A New Senior Living Operating Model Comes Into View After 2 Years of Disruption

Senior living operators have been enacting changes in operations since the Covid-19 pandemic began, but some adaptations have been fleeting while others have proven longer-lasting.  Recent conversations with several executives — including with large providers such as Brookdale, Frontier and Senior Lifestyle — highlight that operators now have committed to new practices across essentially every […]

Senior Living Providers, Investors Must Heed Early Warning on Oversupply

I did not expect potential senior housing oversupply to be a hot topic at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) conference last week, but I also was not surprised by the concerns. I did not anticipate this would be a hot-button issue because high material costs, construction industry labor pressures and […]

Best Assisted Living Design of 2021: Luxury Senior Living Reaches New Heights in Maplewood’s NYC Highrise

On Manhattan’s Upper East Side sits a highrise building with a design rivaling some of the Big Apple’s most exclusive apartments. But the building isn’t a condo complex or a storied apartment — it’s a senior living community. The building is Inspir Carnegie Hill, a 23-story, 215-unit senior living community from Westport, Connecticut-based Maplewood Senior […]

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 […]

$350 Million Mixed-Use Project Moves Ahead with Atria, Welltower On Board

Atria Senior Living and Welltower (NYSE: WELL) are partnering to develop a senior living community as part of a $350 million mixed-use residential and retail project in New Jersey. The 25-acre project has been dubbed W Squared and will transform the Princeton Junction train station into an all-ages residential and retail center, according to a […]

3 Trends Reshaping Senior Living Development

Despite rising construction costs and delays caused by supply chain disruption, now is the time to get aggressive on senior living development pipelines. That was the message shared by Atria Senior Living CEO John Moore and Maplewood Senior Living CEO Gregory Smith at our recent BUILD conference in Chicago. Moore commented that it’s time to […]

Maplewood CEO Gets Aggressive on Development of Innovative, Luxury Senior Living

Patient growth has been a hallmark of Maplewood Senior Living, most recently on display in the six-year process of conceiving and launching the luxury Inspir brand with a Manhattan highrise project. But CEO Gregory Smith believes that now is the time to hit the accelerator, particularly on new development. “I’ve talked to our capital partner, […]

In the Pipeline: Maplewood Expanding Inspir Brand to D.C.; Active Adult Project Planned in Florida

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. Submissions are currently open. Construction: Planned Maplewood to Expand Inspir Brand to Washington, D.C. Maplewood Senior Living and Omega Healthcare Investors (NYSE: OHI) are bringing the […]

In the Pipeline: Maplewood Opens First New Jersey Community; Revel Project Makes Progress in California

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. Submissions are currently open. Construction: In progress Revel Community in California In Progress, Pre-Leasing Revel Folsom, an independent living community from The Wolff Company’s Revel brand, […]