Size helps Brookdale in natural disasters, CEO says, but financial effects linger
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 08, 2017
Hurricanes, wildfires, generators, HCP and metrics of success were among the topics that executives of Brookdale Senior Living discussed with shareholders and analysts Tuesday on a third-quarter earnings...
Next Brookdale CEO talks turnaround after company rejects takeover bid
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2018
As Lucinda “Cindy” Baier prepares to lead Brookdale Senior Living, the company’s short-term turnaround plans include selling 30 communities, cutting $25 million in general and administrative...
Brookdale settles retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed by EEOC
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 01, 2020
Brookdale Senior Living will pay $80,000, update its anti-retaliation policies and train employees on compliance with federal anti-discrimination laws to settle a retaliation discrimination lawsuit filed...
Brookdale to strengthen healthcare ties, cheers assisted living performance
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 27, 2020
Brookdale Senior Living’s recently added healthcare expertise in the C-suite and boardroom will benefit residents and shareholders as the company looks to forge stronger ties with healthcare providers...
Brookdale seeing progress in wake of Emeritus acquisition
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John Hall
Feb 01, 2016
Brookdale Senior Living says it’s confident it has calmed much of the 2015 tumult in the wake of an Emeritus acquisition that led to short-term occupancy dips, management turnover and less-than-expected...
Brookdale Senior Living is not ‘too big to be successful,’ CEO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Feb 15, 2019
Brookdale Senior Living President and CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier had a message Thursday for all those who, for the past several years, engaged in “speculation about whether Brookdale became too big...
Brookdale wins arbitration argument in former employee’s discrimination lawsuit
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 01, 2022
An appellate court has ruled in Brookdale Senior Living’s favor to compel arbitration in a former employee’s discrimination lawsuit.
Brookdale Senior Living refinances $220 million in debt
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 18, 2022
Brookdale Senior Living announced Monday that the company has substantially reduced all 2023 debt maturities with $220 million in refinancing.
Brookdale in ‘seventh inning’ of portfolio pruning, CEO says
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 07, 2018
Brookdale Senior Living is in the “seventh inning” of trimming the size of its portfolio through community sales and lease terminations, CEO Lucinda “Cindy” Baier said Tuesday on the company’s...
Brookdale making progress but has ‘a significant amount of work ahead,’ CEO says
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 09, 2018
In the first quarter and beyond, Brookdale Senior Living made progress on the turnaround strategy it announced in February, “but we have a significant amount of work ahead of us,” CEO Lucinda...