Senior Housing Finance Activity: Greystone, CBRE

Greystone Provides $49.4 Million in Freddie Mac Financing for Seniors Housing in California and Colorado Greystone, a real estate advisory, investment and lending firm, announced it provided $49.9 million in Freddie Mac loans to refinance two assisted living and memory care communities in Denver, Colorado, and Carmichael, California. Greystone Managing Directors Scott Kavel and Cary […]

Editor’s Picks: The Future of Senior Housing

This week on Senior Housing News, readers learned about the future of senior housing, which has a lot to do with adhering to the needs of middle-income seniors. They also learned how to arrange good deals on Class B senior housing properties, how senior living companies still rely on temp agencies to combat staffing woes, […]

Seniors Housing Finance Activity: KeyBank, Ziegler

Ziegler Closes $110.96 Million in Financing for Epworth Living at The Ranch Chicago-based speciality investment bank Ziegler announced the closing of the $110.96 million, unrated, tax-exempt, fixed-rate Series 2016 Bond issue for Epworth Living at The Ranch, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The Ranch will have 23 independent living villas, […]

Senior Housing Finance Activity: Ziegler, Kindred

Ziegler Closes $34.49 Million Bond Issue on Behalf of UMRH Chicago-based speciality investment bank Ziegler announced the successful closing of the $34,485,000, tax-exempt, fixed-rate Series 2016A Bond issue on behalf of The United Methodist Retirement Homes (UMRH). UMRH, a Life Care Services partner since 2000, is a multi-site operator of three continuing care retirement communities […]

How Prospects Choose a CCRC Contract and Refund Option

The severe economic downturn that began in 2007 altered continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs) in lasting ways, creating a product that is more sensitive to perceived consumer needs and preferences. However, it’s hard to say that consumers are eagerly taking advantage of new contract types and other options, suggest recently released research findings. The economic crisis […]

Providers’ Labor Costs to Soar Under New Overtime Rule

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has dramatically increased the number of salaried workers eligible for overtime, sending senior housing executives—and business leaders in other sectors—crunching numbers and considering how to cope with labor costs that could skyrocket. Specifically, employers now may have to pay overtime to salaried workers making $47,476 a year ($913 a […]

Senior Living Nonprofits Remain Bullish Despite Looming Threats

Executives at not-for-profit senior living companies are largely optimistic about the economy and are pursuing expansion plans, positioning for growth as they face increased competition from for-profit peers and other threats. Compared with last year, 41% of nonprofit executives are more optimistic about the current economic outlook, according to survey findings from Irving, Texas-based Greystone Communities and […]

How the Role of a Senior Living CFO is Changing

There’s no doubt about it—the role of chief financial officer in senior living has changed. Gone are the days when a CFO could get away with only understanding financial topics, according to industry professionals who attended a recent workshop. Now in its 18th year, the Ziegler LeadingAge CFO workshop has reached a conversation turning point among CFOs, […]