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Jeff Shaw

What will the seniors housing resident of 2030 look like? Expect a more active, diverse senior By Brenda Bacon, President & CEO, Brandywine Living They will probably be more diverse, and likely to be listening to the Beach Boys and Marvin Gaye rather than big bands and Frank. They will have little interest in our structured activities and near-zero interest in anyone deciding what and when they will dine. You’ll run into them in the hallway on the way to the yoga studio, the pub or the indoor pool. They might restart …

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HJ Sims finance veteran tries to get ahead of a shifting financial landscape. By Jeff Shaw A wide variety of factors are affecting the landscape of seniors housing finance, and they come from both within and outside the industry. Factors range from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law by President Trump in 2017 to Medicare/Medicaid reimbursement changes in skilled nursing to affordability concerns for poor and middle-class seniors. Jeff Sands, managing principal and general counsel for Fairfield, Connecticut-based lender HJ Sims, has experienced a lot in his …

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After years of boom-or-bust transaction levels in seniors housing, trading has settled into a rhythm. By Jeff Shaw Although it’s easy to look at year-over-year transaction volume in seniors housing and say “acquisitions are down,” 2018 was more a return to the average rather than a lull. When the feverish trade volume in 2011 to 2015 (peaking at over $25 billion in 2011) and the recession slowdown of 2008 to 2010 (bottoming out below $5 billion) are taken together, the last 11 years average approximately $14 billion per year in …

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