In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design trends and the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Sunrise Plans New Community in Canada Sunrise Senior Living is working with construction […]
The year was 2011. After 23 years with Life Care Services (LCS), Jim Biggs had risen the ranks to vice president and was overseeing operations for 23 communities, when he decided to make a big change. He would join two other people to co-found a senior living company in China, and move there to get […]
Conventional wisdom states that consumers are attracted to shiny new senior housing product that has flooded certain markets in recent years, putting older properties at a disadvantage and eroding their occupancy. This is not necessarily the case, as statistics show that top-performing senior housing properties tend to be between 10 and 17 years old. However, […]
Life Care Services has the most satisfied residents among eight large industry competitors, according to a new study from global marketing information services company J.D. Power. Des Moines, Iowa-based Life Care Services, an LCS company, took the top spot, followed by McLean, Virginia-based Sunrise Senior Living; Newton, Massachusetts-based Five Star Senior Living (NYSE: FVE); and […]
Imagine it’s 2025, and you’re an 81-year-old who has had a rough year. Maybe you had a surgery, or your adult child moved across the country. Maybe you lost your spouse. You’re still healthy and active but it’s time, you realize, to consider moving into an independent living community. So, you log onto Amazon. Through […]
In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design trends and the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Sonata Plans $52 Million Community in Florida Sonata Senior Living has plans to […]
In 1991, California CCRC Morningside of Fullerton was struggling with massive operating losses and very low occupancy. Today, it’s a crown jewel in Life Care Services’ portfolio. This vast turnaround is partly the work of Continuing Life, a services and advisory company that works closely with Life Care Services. The company was created in 2013 […]
There are no notable surprises at the top of Argentum’s 2019 list of the largest providers in senior living, although there are some new additions to the expanded list. The industry association’s overall list now includes 140 providers and 624,795 units, compared to last year’s total of 125 providers and 586,662 units. For the first […]
In the Pipeline is brought to you by the Senior Housing News Architecture & Design Awards. Sign up for the SHN Architecture & Design Newsletter from SHN for updates on architecture and design p, the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Ryan Cos., Great Lakes Plan Wisconsin Project Ryan Companies and Great Lakes Management are […]
Life Care Services is seeing better occupancy and increased move-ins after refocusing its sales culture last year. The management arm of Des Moines, Iowa-based LCS reported a 23% same-store occupancy bump for its rental communities, compared to this time last year. Life Care Services also said that move-ins for those communities were up 13% from […]
