Active Adult

By Hayden Spiess DALLAS — Even those in their golden years are not immune to climbing rates of marriage dissolution. The divorce rate among couples wherein one of the spouses is age 50 or older — a phenomenon sometimes termed a “gray divorce” — has risen to 40 percent, according to data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC).  Though a bleak statement on the marital landscape, this fact has been one of the elements bolstering occupancy within the growing active adult subsector of seniors housing, says Caroline …

DALLAS — The evolution of active adult product is in the third inning of a nine-inning game, but some markets are clearly ahead of the curve, says Zach Crowe, managing director of U.S. real estate for private equity giant The Carlyle Group. “There are markets like Dallas, Las Vegas and Denver that have had active adult for 20 years at this point, and the product is well known. The consumer understands what it is. There are other markets with very few properties, and people have no idea what it is. It’s …

DALLAS — What’s in a name? Plenty, according to the industry professionals that operate and market active adult communities.  Jane Arthur Roslovic, co-founder and CEO of Treplus Communities, says that “if anybody called [her] a senior” she’d “smack them.” Roslovic’s quip came during a panel discussion — titled “Operating and Marketing: Best Practices in Lease-Up, Sales and Programming” — at the 5th annual InterFace Active Adult conference. The daylong event took place Wednesday, May 7, at The Westin Las Colinas in Dallas.  Roslovic and her fellow panelists argued that the …