Could active adult housing be a solution to the middle-market affordability challenge?
By
Jim Moore
Aug 31, 2021
Several operators/providers are attempting to develop products to address this challenge.
Ventas to acquire New Senior Investment Group in $2.3 billion transaction
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jun 28, 2021
Real estate investment trusts Ventas and New Senior Investment Group will merge in an all-stock transaction valued at $2.3 billion, including $1.5 billion of New Senior debt, the companies announced Monday...
As report cites older adult struggle to meet expenses, expert says HCBS proposal won’t help middle...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 26, 2021
Older adults are struggling to meet cost-of-living expenses in the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas, according to a new report from UMass Boston’s Gerontology Institute. But federal, state and...
A new middle-market senior living brand, Truewood by Merrill, has been launched by Merrill Gardens and is gradually rolling out to 23 communities in 13 of the 20 states in which the company operates.
Your favorite columns of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
In a year dominated by the coronavirus, it’s not surprising that COVID-19 popped up more than once as a topic of our most-read columns of 2020 when we examined analytics related to website visitors,...
Meeting the needs of older adults means focusing on the middle, industry experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 09, 2020
Economic pressures placed on middle-income older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic has created a growing population of seniors with housing needs but limited resources. Senior housing providers recognize...
Covia, Ziegler Link•age Funds to invest, test Dr. Bill Thomas’ Minka as potential middle-market senior...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 06, 2020
A new partnership between nonprofit aging services organization Covia Group and Ziegler Link•age Funds will invest in Minka Homes & Communities, co-founded by Dr. Bill Thomas, to test the model as a...
Pandemic has distinct effects for independent living and middle-market senior living operators, REITs...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2020
Operators of independent living communities and operators of senior living communities targeting middle-income individuals have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that differ from other senior living...
Partnerships critical to serving middle-income older adults, NIC speakers say
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 06, 2020
Panelists discussed how to cost-effectively deliver healthcare to middle-income older adults in senior housing on Thursday at the NIC Spring Conference.
LTC Properties expects to ‘dig deep’ for transactions; older buildings, senior apartments of interest
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 24, 2020
For 2020, “early indications show that we will have to dig deep to find the kinds of transactions that best benefit our shareholders,” Westlake Village, CA-based LTC Properties’ Chairman, Chief Executive...