Hayden Spiess

2 days ago | seniorshousingbusiness.com | Hayden Spiess

3 PORTLAND, Ore. — Merrill Gardens, a senior living owner and operator, has added three communities to its Oregon portfolio. Located in metro Portland, the properties include Merrill Gardens at Cedar Mill, Merrill Gardens at Sherwood and Merrill Gardens at Hillsboro. Merrill Gardens acquired the communities as part of a joint venture with PGIM. An ownership group led by Rembold sold the Cedar Mill and Sherwood properties.

2 days ago | seniorshousingbusiness.com | Hayden Spiess

1 DALLAS — What’s in a name? Plenty, according to the industry professionals that operate and market active adult communities. Jane Arthur Roslovic, co-founder and CEO of Treplus Communities, says that “if anybody called [her] a senior” she’d “smack them.”Roslovic’s quip came during a panel discussion — titled “Operating and Marketing: Best Practices in Lease-Up, Sales and Programming” — at the 5th annual InterFace Active Adult conference.

1 week ago | rebusinessonline.com | Hayden Spiess

2By Katie SloanAustin, Texas — The ‘State of the Industry’ panel at the 17th annual InterFace Student Housing conference held more of a trepidatious tone than heard in recent years. While pre-leasing levels and rental rates are still above historical norms, the industry is seeing a slight deceleration in pre-leasing speed and rate growth, leading some to question what the industry has in store for the year ahead.

1 week ago | seniorshousingbusiness.com | Hayden Spiess

1 Bendix Anderson, a veteran journalist and longtime contributor to Seniors Housing Business, passed away suddenly Thursday, April 17. He was 53 years old. A versatile writer with expertise in the affordable housing sector, Anderson covered multiple real estate asset classes over the course of his career and wrote on everything from property insurance to private equity. “Bendix was an extremely bright and unassuming person who had a great rapport with his sources.

1 week ago | seniorshousingbusiness.com | Hayden Spiess

4 By Hayden SpiessInvestment firm and asset manager Nuveen has a dedicated “What is C-PACE?” page on its website, outlining the basics of this unique type of financing. That the firm sees such a fact sheet as necessary is unsurprising, given that within the commercial real estate industry, Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing carries less familiarity relative to other financing products.