Development

BATON ROUGE & LAFAYETTE, La. — Avanti Senior Living, a seniors housing developer, owner and operator, is developing two new seniors housing communities in Louisiana, one in Baton Rouge and one in Lafayette.

The seniors housing industry is extremely active on the development front so far in 2015, with no signs of slowing down. Nationally, there are 12,000 units of independent living — over four times last year’s pace — and 20,000 units of assisted living currently under construction, according to a March report from Marcus & Millichap.

SHENANDOAH, Texas — Developer and operator Avanti Senior Living plans to lay the foundation for its newest community, Avanti at Vision Park, on May 12 in Shenandoah.

REVERE, Mass. — Nauset Construction has completed the $5 million addition and renovation to the Lighthouse Nursing Care Center, a short-term rehabilitative and long-term skilled nursing care facility.

CARMEL, Ind. — Indianapolis-based seniors housing developer Justus Rental Properties is developing Woodland Terrace of Carmel, a luxury independent living, assisted living and memory care community slated to open in summer of 2016.

SCARSDALE, N.Y. — SA Management, a senior living consulting and management firm based in Princeton, N.J., has opened The Ambassador, a luxury assisted living and memory care community in the suburbs of New York City.