In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (10/23/14)

Construction: Planned Caddis to Bring First Heartis Community to San Antonio Dallas-based real estate firm Caddis will soon begin construction on its first community in San Antonio to carry the company’s Heartis brand.  Project plans for Heartis San Antonio, which is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2016, call for a 86,000-square-foot assisted living […]

Affordable Senior Housing Is the Next Big Growth Opportunity

Senior housing operators will be forced to address the growing need of low- to moderate-income seniors in the coming years, as an estimated 3.5 million seniors today don’t have enough money to pay for higher acuity services. The high-end senior living facilities that have emerged within the past few years just won’t cut it when […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (7/17/14)

Construction: Planned Presbyterian Senior Living Awarded Funds to Build Penn. Senior Apartments Presbyterian Senior Living (PSL) this week announced it has been notified that the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) has awarded funding to them to build a 50-unit apartment building for low- to moderate-income people age 62 and older. Construction on the Westminster Place […]

The Sweet Spot: Where Luxury and Affordable Senior Housing Meet

Where looming demographics and a lack of adequate supply are widening the rift between high-end and affordable senior housing, some providers have found solid ground in the middle-price point development market. Providers who have begun to target the middle-income bracket have already seen rewards in the form of lower development costs and the anticipated demand […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (5/29/14)

Construction: Planned Groundbreaking Planned for $70M Oklahoma CCRC this Fall Officials with Oklahoma City-based Epworth Villa plan to hold a groundbreaking for a new continuing care retirement community (CCRC) this fall in Stillwater, OK, reports Stillwater News Press. The Ranch, which will be Stillwater’s first CCRC, will be located on 55 acres adjacent to Lakeside […]

Senior Living Operators Target Green Projects to Boost ROI

Senior living providers know “green” is good. But historically, going green has lacked measurable returns. Now, some providers are seeing their return on investment in just a handful of years, and one nonprofit has enough confidence to include environmentally-friendly features in new projects. For one provider, a track record based on retrofitting among other communities […]

Non-Profits See Mutual Benefit to Affordable Senior Housing Deal

Senior living non-profit Presbyterian Senior Living is seeing opportunity to bring new life to an affordable senior housing community through a recent acquisition and forthcoming rebranding. Presbyterian Senior Living acquired The Shepherds in Monroe County, Pennsylvania in a deal that closed January 1, and will complete the transition to the new ownership by April, its […]

Grant Positions Senior Living Nonprofit for Affordable, Green Design

Through a fellowship granting Presbyterian Senior Living the opportunity to work with a designated architect for three years, the organization plans to target and optimize sustainability and affordability in the coming months. Presbyterian Senior Living, a not-for-profit that operates more than 30 communities across four states including Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Ohio, was awarded an Enterprise […]

Pennsylvania CCRC Launches Household Model To Meet New Resident Demands

A Pennsylvania continuing care retirement community is repositioning its community with a new design model that’s inspired by a home-like environment for the residents who live there. The “household model,” implemented with the help of architecture firm Perkins Eastman, will create four different households within the 130-bed Presbyterian Senior Living St. Andrew’s Village in an effort […]

Senior Living Community Benefits as Site of Massive Solar Installation

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