Top Senior Housing Trends for 2022

As 2022 begins, headlines are unfortunately reminiscent of 2020, featuring news of Covid-19 case counts, global disruptions to business and transportation, and even whole cities going into lock down. But for the U.S. senior living industry, history will not repeat itself in 2022. That’s thanks largely to the number of residents vaccinated against Covid-19 and […]

10 Quotes that Capture 2021 and Suggest What’s Next for Senior Living

One year ago, vaccine clinics were just getting underway in senior living communities, raising hopes for a better year ahead after the devastating toll exacted by Covid-19 in 2020. While Covid-19 vaccines have been a gamechanger for senior living providers, the quotes below reflect that 2021 presented plenty of daunting challenges, including unprecedented labor pressures. […]

Promising Signs on Labor, But Senior Living’s Shortcomings on Workforce Have Been Exposed

The ongoing workforce crisis has been among the hottest topics at this week’s National Investment for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) conference, and attention will be fixed on labor-related numbers when the largest publicly traded senior living owners and operators announce their Q3 2021 earnings later this week. While these earnings calls will provide some […]

Transform Podcast #63: Tod Petty of Lloyd Jones

The middle market represents an “opportunity of a lifetime” — if you can make it pencil out.   Vertical integration and having the right project team are key to the middle-market equation, according to Lloyd Jones COO and EVP of Senior Housing Tod Petty. The company is putting that strategy into practice to create new middle-market […]

‘Opportunity of a Lifetime’: Conditions Favorable for Penciling Out Middle-Market Senior Living

The middle market is one of the biggest opportunities in the senior housing industry, and conditions may be particularly favorable at the moment for operators and capital providers to embark on projects. The reward for senior living companies that can carve out a working middle-market model is that there is a rapidly growing group of […]

Senior Housing Adaptive Reuse Opportunities Materialize Amid Hotel Distress

Covid-19 has disrupted commercial real estate for the past year, but few asset classes have been hit as hard as the hospitality industry. From the early days of the pandemic, some senior living developers, investors and operators have said they anticipate opportunities to acquire and reposition hotel assets. Although the availability of Covid-19 vaccines is […]

Movers & Shakers: Transforming Age Hires EVP of Housing, Hospitality; New Lifespace Chief Information Officer

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Active Adult Trailblazers Refine Their Models To Seize Massive Market Opportunity

Trailblazers in the active adult space have their sights set on capturing multiple consumer segments for the product. One possible scenario involves building a continuum within the active adult sector where residents can transition from single family cottages to apartments, en route to an eventual transition to full-service independent living. This continuum would be all […]