Transactions & Financings: HMP Global Buys SMASH; HumanGood Completes Affiliation With Washington Community

Acquisitions HMP Global Acquires SMASH Malvern, Pennsylvania-based HMP Global announced it has reached an agreement with Senior Care Events to acquire the Senior Care Marketing & Sales Summit (SMASH) from Senior Care Events, which is owned by Macgregor Communications and Validated Learnings. SMASH is a meeting for senior housing marketing and sales executives. The 2022 […]

Independent Living Consumer Sentiment Solid, Pandemic Exposes Pain Points To Address For Future Success

A decisive majority of independent living residents are glad to be in a senior living community during Covid-19, although they see room for improvement in some key operational areas. Meanwhile, staff are generally glad to be working in independent living during this time and believe that their communities have responded well to the pandemic. And […]

Senior Living Developments Go Bad Without Team Approach

Senior housing development is an inherently risky business. To minimize this risk—and avoid going over budget—it’s crucial for developers to have a variety of stakeholders at the table from the beginning. The senior housing industry already employs a much more collaborative approach to development than the public sector, Dana Wollschlager, principal at Plante Moran Living […]