CCRC

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Life Care Services (LCS) has completed the first phase of a $75 million expansion project at WhiteStone, a continuing care retirement community in Greensboro. LCS manages the Masonic and Eastern Star community. This phase of the expansion added 67 one- and two-bedroom independent living units to the property. In addition, the Care and Wellness Center renovations include a rehabilitation gym, courtyard and gardens, and enhanced salon and spa. In Guilford County, more than 16 percent of the population is currently made up of seniors, and that number …

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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. — Lifespace has completed renovations to the independent living building at Oak Trace, a continuing care retirement community in Downers Grove, approximately 20 miles west of Chicago. The renovations were part of a $112 million full-campus redevelopment. The first phase of the project occurred in 2019, when Oak Trace opened its new Health and Wellness Center offering assisted living, memory care rehabilitation and skilled nursing. It was named among the Best Nursing Homes by U.S. News & World Reportfor 2022-2023. The latest phase, completed last week, features renovated shared …

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PHOENIX — Life Care Services has updated its executive team roster with two internal promotions and a new hire. Stewart Ingram was promoted to regional operations manager for Life Care Services (LCS). He has been working with Sagewood and its parent company, LCS, for more than 31 years and was Sagewood’s executive director for 17 years. In his new role, Ingram will oversee the operations of LCS-managed communities in the San Diego and San Francisco Bay markets. To fill the position of executive director at Sagewood, an LCS community in …

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GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio — Ziegler has arranged the sale of The Village at Marymount, a 246-unit senior living and skilled nursing retirement community in Garfield Heights, a suburb of Cleveland. Built in 1952, Marymount is a faith-based, nonprofit continuing care retirement community established by the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis.  The buyer, a privately held owner and operator based in Lakewood, New Jersey, took over operations on June 30. The new owner assumed approximately $16 million of HUD debt as part of the transaction. …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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  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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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