IRVINE, Calif. — NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC has hired Sean Huntsman as senior managing director of seniors housing originations and Katherine Stewart as managing director and lead for NewPoint’s seniors housing agency platform. The team will target expansion into the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac seniors housing space in addition to originating proprietary bridge loan solutions for independent living and assisted living properties. Huntsman and Stewart will be based in NewPoint’s new Irvine office. With a career origination volume totaling more than $5 billion, Huntsman brings more than 30 …
IRVINE, Calif. — American Healthcare REIT Inc., a self-managed, publicly registered REIT based in Irvine, has appointed Stephanie Keator as senior vice president of asset management medical office and James Kim as senior vice president of tax. In her new role, Keator oversees all medical office buildings within the eastern region of American Healthcare REIT’s portfolio. She joins the company from Ventas (NYSE: VTR), where she served as director of asset management for the west region. Keator previously served in a similar capacity with Nationwide Health Properties Inc. prior to …
POMPTON PLAINS, N.J. — Erickson Senior Living has named Kristen Compton as executive director of Cedar Crest, a seniors housing community in the North Jersey municipality of Pompton Plains. “Kristen has been serving as Cedar Crest’s associate executive director since 2017 and has proven herself to be a strong and dedicated leader,” says John Mann, Erickson Senior Living’s vice president of regional operations. Compton’s accomplishments at Cedar Crest include facilitating many of the community’s repositioning projects, driving operations and helping the community achieve both resident satisfaction and employee engagement. Before …
SHORT PUMP, Va. — Erickson Senior Living has named Todd DeLaney as Avery Point’s first executive director. DeLaney will oversee daily operations for the community, which will open its 94-acre campus in the Richmond suburb of Short Pump in fall 2022. DeLaney started his career with Erickson Senior Living 17 years ago and has held a variety of leadership positions at multiple Erickson Senior Living communities. Most recently, he served as executive director of Cedar Crest in Pompton Plains, N.J. Before this role, he served as executive director and associate …
MELBOURNE, Fla. — Blake Management Group and Cardinal Ventures Inc. have hired Misty Zulli as executive director and Reetu Haave as sales director at The Blake of Viera, a senior living community in Melbourne,. Cardinal Ventures is building the 86,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care community with 97 units. Zulli has worked in senior living for 14 years in various positions, from floor nurse to spending the past three years as an executive director during the height of the pandemic. Reetu attended George Washington University for both undergraduate and graduate …
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Cadence Living has hired Michelle Cornelius as vice president of memory care engagement. Cornelius will have principal responsibility over the Revere Memory Care programming across the Cadence portfolio of communities. Prior to joining Cadence, Cornelius was most recently the chief operating officer at Cypress Homecare Solutions. During her time at Cypress, she implemented a dementia-specific homecare program that was rolled out across the country. She has also managed memory care units in both skilled nursing facilities and assisted living communities. Cornelius holds master’s degrees in both social …
PALM SPRINGS, Calif. —Living Out has appointed Ernie Shaffer as president of its new flagship community in Palm Springs, located in the Sonoran Desert and slated to open Spring 2023. The active adult retirement community is designed to meet the needs of LGBTQ+ residents. Shaffer has over 30 years of experience in the industry. He served as a board member of The LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert, then known as the Golden Rainbow Senior Center. Shaffer’s experience includes leading numerous teams as director of operations overseeing various types of …
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Design, Technology Lead to Labor Savings in Senior Living Communities
Senior living communities, often strained by labor shortages, can benefit from design and technology strategies built to streamline how employees spend their time. While the focus in any construction, design or renovation project must be on resident needs first, an in-depth planning approach can benefit the community as a whole — especially staff. Technologies — including fall detection and prevention, real-time location systems (RTLSs) and strong Wi-Fi — are at the heart of making sure staff can focus on residents. Good technology design is an essential part of making sure …
BOSTON — Cushman & Wakefield has hired Zach Bowyer to lead the company’s Valuation & Advisory (V&A) Residential Practice Group in the United States. He will be based in Boston. Bowyer will collaborate with multifamily, co-living, subdivision, student housing and affordable housing V&A professionals to deliver Cushman & Wakefield’s spectrum of services. As both an executive leader and producer, he has experience in asset classes including hotels, seniors housing, healthcare/life sciences, manufactured housing and self-storage. Bowyer began his career in valuation nearly 20 years ago and has completed $75 billion …
MEQUON, Wis. — Lifespace Communities has named Matt Monaco as executive director of Newcastle Place, a seniors housing community in Mequon, a northern suburb of Milwaukee Monaco most recently served as associate executive director at Clarendale Clayton in Missouri. He has extensive culinary and operations experience in senior living, and once worked at former Lifespace community in Urbandale, Iowa. Monaco received his bachelor’s degree in hotel, restaurant and institution management from Iowa State University, and his master’s degree in hospitality management from Purdue University.