The Nov. 3 Seniors Housing Business webinar “Rethinking Seniors Housing Resident Engagement — Technology that Improves Staff Efficiencies while Enhancing the Resident Experience” focused on the best ways to improve resident engagement, streamline care and support staff. Panelists discussed Platforms across the continuum of care Resident engagement solutions for streamlining technology, training and staff time The future of remote engagement: video chats, digital signage, health and fitness and beyond Changes in care created by the COVID pandemic: lessons learned, paths forward, maximizing technology, the role of staff and resource shortages Innovative care ideas in telehealth, remote monitoring, …
Assisted Living
HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Main Street Senior Living, a 58-unit assisted living and memory care community in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville. A private equity company sold the asset a Southeast-based regional owner-operator for $4.9 million. The community is licensed for 99 beds and the resident base is 100 percent private pay. At the time of marketing, the community was averaging 62 percent occupancy on total revenue of $1.5 million. Due to the low census the community was not profitable and was …
Webinar: COVID Strategies for Seniors Housing Operators — Managing Risk
In the Oct. 26 Seniors Housing Business webinar entitled “COVID Strategies for Seniors Housing Operators — Managing Risk for Residents, Staff and Service Providers,” the topic of discussion was how best to keep residents and staff safe from COVID-19. Panelists shared differing approaches to this difficult problem, as well as their decision-making processes for setting vaccination requirements within their communities, employee incentives, communication strategies and how to implement these best practices in the midst of staffing shortages. Listen to hear how these decisions impact seniors housing operations, human resources and marketing approaches, …
Benchmark Plans $10M Renovation Project at Falls at Cordingly Dam in Newton, Massachusetts
NEWTON, Mass. — Benchmark Senior Living has unveiled plans for a $10 million renovation project at The Falls at Cordingly Dam, an assisted living and memory care community in Newton. The project includes opening more spaces with views of the Charles River, creating more open-concept common areas and modernizing apartments. It will also add 22 new units to the property. “The Falls was one of Benchmark’s first communities when we began nearly 25 years ago and has been an important part of the Newton community ever since,” says Tom Grape, …
LAKE WORTH, Fla., and TULSA, Okla. — Ziegler has arranged a total of $37.8 million in bridge financing for Columbia Pacific Advisors (CPA), a Seattle-based investment firm. The two loans will refinance existing debt on two of the borrower’s seniors housing properties, The Landing at Lake Worth in Lake Worth and The Linden at Stonehaven Square in Tulsa. Each community offers assisted living and memory care services and consists of 134 total units. CPA developed and opened the Lake Worth Community in late 2018 and opened the Tulsa community in …
Capitol Seniors Housing Breaks Ground on The Chelsea at Washington Township in New Jersey
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Capitol Seniors Housing has broken ground on The Chelsea at Washington Township, an assisted living and memory care community in Washington Township. The 76,700-square-foot, two-story community will offer 85 units in the suburbs of New York City. The community site is located near Schlegel Lake, Senior Park, a community center and a wide variety of retail shopping and restaurants in the Washington Town Center shopping center. Designed by Meyer Design with KBE Building Corp. serving as general contractor, The Chelsea at Washington Township is scheduled to …
Polaris Healthcare Opens The Sentinel of Rockland Assisted Living in Montebello, New York
MONTEBELLO, N.Y. — The Polaris Healthcare Network has opened The Sentinel of Rockland in Montebello, located along the New Jersey border northwest of New York City. Located on seven acres, the community offers assisted living services through the state’s Medicaid program. M&T Bank provided capital for the development. Further details were not disclosed.
BARDSTOWN and ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Bluegrass Assisted Living, which comprises two assisted living communities 30 miles from each other in Bardstown and Elizabethtown. The communities offer a combined total of 84 units on three acres. A California-based owner-operator looking to exit seniors housing sold the assets for an undisclosed price. The assets are the first acquisitions for a newly formed operator based in the Southeast. The price was not disclosed. Daniel Geraghty and Bradley Clousing of SLIB handled the transaction …
INDIANA — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of an assisted living community in Indiana. The price and location were not disclosed. The seller was a publicly traded REIT seeking to divest of a non-performing asset. In 2018, the community had stabilized occupancy levels aboce 95 percent. However, in recent years the occupancy has slipped due to new competition in the surrounding submarket. At the time of sale, the community’s unit occupancy was 60 percent and it was operating at a negative cash flow margin. The buyer was …
NAMPA, Idaho — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Streamside Assisted Living & Memory Care in Nampa. The community features 54 assisted living units and 25 secured memory care units. A regional buyer expanding in the Pacific Northwest acquired the property from a local seller. Further details were not disclosed.