In the Pipeline: Sonata Plans Florida Project; 1920s-Inspired Community Near Kansas City

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 and the annual SHN Awards Competition. Construction: Planned Sonata Plans $52 Million Community in Florida Sonata Senior Living has plans to […]

Largest Senior Living Providers List Grows, No Surprises at the Top

There are no notable surprises at the top of Argentum’s 2019 list of the largest providers in senior living, although there are some new additions to the expanded list. The industry association’s overall list now includes 140 providers and 624,795 units, compared to last year’s total of 125 providers and 586,662 units. For the first […]

‘Barely Recognizable’ HCP Endures Painful Brookdale Transitions To Re-Make Portfolio

Last month, HCP (NYSE: HCP) President and CEO Tom Herzog declared the Irvine, California-based healthcare real estate investment trust (REIT) was “back to playing offense” after a nearly two-year makeover of its portfolio, executive team and board. Those plans came more into focus Wednesday during HCP’s Q3 earnings call. “The HCP of today is barely […]

HCP ‘Making Massive Progress’ Reinventing its Senior Housing Portfolio

HCP, Inc. (NYSE: HCP) has set out to reinvent its senior housing portfolio, and company leaders believe that they are “making massive progress.” The Irvine, California-based real estate investment trust (REIT) is currently “remaking [its senior housing portfolio] in a pretty dramatic way,” switching up the properties it owns, the providers it works with, the […]

Movers & Shakers: Front Porch’s New Board Members

Front Porch Elects 3 New Members to Board of Directors Front Porch, a Glendale, California-based not-for-profit senior services provider with 10 full-service retirement communities, elected three new members to its board of directors. Joining the board on Jan. 1 are Deborah A. Proctor, Oliver W. Wesson Jr. and Marion McGovern. Proctor recently retired as the […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (3/17/16)

(Living room at the Christopher Heights of Northampton senior housing community in Northampton, Mass. — Photo courtesy of Cutler Associates) Construction: Planned Columbia Pacific Advisors Plans 237-Unit Senior Housing Community in Seattle Seattle-based Columbia Pacific Advisors, LLC, is entering into a long-term ground lease with the Archdiocese of Seattle and St. James Cathedral to build a 237-unit senior […]

In the Pipeline: Senior Housing Construction Projects (1/14/16)

(Dining room at Kalākaua Gardens in Honolulu) Construction: Planned Pinkard Construction to Build Colo. Assisted Living, Memory Care Expansion Construction manager and general contractor Pinkard Construction Company was recently awarded the construction of Sunny Vista Living Center’s new assisted living and memory care expansion in Colorado Springs, Colo. The new, $10.5 million building, designed by Lantz-Boggio Architects, […]

Operators: Addressing Sex in Senior Living is a Balancing Act

Senior living communities have long focused on resident safety — just not as it relates to their sex lives. But failing to address issues related to sex among residents, experts say, can have widespread implications for senior living communities, particularly when it comes to handling memory care residents and nonconsensual behaviors. Without education, training or […]