Seniors housing likely to see several design changes post-pandemic: experts
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Amy Novotney
Oct 05, 2020
In the age of COVID-19, senior living designers have been hard at work to figure out what a “new normal” might look like within the industry. Although an array of ideas have been proposed, speakers...
Current lending environment tough across all asset classes: NIC/Ziegler survey
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Amy Novotney
Sep 30, 2020
Current lending spread differentials between majority assisted living/memory care communities and majority nursing facilities are remarkably similar, with most lenders quoting spread ranges of 3% to 4%...
Future looks bright for nonprofit senior living: Ziegler
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Amy Novotney
Sep 28, 2020
Thanks to the nation’s shifting demographics and the ability of many nonprofit senior living operators to offer services across the continuum, the future of the sector looks bright, according to speakers...
Nonprofits making deals need to be fully prepared: speakers
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Amy Novotney
Sep 25, 2020
When it comes to acquisitions, affiliations and dispositions, nonprofits must do all they can to be educated buyers and sellers, according to speakers Thursday at the Ziegler Senior Living Finance + Strategy...
Nonprofits seeing most growth in expansions and affiliations: Ziegler
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Amy Novotney
Sep 24, 2020
Affiliations and acquisitions are far surpassing new developments within the nonprofit senior living sector, and that trend is likely to continue. That’s according to speakers at the opening session...
COVID-19 ushers in new construction realities
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Amy Novotney
Sep 11, 2020
More than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, flexibility and planning for the unexpected top the list of necessities when it comes to undergoing construction projects within seniors housing. That’s...
Nonprofits cite pandemic for revenue decline
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Amy Novotney
Sep 11, 2020
Operators’ bottom line clearly have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new report by specialty investment bank Ziegler shows just how hard. The firm surveyed 230 senior living operators, largely...
Depositor surveys, operating expenses play important role in feasibility studies post-COVID
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Amy Novotney
Aug 27, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought additional challenges to the process of developing, opening and expanding a new senior living community. But so far, operators are finding that most seniors who put down...
Many operators have not sought PPP loan forgiveness: Ziegler
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Amy Novotney
Aug 26, 2020
Many senior living recipients of Paycheck Protection Program loans have not filed applications for loan forgiveness, according to data compiled by specialty investment bank Ziegler.
6 tips to help senior living operators weather the insurance marketplace’s ‘perfect storm’
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Amy Novotney
Aug 21, 2020
The senior living sector is in the midst of a perfect storm in the insurance marketplace, according to an article published Thursday by the Ziegler specialty investment bank. Claims already were increasing...