Senior Housing Finance Activity: Greystone, Cambridge

Greystone Assists Oakmont Senior Living Obtain $23.5M for New Calif. Facility  Greystone, a real estate lending, investment and advisory company, assisted Oakmont Senior Living in obtaining $23,500,000 as an additional tranche to its $150 million Freddie Mac revolving credit facility provided in December 2013. The new tranche ultimately provided funding for Oakmont of Carmichael, a […]

Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: ROC Seniors, AdCare

Greystone Real Estate Advisors Closes Sale of St. Louis Community Greystone, a real estate lending, investment and advisory company, recently announced its Real Estate Advisors group closed the sale of Brentmoor Retirement Community in St. Louis, Missouri. The property was acquired by Titan SenQuest Management, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Titan Real Estate Investment […]

Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: Leisure Care, Commonwealth

3 Senior Living Communities Acquired for $15.7 Million Pennsylvania-based Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) has acquired three senior living communities for $15.7 million. As part of its commitment to wellness for this age group, LECOM has purchased Parkside Senior Living Communities with its three independent living and personal care facilities, located in Erie, North […]

Senior Housing Investments & Transactions: Greystone, Avamere

Greystone Real Estate Advisors Close Sale on 180-Unit Property in Texas Greystone, a real estate lending, investment and advisory company, recently announced its Real Estate Advisors group has closed the sale of Aspens at Twin Creeks in Allen, Texas. Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors of Boca Raton, Fla., acquired the stabilized property from Cadence Capital […]

The Biggest Opportunities, Threats for Nonprofit CCRCs

From a resurgence of the independent living product to expansion opportunities and a positive economic outlook, not-for-profit continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) face an optimistic future. In fact, optimism has increased significantly from years past, according to the latest annual benchmark survey produced by specialty investment bank Ziegler and Irving, Texas-based Greystone Communities. The survey’s findings […]

The Secrets to Growing Senior Living Sales, Occupancy

A constantly evolving senior housing market presents a wealth of opportunity for operators to drive revenue growth and move the needle when it comes to occupancy. But it all has to start with a finely tuned sales and marketing strategy, according to a panel of industry experts during the Senior Housing News Summit in Dallas […]

4 Ways Memory Care Design Is Missing the Mark

Memory care construction has surged in recent years, bringing to the market both new products as well as repositioned communities that are expanding to meet the growing need for memory support services. However, despite the innovative approaches that have arisen, industry veterans say most modern memory care design principles are largely missing the mark. In […]

Movers & Shakers — People and Positions for January, Part IV

Kindred Healthcare Names EVP, COO Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) has announced that it has named Kent H. Wallace executive vice president and chief operating officer, effective Feb. 2, 2015. Wallace will be a member of the company’s Executive Committee. Previously, Kindred announced that Benjamin A. Breier, currently president and COO, will become CEO on March […]