GASTONIA, N.C. — After 43 years as a leading advisor to senior living communities, Gastonia-based Spectrum Consultants is rebranding as Tandem Senior Living Advisors. The new moniker is executive creative director David Caudle’s creation, meant to illustrate how the firm partners with other like-minded companies and senior living advocates The rebranding and new name come following the company’s April acquisition of Holleran Consulting, a national community engagement research and consulting firm specializing in resident and employee surveys for senior living. The Holleran name and core business will remain intact. Tandem …
Anthem Memory Care Appoints Jennifer Davidson as Executive Director of Community in Aurora, Colorado
AURORA, Colo. — Anthem Memory Care has named Jennifer Davidson as executive director for Chelsea, a memory care community in Aurora. In this capacity, she will oversee all daily care, programming and operations. Davidson was senior general manager for the Carillion at Belleview Station in Denver. She was also area director of operations for Lincoln Meadows Senior Living in Parker. Davidson brings over 20 years of senior living experience to this position. She earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
As more and more traditional seniors housing developers dip their toes into active adult, one of the challenges is understanding how this newest segment is both similar and different from independent living, assisted living and memory care. Perhaps most importantly, while all segments target seniors, it could be argued that the customer base is completely different. “With traditional seniors housing, about 70 to 80 percent of the initial search comes from an adult child, not the potential resident — typically a female, maybe an adult daughter or granddaughter,” said Julie …
CORONA, Calif. — Avanath Capital Management, LLC has acquired River Run Senior, a 360-unit affordable seniors housing community in Corona, located in Riverside County. The price and seller were not disclosed. With this acquisition, Avanath now owns 11 properties in Southern California with 2,187 units under management in the region. River Run is the company’s second acquisition in Riverside County; the first, Woodside Senior, was acquired by Avanath in 2014. It is also Avanath’s third acquisition in Southern California in the past nine months. “The property is consistently 99 percent …
LITITZ, Pa. — HJ Sims has arranged $25 million in financing for Landis Place on King (LPK) and $53 million for Landis Homes Retirement Community (LHRC), which operates a continuing care retirement community in Lititz, approximately midway between Philadelphia and Harrisburg. Landis Communities operates a home and community services subsidiary, Landis HCBS, and a middle-market housing subsidiary, Landis Quality Living. As of 2021, LHRC serves 850 residents on its campus with residential living (cottages, apartments, hybrid homes and suites), personal care, skilled nursing and memory support services. The first loan …
NEW YORK CITY — McAlpine Contracting, a general contracting and construction management firm active in New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Puerto Rico, has promoted Mark Montalvo to director of construction. Montalvo previously served as senior project manager. The firm specializes in senior living, healthcare and commercial projects. “Since joining the company in 2005, Mark has successfully managed some of McAlpine’s most challenging projects, including more than 10 senior living and nursing home developments,” says Troy Caruso, the company’s CEO. In his new position, Montalvo will be based at the …
TEMPE, Ariz. — Ziegler has arranged $104.1 million in bond financing to fund an expansion project at Friendship Village of Tempe, a continuing care retirement community in Tempe. The property currently features a 554-unit retirement center including garden homes and apartments, a 67-unit assisted living building, 24 memory care beds, a 128-bed skilled nursing center and a 14-bed hospice unit. The expansion, which is Phase II of the campus master plan, will add a five-story building that replaces a former 60-unit apartment building with 64 entrance-fee apartments and a new …
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Private-pay seniors housing occupancy in the United States increased 140 basis points in the third quarter of 2021 from 78.7 percent to 80.1 percent. The second-quarter number was the record low, a result of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s according to new data from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC), an Annapolis-based nonprofit firm that tracks industry data gathered from 31 primary metropolitan markets through its NIC MAP Vision product. Private-pay seniors housing comprises independent living, assisted living and memory care. …
CHICAGO — Smith Senior Living has completed a $23 million modernization project of the skilled nursing facilities, known as Johanson Wing, at Smith Village in Chicago. Completed six months early, the project finishes a $74 million campus transformation that began in 2006. Smith village offers the full continuum of care, including independent living, assisted living, memory care, rehabilitation and skilled nursing. The Johanson Wing now houses private suites for short-term rehab patients along with private rooms and a few shared rooms for skilled nursing care residents. To provide more private …
LONDONDERRY, N.H. — Edgewood Senior Solutions Group of Massachusetts has broken ground on The Baldwin, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Londonderry, approximately 45 miles northwest of Boston. The developer describes presales as “brisk” and expects to open the community in summer 2023. “What we’ve seen in the senior living industry over the past 18 months is that a well-managed senior living community has been a great place to live during the pandemic,” says Marlene Rotering, CEO of The Baldwin and its sister community, Edgewood Retirement Community in North …