ST. LOUIS PARK and EAGAN, Minn. — Lifespark, a senior health company based in St. Louis Park, has agreed to acquire Eagan-based Livio Health, a wholly owned subsidiary of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota that provides in-home health services to people with chronic and complex illness. The purchase agreement will integrate all operational components of Livio Health, as well Livio Health employees, into the current systems and capabilities of Lifespark throughout the state. Concurrent with the announcement, Blue Cross has secured a minority owner stake in Lifespark through …
LOS ANGELES — Standard Communities, a Los Angeles-based investor and developer of affordable multifamily housing including seniors housing, has established three new, diversified business lines. The three dedicated business lines — acquisition/redevelopment, new construction and essential housing — aim to leverage and align the strengths and diversity of Standard’s staff and enable them to execute faster and more efficiently. “With our national geographic reach and ambitious vision for the future, it is important that our structure allows us to stay nimble and responsive to opportunities,” says Scott Alter, co-founder and …
SACRAMENTO and SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cogir Management has acquired Cadence Living to form one of the largest operators in the United States. The transaction involves Cogir buying out the shareholders of Cadence. Both companies have a focus on the West Coast, and the combined total number of units will be approximately 8,000 across nine states. Based on the American Seniors Housing Association’s June 1 numbers, that would make the company the 21st largest operator in the country, between Merrill Gardens and publicly traded Sonida Senior Living. Cogir Management USA is …
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Strawberry Fields REIT, a South Bend-based owner of skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and long-term acute care hospitals in the Midwest and South, has begun trading on the OTC Markets Group Inc. under the symbol STRW. OTCQX is an operator of regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities. “My partners and I invested significant time and energy to build our company, starting with the acquisition of 33 properties in Indiana and Illinois from 2005 through 2014,” says Moishe Gubin, chairman and CEO of …
BOULDER, Colo. — Three technology platforms focused on seniors housing — Enquire, Glennis, and Sherpa — have announced plans to merge following an investment from Boulder-based private equity firm Rubicon Technology Partners, which will be the majority shareholder in the combined company. The combined company will serve over 50 of the largest 150 seniors housing operators, and more than 800 customers in total, representing 5,700 communities across the senior living, post-acute and home care sectors. Rubicon is focused exclusively on investing in and growing enterprise software companies. Rubicon’s investment also …
QUINCY, Mass — Sentrics has acquired Connected Living, a seniors housing resident engagement platform based in Quincy. The platform includes a centralized content management system that helps operators share messages with whom they want, when they want and how it is best received easily and quickly, according to Sentrics. The Connected Living technology will become part of the Sentrics Engage360 suite. Brian McWade, the president of Connected Living will become the chief product officer at Sentrics, responsible for executing the integrated engagement strategy. “Residents who stay socially engaged are more …
RYE, N.Y., and ATLANTA — Dunes Point Capital (DPC), a Rye-based investor, has acquired Kwalu, an Atlanta-based designer and manufacturer of furniture serving the healthcare and senior living markets. Kwalu has a manufacturing facility in Matamoros, Mexico and showrooms in Atlanta and Chicago. The company employs approximately 800 people. Dunes Point Capital Fund III LP provided the controlling equity for the transaction. Twin Brook Capital Partners provided the debt financing for the transaction. The purchase price was not disclosed. Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor to DPC, and …
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Attane, a Kansas City-based seniors housing marketing firm, has named Scott Kokotan as president and chief executive officer. Kokotan has served as Attane’s chief financial and development officer since March 2019 and helped transform the company’s technology platform to streamline the delivery of marketing solutions. He succeeds Chris Egan who left Attane this summer to pursue chairperson and board member roles for a Kansas City-based technology business. To manage the company’s financial/accounting team as Kokotan leaves the department, Attane hired Catherine Felten as senior vice president. …
OMAHA, Neb. — Transforming Age has announced plans to open a second headquarters in Omaha, along with the addition of 10 third-party managed communities largely in the Midwest. Following the new operational acquisitions, Seattle-Based Transforming Age’s portfolio will total nearly 70 communities. The newly added third-party managed communities, including one under construction, are located in Illinois, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and South Dakota. This mix of entrance-fee and market-rate rental communities represents over 1,000 units. New additions to the Transforming Age team will include Frankie Pane, Julie Bennett, Camille Burke …
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Funds advised by Lee Equity Partners LLC and Coastwood Senior Housing Partners LLC have agreed to an undisclosed amount of investment in Discovery Senior Living, a Bonita Springs-baed operator. The recapitalization will fund Discovery’s expansion and operational platform enhancement plans. “This strategic recapitalization purposefully combines the strengths and successful experiences of three companies and the resultant innovation-focused efforts will allow the acceleration of Discovery’s ability to execute its vision of creating a scaled company that outperforms the marketplace, addresses some of the legacy industry paradigms and …