LOS ANGELES — Newmark has hired capital markets debt and structured finance veteran Bill Fishel as executive vice chairman. Fishel specializes in raising debt and equity capital for institutional-grade assets and developments across North America, with a particular focus on structured finance. He will report to Chad Lavender, president of capital markets for North America at Newmark. In his 14-year career, Fishel has executed over $15 billion in financing for a wide range of asset classes, including retail, office, multifamily, industrial, hospitality, single tenant, land and data center properties. His …
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SKOKIE, Ill. — Covenant Living Communities and Services, a nonprofit, faith-based senior living organization headquartered in Skokie, has hired Jay Prince as senior vice president of community operations. In his new role, Prince will work closely with leadership at Covenant Living’s central office and with top leadership at each of the organization’s 19 communities across the country with a main focus on operations such as dining services, facilities management, resident life, skilled nursing, assisted living and memory support. Prince has 20 years’ experience in senior living and healthcare. He most …
Confluent Development Appoints Matt Derrick as Managing Director of Senior Living Division
DENVER — Confluent Development, a Denver-based real estate investment and development firm, has promoted Matt Derrick to managing director of the firm’s senior living development division. Derrick will spearhead Confluent Senior Living’s continued strategic expansion plans both in its projects and internal team growth. Since joining Confluent in 2016 as a senior development director, Derrick has led the development team in the completion of nearly $600 million in senior living development projects, divided across 14 properties. In addition, Derrick has led the team to a $400 million senior living and …
BOSTON — EPOCH Senior Living has named Wendy Nollman as executive director of Waterstone at the Circle, a luxury senior living community in Boston. Nollman joins the team with more than 15 years of leadership experience in senior living throughout Massachusetts. In her new position, she will be responsible for all daily operations. Prior to joining the Waterstone at the Circle team, Nollman was executive director of communities in nearby Wayland and Watertown. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from The University of Rhode Island.
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Solstice Senior Living, a Carlsbad-based operator, has promoted David Lors from regional vice president of sales and marketing to vice president of sales and marketing. Lors will now support the entire Solstice portfolio of communities.
WESTFORD, Mass. — EPOCH Senior Living has named Abbi Laushine as the next executive director at Bridges by EPOCH at Westford Laushine’s daily responsibilities include directing the community’s overall operations and leading team members in providing care. For more than a decade, Laushine has worked with EPOCH Senior Living communities. She started her career as a Certified Nursing Assistant at Bridges by EPOCH at Westford and has served several different roles, including life enrichment director. She most recently was the Bridges program director at Waterstone on High Ridge in Stamford, …
BLOOMFIELD, N.J. — Juniper Communities, a Bloomfield-based owner-operator, has promoted Anne Campbell to vice president of operations. As part of the home office leadership team, Campbell will help plan the future direction and operations of Juniper’s senior living communities and its ancillary businesses. Campbell has been with Juniper Communities since July 2014. In addition to her role with Juniper, Campbell is a member of the board of directors for the Assisted Living/Personal Care, Pennsylvania Healthcare Association; past president of the Geriatric Interest Network of Centre County, Pennsylvania; and was an …
Lifespace Appoints Doug Fleegle as Executive Director of Beacon Hill in Lombard, Illinois
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 …
DALLAS — 12 Oaks Senior Living, a Dallas-based regional senior living management company, has hired Melissa Labor as chief people officer. With over 25 years of experience, Labor has a background in commercial real estate, manufacturing and retail. In her previous roles as a head of talent at Amherst Holdings and CHRO at Granite Properties, Labor was a strategic partner. She is also founder and chief thought leader of Bespoke – People and Culture Strategies, a consulting and coaching practice. Labor is a certified Senior Professional of Human Resources (SPHR) …
Kisco Appoints Joseph Villanueva as Executive Director of The Kensington at Walnut Creek in California
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Kisco Senior Living has named Joseph Villanueva as executive director at The Kensington at Walnut Creek. Villanueva brings more than 15 years of senior living experience to the community. He started as a licensed vocational nurse at a retirement community and has held a variety of positions within the industry including associate executive director, and previously served as executive director of another community in California.