• Interview with Bryan Lockard of JLL Value and Risk Advisory

    Ben Swett, Managing Editor of The SeniorCare Investor, sat down with Bryan Lockard of JLL Value and Risk Advisory to discuss JLL’s 2024 Seniors Housing and Care Investor Survey and Trends, which you can download here. Read More »
  • Wow…Sonida Senior Living

    The last company in our sector, Sonida Senior Living, finally reported fourth quarter and full-year 2023 earnings, and while pretty good, that was not even the story. The story started four weeks ago. In February, the company announced a series of capital transactions which reduced their debt, raised some equity, and provided liquidity to take... Read More »
  • Marcus & Millichap Arranges SNF Leases

    After purchasing four senior care campuses in a large portfolio deal, a seniors housing owner/operator turned to Marcus & Millichap to find new tenants for the skilled nursing portions of each newly acquired campus. Each building was losing close to $1 million annually and had struggled with occupancy and expenses.  While the portfolio... Read More »
  • LSS Absorbs Diakon

    Two large not-for-profits announced that they were combining to create the 12th largest not-for-profit senior living organization in the country. Lutheran Senior Services, based in St. Louis, Missouri, signed an agreement to bring Diakon Senior Living operations and four CCRCs under its umbrella. Both organizations were described by Adam Marles,... Read More »
  • SNF Under Receivership Is Acquired in Kansas

    Marcus & Millichap was brought on by a limited liability company in the sale of a skilled nursing facility in Topeka, Kansas, that was under receivership. The facility, Providence Living Center, comprises 78 beds across 24,000 square feet and focuses on senior residents with mental health needs. Rod Llanos and Colby Haugness handled the... Read More »

Two new senior facilities for Twin Falls, Idaho

Two developers—Grace Assisted Living and Peter Candy—have committed $8 million and $10 million, respectively, to build new senior facilities in Twin Falls, Idaho. Twin Falls, about 100 miles southeast of Boise, is the state’s seventh-largest city (pop. 45,000) and the fastest-growing city in south-central Idaho. The combination of an aging population—about 20% of local workers are 55 or older—and a shortage of retirement facility options made Twin Falls attractive to the two developers. Grace Assisted Living, based in Boise, is investing $8 million in a 78,000 square-foot, 85-unit assisted living facility that is expected to open in spring 2015. Grace Assisted Living currently operates 16... Read More »

Bright Oaks Group investing big in Chicagoland and Florida

Bright Oaks Group plans to develop 20 assisted living communities in suburban Chicago and elsewhere in the Upper Midwest, along with 20 communities in Florida and elsewhere in the Southeast. Four new developments already under construction in Illinois and an additional five in Florida represent about $200 million of the $500 million that Bright Oaks plans to invest in new assisted living projects over the next several years. The company’s first project, Bright Oaks of Aurora (IL), will offer 36 assisted living and 24 memory-care units when it opens in winter 2015. Bright Oaks, a privately held development company founded in 2013, is collaborating with Ecumen and Autumn Senior Living on... Read More »

Maplewood Senior Living launches new Connecticut project

A 27-acre plot in Southport, Connecticut, will be the site of Maplewood Senior Living’s next assisted living and memory-care community. Maplewood at Southport will be a traditional assisted living/memory-care residence and luxurious in every sense. The design of the 92,000-square-foot, 98-unit community will evoke the tradition of rambling Adirondack and coastal New England resorts of the early 20th century, iconic themes that should blend well in the upscale Mill Hill neighborhood in which the land is situated. The focal point of the Southport property, which is also adjacent to Mill Hill Elementary School, is nature—old-growth trees, flowering plants, and native wildlife such as deer and... Read More »

Rental CCRC coming to Raleigh, North Carolina

Site work is underway on what will be Raleigh’s first licensed, rental CCRC. The Cardinal at North Hills will be breaking ground soon. Once complete, the new community will offer month-to-month rental units—unlike most CCRCs, which require an entrance-fee contract. The Cardinal will have 165 independent living residences, plus 60 on-site private apartments licensed for assisted living, memory care, and nursing care. Residents will have direct access from their buildings to a secure, underground parking garage and to the 35,000 square foot clubhouse, which will have appropriate spaces for social, spiritual, and vocational activities, as well as multiple dining venues: the main dining room... Read More »

Three New MorningStar projects underway in Arizona, Colorado

Denver-based MorningStar Senior Living has broken ground on three new assisted living/memory care communities: one in Arizona and two in Colorado. 1. MorningStar at Arrowhead is an $18 million project on six acres in Glendale, Arizona. The new community will have 60 assisted living suites and 25 units devoted to memory care. The project is a joint venture between affiliates of MorningStar Senior Living and Real Capital Solutions, a Louisville, Colorado-based investment firm. OZ Architecture of Denver designed the project. 2. MorningStar of Fort Collins, also an $18 million project, will offer 55 suites for assisted living and 23 memory-care units. The project, designed by architectural... Read More »