in that they both require careful planning – and sometimes, laser precision. Nick Stengle, who joined Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) as CEO last October, knows that lesson better than maybe any leader in […]
Brookdale Senior Living CEO Nick Stengle is optimistic about demand pushing senior living occupancy above 95% in the months and years ahead, and he is preparing the nation’s largest operator for that outcome. “I firmly believe that is where our industry is going,” Stengle said during a presentation at the RBC Capital Markets Global Healthcare […]
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