Transactions Oxford Capital Group acquires 11 Minnesota properties Oxford Capital Group announced it has acquired 11 senior living properties in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. The Carefree Portfolio will now be managed by Oxford’s senior housing management affiliate, Oxford Living US, LLC, according to a press release. The release states Oxford will “invest several million dollars […]
Harbor Retirement Associates
In senior living, making a good first impression can make or break a sale. But it’s an opportunity that only comes once. Sales leaders with operators including Watercrest Senior Living, Harbor Retirement Associates and Solinity know that fact all too well, which is why they prioritize tours and first meetings that get prospects to move […]
Farm-to-table fare in on-site restaurants is just one of the ways that operator Harbor Retirement Associates (HRA) is seeking to “disrupt the market” for senior living. The Vero Beach, Florida-based company has touted serving farm-to-table fare on the menu at its 20 communities in 8 states. The company’s chefs use fruits, vegetables and herbs culled […]
Change is inevitable. What senior living operators can control is how they deal with it. As the industry stands at the precipice of a new year, senior living companies are grappling with a new slate of challenges that are different from any time before 2020. In the coming years, the baby boomers will bring with […]
It was the middle of the night and Priority Life Care CEO Severine Petras couldn’t sleep. With a pandemic still fresh on her mind, she found herself in a deep-dive into her company’s social media presence. She would often notice an out-of-place detail, like a mask not being worn correctly or an awkward photobomb in […]
Senior living operators across the country are preparing residents for some of the most aggressive rate increases in industry history, as providers stare down another year beset with higher costs and labor pressures. In the current environment, increasing resident rates often has little to no impact on recovering margin lost during the Covid-19 pandemic. Instead, […]
Faced with industry-wide expense headwinds, Harbor Retirement Associates (HRA) is getting more creative in how it is generating revenue. Like many other senior living operators in 2022, the company is paying a premium on labor costs, which are higher than they were in 2021. Commodity expenses for the Vero Beach, Florida-based luxury operator also are […]
Harbor Retirement Associates (HRA) has hired a former senior vice president of operations at Senior Lifestyle Corp., with the senior living veteran leading the company’s operations. The Vero Beach, Florida-based senior living operator on Wednesday named Karin Bateman to the role of COO. The former SLC executive started her new role with HRA last month. […]
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With the entire senior living industry effectively in lease-up mode, operators are wielding some creative new sales strategies to attract new residents. But many are also sitting on a powerful and sometimes underutilized tool: their own dining programs. By investing in their dining programs and wowing residents and their families during the sales process, senior […]
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