GREEN SPRINGS, Ohio — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has brokered the sale of of Eden Springs Garden Homes, a six-unit independent living community in Green Springs, a small village between Cleveland and Toledo. The property is part of the Eden Springs Healthcare & Senior Living campus, which was built in phases between 1963 and 2006. The larger campus was placed into receivership in January 2019. The court-appointed receiver sold the Garden Homes portion to an undisclosed buyer for $943,000, or $157,000 per unit. The six units were all occupied at …
NEW YORK CITY — A Place for Mom Inc. (APFM), a New York-based seniors housing referral company, has designed a virtual tour app with the goal of helping families and the senior living industry. The app delivers a platform for seniors and families to schedule and participate in live community tours, creating a digital experience. While the program was released to meet current needs during the coronavirus pandemic, APFM hopes it can be a permanent solution for the industry in the long term. “COVID-19 drove a digital revolution overnight and …
TOLEDO, Ohio — Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL), a Toledo-based REIT and the largest owner of seniors housing in the United States by number of units, has reported coronavirus-related expenses hit $7 million in March. Across the company’s 586 seniors housing communities, there were 1,044 confirmed cases of the virus as of May 1. The numbers came in Welltower’s first-quarter earnings report. Although 72 percent of the company’s seniors housing properties have zero cases of COVID-19, the majority of the properties that do have at least four cases. “The financial headwinds …
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Argentum, an Alexandria-based national association serving senior living providers, has called for transparency in COVID-19 reporting among the states. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, we’ve been encouraging openness and transparency in reporting among our members and have shared our guidance on reporting and leadership communication,” says James Balda, Argentum president & CEO. A recent survey of Argentum’s members showed that 100 percent of respondents that had COVID-19 positive cases in their communities were reporting data to state agencies, families, staff and residents. In addition, nearly half …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Caring.com, a senior living referral and review service has acquired SeniorHousingNet.com, a senior living and active adult lifestyle website that was formerly part of the realtor.com network. In addition to active adult properties, SeniorHousingNet.com includes information and directory listings for senior living, in-home care, adult day care, respite care and skilled nursing. “Acquiring SeniorHousingNet.com enables us to expand digital marketing opportunities for our partner network of senior living communities and in-home care agencies, as well as SeniorHousingNet.com’s current advertisers,” says Caring.com CEO Jim Rosenthal.
SARASOTA, Fla. — Watercrest Senior Living Group has hired Collin Baranick as executive director of Watercrest Sarasota Senior Living Community in Sarasota, a 198-unit community scheduled to open this summer. Baranick entered the senior living industry in 2010 as care manager on the nursing floor of a large senior living provider. He later transitioned to a wellness director role, where he improved community culture, staff training and quality assurance. Baranick most recently served as executive director, opening two senior living communities from ground up in South Carolina and Florida. When …
CHICAGO — Ventas Inc. (NYSE: VTR) released its quarterly report last week, combining an update on its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic with an announcement about restructuring its agreements with one of its main seniors housing tenants. The Chicago-based REIT has terminated its master lease with independent living giant Holiday Retirement, moving the 26 Ventas-owned, Holiday-operated communities to individual management contracts. Holiday paid $100 million to Ventas as part of the master lease cancelation. Under the new management agreement for the 26 Holiday communities, Ventas will pay Holiday a management …
DENVER — OZ Architecture, a Denver-based architecture firm, has released Designing for Emergency Preparedness Insight Report, which outlines design considerations that can help reduce the spread of disease and infection in seniors housing communities. “In recent years, many older adult communities have shifted away from the healthcare-oriented design of skilled nursing and hospitals in favor of spaces that provide a greater sense of community and emotional well-being,” the company notes. “However, new design challenges have arrived as highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic, showing that older adult populations can be highly …
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of a 150-bed skilled nursing facility in the Youngstown metro area. An owner-operator expanding in the Midwest acquired the property for an undisclosed price. The seller cited recent changes in leadership for declining occupancy, and de-licensed some beds to allow for more private rooms. The sale was positioned as a value-add opportunity.
PHILADELPHIA — ORIX Real Estate Capital (OREC) has appointed Aaron Becker as head of production for seniors housing and healthcare. Based in the firm’s Philadelphia office, Becker will lead seniors housing and healthcare originations for OREC, which is based in Columbus, Ohio. The new entity will combine the forces of Lancaster Pollard, RED Capital Group and Hunt Real Estate Capital. ORIX Corp. USA acquired the three entities over recent years. Prior to being named head of production, Becker was regional manager in the Northeast for Lancaster Pollard, and served as …