Fed lowers minimum loan amount to $100,000 for Main Street Lending Program … Most cities ill-equipped to meet the needs of older residents: report … Ziegler closes $125M in financing for CCRC owner...
Number of operators investing in video conferencing capabilities for residents has quadrupled since 2018:...
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Amy Novotney
Feb 10, 2021
Three-fourths of senior living and care providers invested in video conferencing capabilities for residents last year, quadrupling the number of providers who did so just two years earlier, according to...
Financial pressures, leadership burnout will drive ongoing industry consolidation, Ziegler says
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Amy Novotney
Dec 21, 2020
The growing complexity of the senior living sector, particularly around healthcare and COVID-19-related activities and their expense, has put more organized, stronger senior living providers in a better...
CCRC occupancy drops to record low in fourth quarter but remains much higher than other occupancies
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Amy Novotney
Feb 04, 2021
Average occupancy within life plan communities fell another 90 basis points in the fourth quarter, dropping to a new record low of 85.7%, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing...
Nonprofits cite pandemic for revenue decline
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Amy Novotney
Sep 11, 2020
Operators’ bottom line clearly have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new report by specialty investment bank Ziegler shows just how hard. The firm surveyed 230 senior living operators, largely...
COVID-19 ushers in new construction realities
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Amy Novotney
Sep 11, 2020
More than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, flexibility and planning for the unexpected top the list of necessities when it comes to undergoing construction projects within seniors housing. That’s...
Depositor surveys, operating expenses play important role in feasibility studies post-COVID
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Amy Novotney
Aug 27, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought additional challenges to the process of developing, opening and expanding a new senior living community. But so far, operators are finding that most seniors who put down...
Business briefs for Monday, Oct. 26
Oct 26, 2020
HHS broadens definition of lost revenue for Provider Relief Fund to allow more aid to operators … Provider groups request extension of moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequester cuts … Ziegler closes...
Many operators bracing for pandemic fiscal hangover: survey
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Amy Novotney
Oct 09, 2020
Just over a third (37%) of senior living operators say they believe the pandemic will negatively affect their finances for the entirety of 2021, specialty investment bank Ziegler found in its latest CFO...
Nonprofits seeing most growth in expansions and affiliations: Ziegler
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Amy Novotney
Sep 24, 2020
Affiliations and acquisitions are far surpassing new developments within the nonprofit senior living sector, and that trend is likely to continue. That’s according to speakers at the opening session...