This article is part of your SHN+ subscription The senior living industry must do more to reach more middle-market older adults in the years ahead, or it may face a steep challenge. To Gardant Management Solutions Co-President Greg Echols, the industry faces a looming “capacity of care crisis” that will force more companies to rethink […]
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U.S. News has released its third “Best Senior Living” list, with companies including Brookdale Senior Living (NYSE: BKD), LCS and Brightview Senior Living near the top of the stack. . Of the more than 3,500 communities that were surveyed, 1,703 were recognized as “best” in one or more of the available categories, which include best […]
Closer collaboration between the government and private-pay senior living operators are needed to maintain assisted living quality and affordability in the years to come. That’s according to Gardant Management Solutions Co-president and COO Julie Simpkins, who spoke Thursday at a U.S. Senate hearing spurred by the Washington Post’s series of articles highlighting elopements and staffing […]
This article available as part of your SHN+ membership Operator transitions have been making headlines over the last few weeks, with many of the handovers involving properties serving middle-market consumers in secondary markets. The recently announced transitions include: The backstories behind these transitions vary, but many of the communities involved are serving a similar consumer […]
Transactions Shadowbrook Resort sold, to become independent living community The six-decades-old Shadowbrook Resort based out of Wyoming County, Pa., is expected to close on a sale to developer Richard Angelicola on Aug. 31. Reporting from The Times-Tribune states the 100-unit apartment facility will add to Angelicola’s current portfolio of Glenmaura Senior Living, Highland Park Senior […]
Gardant Management Solutions is growing its presence in the Midwest with the addition of 25 communities to its senior living portfolio. The newly added 25 communities are located in Illinois and Ohio, according to an announcement. Bourbonnais, Illinois,-based Gardant is among the nation’s larger national senior living providers, and with the new management agreements, the […]
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. View the 2021 winners here. Construction: Planned Evergreen Secures Financing for Affordable Assisted Living Community in Indiana Evergreen Real Estate Group has secured financing for Green […]
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 American House, MHT Housing Developing Michigan Community American House Senior Living Communities, the affiliated company of national real estate development […]
Griffin-American Health Care REIT III (GAHR III) and Griffin-American Health Care REIT IV (GAHR IV) completed their previously announced merger, setting the stage for the largest-ever public offering for a health care real estate investment trust in a record year for REIT mergers. The tax-free, stock-for stock transaction creates a combined company with a total […]
The expansion of regional senior living providers has been an ongoing trend in 2021. Some of these companies are gaining so much scale, they are becoming “super regionals.” I’ve heard the term “super regional” increasingly this year, including at the recent Argentum conference. This chatter makes sense, as transactions in the last few months have […]