BEAUMONT, Texas — Buckner Retirement Services has named Shane Gabis as the executive director of Buckner Calder Woods in Beaumont, located east of Houston near the Louisiana border. Gabis previously worked for senior living provider Life Care Services in various capacities, including the past 10 years as a community executive director. He also served as a team leader in operational reviews and as a health care administrator. Located in Beaumont’s growing west end, Calder Woods is a 17-acre community providing affordable senior living. The continuing care retirement community offers a …
CHICAGO — Ryan Cos. US Inc., a Chicago-based commercial real estate services company, has promoted Jim McDonald to president of the Great Lakes Region. McDonald most recently served as senior vice president, market leader of the region. Tim Hennelly, past president of the Great Lakes Region, has elected to rejoin the development team to focus on new business and mentorship while McDonald will provide overall strategic vision and operational leadership for the region. McDonald joined Ryan in 1999, shortly after receiving his bachelor’s degree in construction management from the University …
McLEAN, Va. — Sunrise Senior Living has appointed Jack Callison Jr. to the role of chief executive officer for Sunrise Senior Living. Callison was selected after an executive search by Ferguson Partners following the December 2020 announcement that Chris Winkle will be leaving the company effective April 1. Callison comes to Sunrise from the CEO position at Enlivant, where he’s served since 2014 and will continue to act as chairman of the board of directors. Enlivant’s current president and chief operating officer Dan Guill will take over Callison’s former post. …
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Arrow Senior Living, a St. Charles-based operator, has hired Katie Cook and Mary Jane Harris as executive directors, and Crystal Parrish and Brooke Glenn regional wellness directors. Glenn is a registered nurse with more than 20 years’ experience in the hospital and healthcare industry. Before joining Arrow, she worked as both a post-surgical heart and lung nurse, and as executive director for a home healthcare provider. Under her new title, Glenn will provide coaching and support for 12 communities throughout Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. Parrish …
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Commonwealth Senior Living, a Charlottesville-based operator, has promoted Earl Parker to CEO. The move is part of a planned transition. The former CEO, Richard Brewer, will stay on as chairman. Michelle Hamilton, formerly senior vice president of operations, was also promoted to fill Parker’s previous role as chief operating officer. Brewer founded the company in 2002 and led the company’s growth from three to 33 communities over the last 19 years. “Since I joined the company in 2013, Commonwealth has grown considerably into one of the largest …
BARTLETT, Ill. — Clare Oaks, a continuing care retirement community in the Chicago suburb of Bartlett, has changed its name to The Oaks at Bartlett and announced changes to its leadership team. ER Senior Management, which was appointed as the senior living community’s operator at the end of 2020, led the changes. Tim Lynch will take over the community as executive director. With more than 20 years’ experience in the healthcare and senior living fields, Lynch began his career as a physical therapist and has held management positions in hospitals …
RADNOR, Pa. — Livingston Street Capital, a boutique private equity firm focused on commercial real estate investments, has expanded its leadership team to coincide with the firm’s actively growing focus on active adult and independent living assets nationally. The Randor-based firm, which currently owns nearly 1,000 active adult and independent living units in addition to its core and core-plus industrial and office holdings, has appointed Brian Krill as chief financial officer and senior housing industry veteran Shawn Rose as managing director of asset management. “As we strategically expand our holdings …
BOSTON — 2Life Communities, a Boston-based developer, owner and operator, has named Jeff Sacks as the company’s chairman of the board. He replaces Donna Kalikow, who will continue to serve on the board. Sacks, a partner with Nixon Peabody, is a community development attorney who represents for-profit and nonprofit developers of affordable and seniors housing. Through his work with public housing authorities, he has helped to transform outdated public housing projects in the state into vital communities that continue to serve their low-income residents. Sacks served as a commissioner of …
NEW YORK CITY — New Senior Investment Group Inc. (NYSE: SNR) has elected Frances Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa as an independent director to the company’s board of directors. “Frances, a seasoned financial services executive and experienced investor, will bring tremendous value to New Senior,” says Susan Givens, president and CEO of New Senior. “She joins the board with extensive experience in real estate, financial services and banking. In addition, her significant public company board expertise will bring additional depth.” Aldrich Sevilla-Sacasa is a private investor and was CEO of Banco Itaú International, …
CHICAGO — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has launched a new capital markets practice, hiring Alex Flora to lead the new department as head of capital markets. The new practice seeks to provide creative debt and equity solutions including capital raising, capital structure advisory and capital markets consulting to the private-pay seniors housing industry. With a decade-long career in the seniors housing industry, Florea has background in capital markets, acquisitions and dispositions at REITs, operators and now a brokerage firm.