For more than three decades, Watermark Retirement had never been replaced by a different management company. But times have changed. “We were replaced by Welltower on a few of our communities; but on the other hand, we’re being the replacer, going into some communities,” Watermark Chairman David Freshwater told me recently. Swapping management companies is […]
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U.S. News & World Report today released its second-ever “Best Senior Living” ratings list with some new additions and changes. This year, organizers with U.S. News & World report rated nearly 3,900 senior living communities — representing about 140 different organizations — in four categories: Independent living, assisted living, memory care and continuing care retirement […]
LTC Properties (NYSE: LTC) is currently engaged in its most active year of investments in seven years, and leaders with the company are not done growing yet. The company has invested over $170 million in 2022, representing the highest level of investment since 2015, executives from the Westlake, California-based real estate investment trust (REIT) noted […]
For the first time in a long time, I am hearing general optimism about the senior living labor market. Owners and operators have expressed this optimism in conversations I had at the ASHA conference, in recent presentations from public companies, and in reporting that we’ve done for Senior Housing News stories. Some of the momentum […]
Senior living operators have been enacting changes in operations since the Covid-19 pandemic began, but some adaptations have been fleeting while others have proven longer-lasting. Recent conversations with several executives — including with large providers such as Brookdale, Frontier and Senior Lifestyle — highlight that operators now have committed to new practices across essentially every […]
I did not expect potential senior housing oversupply to be a hot topic at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) conference last week, but I also was not surprised by the concerns. I did not anticipate this would be a hot-button issue because high material costs, construction industry labor pressures and […]
Activist shareholder Land & Buildings has picked another battle with a major senior living company, with the news breaking this week of a proxy fight with Ventas (NYSE: VTR). This latest battle comes after Land & Buildings in 2019 was at loggerheads with Brookdale (NYSE: BKD), unsuccessfully pushing a board nominee and a real estate […]
At a time when the senior living industry still faces much uncertainty, Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD) executives are bold and bullish in their outlook for 2022. The Brentwood, Tennessee-based provider last week issued its first annual guidance since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. Brookdale’s FY22 adjusted EBITDA expectations of $240 million to $260 […]
With contributions from Tim Regan and Nick Andrews Rapid growth, innovative operating models and seasoned leaders who are still generating new ideas. These are among the factors differentiating some senior living providers from the pack, making them companies to watch in 2022. As the industry embarks on a critical re-building year, these providers are taking […]
As 2022 begins, headlines are unfortunately reminiscent of 2020, featuring news of Covid-19 case counts, global disruptions to business and transportation, and even whole cities going into lock down. But for the U.S. senior living industry, history will not repeat itself in 2022. That’s thanks largely to the number of residents vaccinated against Covid-19 and […]
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