$240 million bond issue sets record for single-site CCRC, HJ Sims says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 28, 2017
A $240 million financing on which HJ Sims is the lead underwriter is the largest fixed-rate public bond issue for a single-site continuing care retirement community, according to the privately held investment...
The website features most important to prospective residents
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 29, 2017
As a retirement community’s online presence becomes increasingly important, research reveals the number one piece of information that adults aged 75 to 84 seek on a community’s website as well...
Taking aim at the CCRC model
By
Daniel Ruth
Nov 11, 2019
Continuing care retirement communities offer peace of mind that often comes with a six- to seven-figure entrance fee. Leadership at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living chose a different path.
CCRC segments see higher occupancy than same segments in freestanding communities: NIC
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 26, 2018
Occupancy in various levels of care or service within continuing care retirement communities generally has been higher than occupancy in freestanding, non-CCRC communities offering those same levels of...
Utah’s first life plan community opens
Oct 11, 2018
Summit Vista, Utah’s first life plan community, welcomed residents this week.
Senior living continues to see job growth, although rate is slowing
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 05, 2017
The senior living industry has been among the top industries for post-recession job creation, and employment in the industry continues to increase, although the overall rate of growth is slowing, according...
College campus CCRC learns COVID lessons
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 29, 2020
New continuing care retirement community The Spires at Berry College in Rome, GA, has been welcoming residents in stages since June. The setting is of “tremendous value,” even — or especially...
CCRC adds 4,100-square-foot duplexes to attract baby boomers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Oct 16, 2017
Ten months after breaking ground on a project intended to attract baby boomers and others looking for a different environment in which to age, nonprofit BHI Senior Living has sold all 30 duplexes in an...
Type A and C contracts increasing in popularity with CCRCs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2017
Type A and C entry-fee contract use has become more common in continuing care retirement communities over the past 10 years, whereas type B contract and rental agreement use has become less common, according...
Number of CCRCs decreases for first time in at least seven years
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 05, 2018
After increasing every year since at least 2010, the number of continuing care retirement communities decreased in 2017, according to Ziegler’s national CCRC listing.