National Senior Communities, Good Samaritan Society Again Top List of Largest Senior Living Nonprofits

National Senior Communities and the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society are still the two largest senior living nonprofits in the country, according to the latest LeadingAge-Ziegler 200 report The annual report, released Thursday, categorizes the largest nonprofit senior living operators by total unit count. Overall, the top-10 largest operators made up just under a third […]

Transactions and Financings: Pacific Retirement Services Affiliates; Blueprint Advises Sale of Philadelphia Communities

Transactions Blueprint advises sale of two Philadelphia communities Blueprint worked with a national investor in order to “maximize the value” of two Class A assisted living and memory care communities within the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The communities were opened in 2016 and 2020 and have more than 200 assisted living and memory care units. The […]

Pine Park Health Expands Value-Based Care Model, With Affordable Housing a Target

Pine Park Health is expanding its value-based health care model further into the affordable senior housing sector. Pine Park Health Chief Commercial Officer Dan O’Neill announced last week on LinkedIn that the company has expanded its value-based, in-home primary care model to serve nearly 400 more residents in Northern California. Pine Park currently operates in […]

Best CCRC Design of 2021: Senior Housing Meets Campus Living in Arizona

On Arizona State University’s Tempe, Arizona campus sits the latest evolution of university-based senior living. The project, Mirabella at ASU, is an effort from Pacific Retirement Services to push the boundaries of senior living highrise design. It is the third community in Medford, Oregon-based owner/operator’s growing Mirabella brand. The 20-story continuing care retirement community (CCRC) […]

Transform episode #45: Pacific Retirement Services CEO Eric Sholty

Pacific Retirement Services (PRS) was in talks with eight different universities last year when the pandemic hit, putting forward progress on ice. But the Medford, Oregon-based organization’s new CEO, Eric Sholty, believes demand for these types of projects will come back when conditions in the senior living industry return to normal. In addition to its […]

New PRS CEO: Mirabella at ASU Filling Up, Demand for University Senior Living Projects Will Return

Pacific Retirement Services (PRS) was in talks for new senior housing projects with eight different universities last year when the pandemic hit and demand for those projects dried up. But that doesn’t worry Eric Sholty, who took the reins as the Medford, Oregon-based organization’s new president and CEO on Jan. 1. Sholty believes it’s only […]

In the Pipeline: Avenida Plans Project Near Nashville; Community Opens at Arizona State University

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. View this year’s winning entries here. Planned Avenida Plans Active Adult Project Near Nashville Avenida Partners is planning a new active adult community in Hendersonville, Tennessee. […]

Pacific Retirement Pushes to Open More Mirabella CCRCs in Urban Markets

One non-profit developer, owner and operator of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) is betting that more seniors will flock to the urban high-rise model of senior living, especially if there’s a university affiliation involved. Medford, Oregon-based Pacific Retirement Services (PRS) is moving full steam ahead with its plan to open Mirabella-branded senior living high-rises in […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (1/11/18)

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, the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Vi Living Adding ‘Bigger Apartments’ at Florida Community Roomier senior housing is in the […]