How Grace Management Took Dining from ‘Just a Line Item’ to a Competitive Differentiator

Overhauling dining programs in senior housing is an intensive process. The circumstances are especially unique for owners and operators building scale through acquisition. Operators taking over operations must contend with space constraints, acclimate existing staff to new procedures and policies, and balance providing the best care possible for seniors with shareholders seeking returns on investment. […]

Grace Management President: We Are Restarting Growth, Cautiously Optimistic on Covid-19 Outlook

Grace Management is preparing for an active year ahead, as its President Guy Geller believes that proven operators will have opportunities despite ongoing operational and financial pressures from the Covid-19 pandemic. The company — a wholly owned subsidiary of CPF Living Communities — anticipates closing on a new acquisition this month, with more expected opportunities […]

Transactions & Financings: Brookdale’s $1B Mixed Shelf Filing; Fitch Revises Outlooks on 3 CCRCs

Fitch Ratings revises outlooks on 3 CCRCs Fitch ratings announced ratings outlooks updates on the following continuing care retirement communities: The ratings agency placed the series 2016 senior living revenue bonds issued by the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Glendale, Arizona on behalf of Royal Oaks Life Care Community, operating as Royal Oaks, […]

Movers & Shakers: Grace Management Names SVP of Human Resources; WesleyLife’s New CFO

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Chicago Pacific, Grace Management Add 5 Communities to Growing Portfolio

Private investment firm Chicago Pacific Founders (CPF), along with its subsidiary senior living management companies CPF Living Communities and Grace Management Inc., have added five communities to their portfolio in a recent flurry of acquisitions. The additions are part of an ongoing expansion that could see another 12 to 15 communities added within the next […]

Grace Management Rolls Out Resort-Style, All-Inclusive Dining

Grace Management has started to revamp its dining operations, introducing all-inclusive pricing and creating multiple venues throughout its 53-property portfolio. Minneapolis-based Grace is the operating company affiliated with CPF Living, the senior housing arm of private equity firm Chicago Pacific Founders. The Grace portfolio has been built up through a series of acquisitions, so one […]

New Developer, Operator Prime Targets Middle-Market Independent Living

As the affordable housing crisis continues to impact senior living, an upstart developer is looking to fill in the gaps in service for middle-class seniors making the transition to the space. Prime Senior Living Group is developing a construction pipeline of independent living communities across the mid-South, targeting the middle market. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based […]

New Senior To Bring In More Operators in 2019

After a year of restructuring and bringing its management in-house, New Senior Investment Group (NYSE: SNR) is entering 2019 with a new focus and, for the first time, some investor guidance. The New York City-based health care real estate investment trust (REIT) reported an $86.6 million net loss in Q4 2018, or a $1.05 loss […]

Transactions & Financings: Chicago Pacific Founders, CBRE

MidCap Closes First Mortgage Loan for Florida Community MidCap Financial, a commercial finance firm that concentrates on middle-market transactions, recently closed a transaction with Zon Living Concepts, LLC. The senior housing and senior care company owns and operates Zon Beachside, a Class A assisted living and memory care community in Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. The […]