The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) is strengthening its data analytics platform. The industry group this week announced the acquisition of VisionLTC, a data analytics platform based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The platform will be integrated into the group’s NIC MAP data service to create a new platform, NIC MAP Vision. […]
Covid-19 has disrupted commercial real estate for the past year, but few asset classes have been hit as hard as the hospitality industry. From the early days of the pandemic, some senior living developers, investors and operators have said they anticipate opportunities to acquire and reposition hotel assets. Although the availability of Covid-19 vaccines is […]
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to take a toll on the senior living industry, but for some active adult providers, the impact has been less severe — and they are hoping that translates into a surge of demand once case counts dwindle. The resiliency of active adult, in terms of move-in velocity and sales leads, complicates […]
Last year, the Covid-19 pandemic threw a wrench in the best-laid plans of senior living operators across the United States. But the providers to watch in 2021 all continued to innovate and devise interesting strategies for the future, even while responding to the public health crisis. Going into 2021, the providers on this list are […]
Among the many lessons that Covid-19 drove home in 2020: No one can predict what the future holds. But as the senior living industry battles the latest wave of infections and starts to beat back the pandemic through vaccination, it’s also more important than ever to look ahead and try to identify what trends will […]
When Chris Guay founded Vitality Living, he was frustrated at the industry’s slowness to innovate, and he intended to push the envelope. Four years later, he and Vitality have been through twists and turns, including joining with new partners. But Guay believes the Brentwood, Tennessee-based company is in a strong position today, with a portfolio […]
When Chris Guay founded Vitality Living, he was frustrated at the industry’s slowness to innovate. Now, he believes that more operators have started “think differently” — and he anticipates that the next 10 years will bring significant, positive change. Vitality itself is changing, by opening its first active adult project. The company is also taking […]
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Big players in the senior living industry have for years targeted dense, populated markets for new projects or acquisitions — but these are far from the only opportunities out there. Other senior living companies have chosen the road less taken by focusing on less-dense secondary and tertiary markets such as Boise, Idaho; Omaha, Nebraska; and […]
Vitality Living has partnered with noted hotel developer Fusion Hospitality to launch a new senior living brand, Landmark Lifestyles. Plans for the new brand exemplify several growing trends in senior living, including a focus on smaller cities with rising profiles, and hotel conversion projects. A Landmark Lifestyles project taking shape in Tupelo, Mississippi will be […]