Sonida (NYSE: SNDA) is taking a laser focus to senior living operations by identifying and grouping communities in need of better results and providing them with more support. The Dallas-based senior living operator is in 2025 seeking to further improve operations according to CEO Brandon Ribar. The company’s average occupancy rate in the first quarter […]
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This story is part of your SHN+ subscription In 2025, senior living operators are looking to strategies from companies like Costco (NASDAQ: COST) to improve staffing and quality. I think there’s still more the industry can learn. Senior living operators have embraced staffing models that emulate the retail giant’s practice of rewarding high-quality workers with […]
This story is part of your SHN+ subscription Senior living companies are evolving their operating models to increasingly use new technology and real-time data to make better decisions. In 2025, the gap between companies with these capabilities and those without is widening. Earlier this week, I attended the Senior Living 100 Leadership Conference in Jacksonville, […]
Connecting with the senior living customer of today is no easy feat, as operators face a customer base, led by the Baby Boomer generation, that is more tech-savvy and demanding of individualized wellness and lifestyle offerings. “They want choice and they have come with a disruptive mind-shift,” Lifespace Communities CEO Jesse Jantzen said during a […]
In 2025, turnover and retention are among senior living operators’ biggest challenges. Some operators are dealing with it by taking cues from big companies like Costco. Costco and other companies like Sam’s Club and QuikTrip have taken the approach that giving employees better benefits, pay and an accessible career ladder leads to better business outcomes […]
Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA) has a senior living portfolio that now is almost a third larger than it was at the start of 2024, with operational momentum trending in the right direction now in 2025, according to CEO Brandon Ribar. Throughout 2024, Sonida added 20 communities to its investment portfolio and 23 communities to […]
More senior living operators are in 2025 subsisting on locally sourced leads as they take a step back from large, national third-party referral partners. For example, Farmington Hills, Michigan-based Beztak has cut its contracts with A Place for Mom. Sonida Senior Living (NYSE: SNDA) also has sought to drive more prospective residents to its website, […]
At the start of 2025, senior living companies are ready to hit the ground running with new development and construction projects. Lenders are not. The senior living industry is currently in a “transitional phase” for new development, NIC Senior Principal Omar Zahraoui told Senior Housing News earlier this month. New permanent loan volume for senior […]
