MCLEAN, Va. — Sunrise Senior Living, a McLean-based operator, has appointed Jeff Kuster to its board of directors. Julie Dobson, who has served on Sunrise’s board since 2018, was also named chair. She succeeds Jeff Lozon, who is retiring and rotating off the Sunrise board after seven years of service. Kuster has more than 30 years of global leadership and brand experience and currently serves as chief executive officer at Canyon Ranch, a wellness guidance company with resorts and retreats where guests are guided by experts across a range of …
NEW YORK CITY — Breaking Ground has opened Betances Residence, an affordable supportive living community in the South Bronx area of New York City. The community features 152 units in a 120,000-square-foot buildingin the Mott Haven neighborhood. Betances is Breaking Ground’s first Passive House-certified project, and among only a handful of supportive residences in the city to embrace the energy use standard. The Betances development is part of a commitment by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) to …
NEW MEXICO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of an 85-bed skilled nursing facility in New Mexico. The property is one of New Mexico’s premier short-term rehab facilities, serving as the market-leading referral destination for the local market’s largest hospitals, according to Blueprint. It also features a 4-Star CMS-rated quality of care. The facility was experiencing census growth following an operator transition in 2019 as well as upward trending operating performance with total revenues exceeding $8.5 million. A regional owner-operator acquired the property. The seller and …
ST. LOUIS — Sherpa, a St. Louis-based technology company serving seniors housing, has hired Lana Peck to guide the company’s expansion into a range of research and analytics services. As vice president of research and analytics, Peck will lead Sherpa’s future data initiatives. Peck has become a familiar voice in the senior living industry with a nearly six-year tenure as senior principal at the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC). Peck has authored more than 120 articles on senior housing data and trends as well as publishing …
NEWTON, Mass. — VoiceFriend, a Newton-based, HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based communication platform for senior care organizations, has acquired Caremerge’s family and resident engagement business. The combined company will be known as Icon and will couple VoiceFriend’s communication technology capabilities with Caremerge’s engagement platform. The acquisition enables VoiceFriend to continue its strategic growth and expand its suite of offerings to include family and resident engagement and wellness applications. The deal will also enable VoiceFriend to introduce Caremerge’s solution to its footprint of over 1,200 communities and to the skilled nursing market. Caremerge will …
SPRINGFIELD, Va. — Erickson Senior Living has named Melissa Robson as executive director of Greenspring in Springfield. Robson has served as associate executive director of Greenspring since 2018. Robson, a registered nurse, has over 25 years of experience working in various health care settings. She holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Gardner-Webb University and a master’s in health administration from Pfeiffer University.
ST. LOUIS — A partnership including Roanoke Construction Inc., The Oakland Group LLC and BTWF Urban Initiative has opened Phase I of Scott Manor Senior Living, a mixed-income seniors housing community in St. Louis. Phase I features 42 two-bedroom units, amenity space and 1,500 square feet of retail space. The first units are fully occupied. Simultaneously with the grand opening, the partnership also broke ground on Phase II, which will add 50 one- and two-bedroom units to the property. Missouri Housing Development Commission financed the development alongside private investors and …
HILLIARD, Ohio — True Connection Communities has opened Verena at Hilliard, an independent living community in Hilliard, a first-ring suburb of Columbus. Verena at Hilliard features luxury one- and two-bedroom residences. In addition to offering direct interior access to the Hilliard branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, the community’s amenities include a fitness and wellness center with yoga studio, pickleball and bocce ball courts, putting green, fishing pond, walking paths and an outdoor heated patio. True Connection Communities serves as the community’s operator. The number of units was not disclosed.
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — Claiborne Senior Living, a Hattiesburg-based operator has hired Cindy Swink as a regional sales director. Swink joins a team of regional sales directors who are responsible for coaching, monitoring and driving occupancy at the community level. She will be responsible for designated communities within The Claiborne portfolio. Swink is a regional sales and marketing leader with multi-state territory management experience. She has senior living leadership experience in independent living, assisted living and memory care communities. She is also a subject matter expert in business development, as well …
CUMMING, Ga. — Green Brick Partners Inc., a homebuilding and land development firm, has purchased 152 acres in the Atlanta suburb of Cumming. The Plano, Texas-based company plans to develop a mixed-use campus valued at $400 million at the site named Sawnee Village. The development will include 474 detached and attached homes built by Atlanta-based Providence Group, as well as more than 250 apartments, 220,000 square feet of seniors housing, and office and retail space spanning 106,000 square feet. The master-planned campus will be situated near Ga. Highway 400 and …