SHN BUILD: Inside Current and Future Resident Trends: Developing Innovative Senior Living for a New Era

This article is sponsored by LCS Development. This article is based on a discussion with Chuck Murphy, Executive Vice President of LCS Development. This discussion took place on November 20th, 2024 at the SHN BUILD conference. Senior Housing News: Chuck Murphy leads the team at LCS Development, which is part of the LCS Family of […]

‘Substantial Value’: How Senior Living Operators Are Shifting Tech Budgets for 2025

Senior living operators are shifting their technology budgets going into the new year to keep up with the times. Among the top areas of investment for operators going into 2025 are AI, electronic health records (EHRs), and finding ways and programming to leverage data to further streamline operations. Some senior living operators are going all […]

How One Life Care Services Community Blends College Life, Memory Care Programming

A new memory care neighborhood is coming together at a Life Care Services community that will allow residents living with cognitive decline to interact with students and faculty at Purchase College.  The Life Care Services community Broadview at Purchase College is on the campus of Purchase College in Purchase, New York. The community is set to […]

‘Hit the First Year Hard’: Inside Lease-Up Strategies of Benchmark, LCS, Mather, The Springs Living

Achieving strong lease-up before and after a community opens is critical for setting the stage for a new project reaching stabilization – and not an easy feat. Operators must contend with local market competition, sometimes within new markets; balance sales and marketing tactics to raise brand awareness; and leverage seemingly every department involved in community […]

Inland Buys 3 Senior Living Communities With ‘No Shortage’ of Future Growth Opportunities

The Inland Real Estate Group recently acquired three senior living communities from Harrison Street, and there’s “no shortage of opportunities” for growth next year and beyond, according to Inland Real Estate Acquisitions Senior Vice President Matthew Tice. The Oak Brook, Illinois-based organization currently owns 14 senior housing communities. In 2019, it launched a senior living […]

In the Pipeline: LCS Plans $100M Expansion; Good Samaritan, Sanford Health Break Ground in South Dakota

In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription 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. Construction: Planned New community announced in Georgia Paradigm Senior Living recently announced The Timberley, a new senior […]

In the Pipeline: MorningStar Grows in Las Vegas; Headwaters, Erickson Partner with Brinkmann Constructors

In the Pipeline is part of your SHN+ subscription 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. Construction: In Progress LCS renovates Maryland community Life Care Services (LCS), through its development company LCS Development, […]

How LCS, Presbyterian Homes, Westminster Communities are Driving Quality of Hires

Senior housing operators are starting to see staffing stabilize and are pursuing a variety of strategies to win and retain quality hires. In particular, operators are still tweaking their methodologies in order to fill their hardest to hire roles such as registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and dining room staff. At LCS, said there have […]