LOMBARD, Ill. — Lifespace Communities has named Doug Fleegle as executive director of its Beacon Hill community in Lombard, a village 20 miles west of Chicago. Fleegle previously served as executive director at Lifespace’s Village on the Green community in Longwood, Florida from 2016 to 2019. Fleegle has extensive executive-level leadership experience in senior living, healthcare and human services. Most recently, he served as the executive director of Las Ventanas, a HumanGood continuing care retirement community. He has also held leadership roles at Westminster Communities of Florida, Asbury Communities and …
PORTLAND, Ore. — Vassar Byrd has announced plans to resign as CEO of Rose Villa, the nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Portland she has served for 17 years. Byrd’s decision follows the completion of Rose Villa’s 10-year master plan and campus redevelopment. A departure date has not been set and Byrd will continue serving as CEO while an executive search is underway. Byrd joined Rose Villa in 2006. In 2014, she spearheaded a comprehensive campus redevelopment that has earned recognition and industry accolades for its award-winning design, environmentally …
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has arranged the sale of Beth Sholom Village, a seniors housing community in Virginia Beach. The seller is a mission-based nonprofit group. A Mayland-based owner-operator was selected as the buyer. The price was not disclosed. Beth Sholom Village opened in 1980 with 120 licensed skilled nursing beds. The seniors housing component was added in 2004 and includes 56 assisted living and 18 memory care units. Virginia has an existing certificate of public need to develop new skilled nursing and assisted living communities, …
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Webinar: Seniors Housing Success Stories — Companies that are Rising Above the Headwinds
The June 29 webinar “Seniors Housing Success Stories — Companies that are Rising Above the Headwinds“ focused on what leading seniors housing firms are doing to alter their businesses, streamline operations, increase occupancy and strategize in terms of deal volume and investment. Industry difficulties, including labor shortages, inflation and interest rates, have highlighted the need for expertise and well-informed approaches to the seniors housing sector recovery. Click to watch this hour-long discussion that considers both operations and trends in transaction activity. See how strategies and outlooks have shifted since last …
SKOKIE, Ill. — Presbyterian Homes, a Skokie-based operator, has named Shannon Gutierrez as chief operating officer. Gutierrez will provide operational oversight, including team building, development and technology implementation for the three CCRCs (Lake Forest Place, The Moorings of Arlington Heights and Westminster Place) and rental community (Ten Twenty Grove) Presbyterian Homes manages. Gutierrez brings more than 25 years of hands-on experience in the senior living industry and most recently served as national vice president of operations for Anthem Memory Care. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from the …
DUNEDIN, Fla. — Acts Retirement-Life Communities Inc. and Mease Life, a nonprofit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Tampa suburb of Dunedin, have agreed to affiliate. Under the agreement, Mease Life will become an Acts affiliate member and part of a network of CCRCs that Acts operates. Mease Life is home to approximately 350 residents and was founded in the early 1960s. The nine-story high rise community includes a mix of independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing residences, along with other specialty care services. The affiliation agreement is …
SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — Ziegler has arranged $61.3 million in bond financing for Aldersly Garden Retirement Community, a continuing care retirement community in San Rafael, a northern suburb of San Francisco. The community was originally founded and incorporated in 1921 by Danish organizations as a retirement home serving the Danish-American communities in California and Nevada. The property is situated on an approximately 3.5-acre campus. Life Care Services LLC has provided management and marketing services since 2004. The borrower will use the proceeds of the bonds, together with an equity contribution, …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — Friendship Village of Schaumburg, an independent continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, has filed for Chapter 11 protection through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois and is seeking a sale. The community cites continued hardships from the COVID-19 pandemic. Debt on the community is largely through bond financing. The community will continue to operate as normal during the bankruptcy process. The sale process will be subject to the bankruptcy court’s oversight. Due to the large size of the …
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — D.A. Davidson’s Special District Group, in partnership with Petros PACE Finance, has arranged $160 million in Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing for Summit Vista, Utah’s first life plan retirement community. Representing the largest C-PACE deal in history, according to the arrangers, the proceeds will be dedicated toward ongoing construction with a focus on enhancing the development’s energy efficiency, renewable energy and water efficiency. Owned in partnership with Gardner Group, Wasatch Group and Solamere Capital, Summit Vista offers a full continuum of care, including independent living, …
CHICAGO — Ziegler, a Chicago-based specialty investment bank, has arranged $142.6 million in bond financing for Presbyterian Retirement Communities (PRC). PRC is a nonprofit corporation originally chartered in 1954 in the state of Florida and has communities throughout Florida. PRC and its affiliates are a part of Westminster Communities of Florida and constitute the largest group of continuing care communities (CCRCs) in Florida with a total of 3,643 units. According to the 2022 LeadingAge Ziegler 200 Report, PRC and its affiliates are the 11th largest nonprofit operator of senior living …