Why Senior Living Providers Are On Cusp of Best-Ever Years for Occupancy, Margin

This article is part of your SHN+ subscription The senior living industry’s best-ever period of occupancy, margins and revenue growth is right in front of it in 2025. This was the prevailing sentiment that I took away from the recent American Seniors Housing Association (ASHA) conference, where optimism abounded amid talk of surging occupancy and […]

Transactions and Finances: NIC MAP Rebrands; Aline Acquires Roobrik

Rebrand NIC MAP announces rebrand Data analytics platform NIC MAP Vision has announced a rebrand and new logo to NIC MAP. According to a press release, the change “reflects the company’s ongoing commitment to providing purpose-built, market-specific data and advanced intelligence exclusively for senior housing operators, investors, developers, lenders, healthcare providers and vendors.” “Through ongoing […]

Life Plan Community Occupancy Still Beating Senior Living at Large

Occupancy at life plan communities is continuing to outpace non-life plan communities as senior living operators work to grow occupancy back to pre-covid levels in 2023. According to a new report from Ziegler using NIC MAP Vision data, occupancy at life plan communities registered at 87.2% in the fourth quarter of 2022, a marked increase […]

Senior Living Lease-Up Rates Trend Toward Pre-Pandemic Levels — But Many Communities Still Reaching for 80% Occupancy

Senior living communities that opened their doors in 2022 experienced lease-up rates similar to those seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, a positive sign that the senior living industry could be returning to normal. And, that acceleration in lease-up speed was seen nationwide. This is according to a new analysis by NIC MAP Vision, an affiliation […]

Senior Housing Investment Returns Slow in Q3 as Longer-Term Returns Remain Strong

Total investment returns for the senior living sector dipped to .59% in the third quarter of 2022, representing a drop from the 1.26% returns seen in 2Q22. Still, total returns were positive for the ninth consecutive quarter, a pace kept up since 2Q20 when returns turned negative on pandemic-related pressures. That’s according to a new […]

Senior Living Occupancy Hits 81.4% in Fourth-Straight Quarter of Growth 

Average senior living occupancy grew 90 basis points to 81.4% in the second quarter of 2022, representing the fourth consecutive quarter for census growth in the industry. That’s according to new quarterly occupancy data from NIC MAP Vision. The data — released Thursday — shows that although the industry has not fully recovered from its […]

Occupancy Ticks Up in Q1, Showing Senior Living Industry Held Its Own Despite Covid

Senior housing occupancy has grown for the third consecutive quarter since the pandemic began,, according to new occupancy data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Occupancy in 31 NIC MAP primary markets inched up 0.2% in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the fourth quarter of last year, representing […]

Senior Housing and Care Deal Volume Outpaces All Other Health Care Sectors

Senior housing and care deals accounted for the highest transaction volume of any health care sector last year. Of the 1,094 health care transactions tracked in 2021, 403 mergers and acquisitions (36.8%) involved long-term care, according to a recent CliftonLarsonAllen report that cited Irving Levin Associates data. Independent living/active adult, assisted living and memory care, […]