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The Covid-19 pandemic is disrupting the senior care industry in unimagined ways, and likely will for the foreseeable future. In spite of lockdowns and precautionary measures taken by operators and owners across the country, however, senior living communities remain open for business — and sales and marketing teams are remaining busy but working in drastically […]
A North Carolina-based senior housing owner and operator has more than tripled the size of its management portfolio, and is setting the stage for a gradual pipeline of new communities over the next decade. Raleigh-based Navion Senior Solutions assumed operations of 10 communities in Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia through a partnership with Longview […]
When leaders with non-profit Vincentian Collaborative System began conceiving a new 91-unit independent living community, they did the math on smart tech and realized that sooner is better. The community Terrace Place, which opened April 1 in the Pittsburgh suburb of North Hills, is a $19-million project, with a smart technology offering that cost between […]
Kisco Senior Living is bringing voice-enabled smart home technology to its communities, in a bid to gain operational and financial efficiencies while enhancing resident and family satisfaction. Carlsbad, California-based Kisco joins a few other senior living providers that are implementing smart home technology and introducing Amazon Echo devices into units — and the trend is […]
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Ventas Announces $1 Billion Commercial Paper Note Program Ventas (NYSE: VTR) established an unsecured paper note program in the U.S. Unsecured notes are loans that are not backed by an issuer’s assets. Instead, they are supported only by the borrower’s creditworthiness, and have a higher rate of return. The program allows the Chicago-based health care […]
The senior living smart home revolution is in full swing, and Kisco Senior Living is buying in with Amazon’s Alexa. Starting with a kickoff event last month, Kisco has been installing Amazon Echo Dot voice systems with Alexa in all 165 independent living (IL) units in its continuing care retirement community (CCRC) The Cardinal at […]
Apollo Global Management Targeting $1 Billion Fund Apollo Global Management is reaching out to investors about its third real estate fund, according to Bloomberg. And it is shaping up to be a big one. Apollo, which recently completed a $264 million acquisition of 17 senior housing communities from HCP, wants to raise at least $1 […]
K4Connect, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based tech firm serving over 13,000 senior living residents across the country on its K4Community platform, announced it raised $12 million in Series B funding. The funding will allow K4Connect to continue an aggressive growth pattern, CEO and co-founder Scott Moody told Senior Housing News. “We are not interested in steady growth,” […]