There is little debate that barring some catastrophic change, the number of older adults will continue to rise rapidly. What are the implications of this growth on supply growth? This paper derives city-specific forecasts for 138 metropolitan statistical areas. View the PDF
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Apartments for Life
Compared to assisted living and independent living, the rate of development of purpose-built senior living apartments has been modest. Herein we assess the opportunities and challenges of Apartments for Life (A4L), a promising subcategory of senior apartments. View the PDF
The 75+ vs. 80+ Benchmark Choice – Is the Demand for Senior Living Overstated?
It is becoming generally recognized that seniors don’t move into service-enriched senior housing until that are very close to, or older than, 80. Yet many investment cases for the industry utilize a 75+ versus 80+ benchmark. Is the market for service-enriched senior housing being overstated? View the PDF
Assessing Risk of Senior Living Over-Supply — a Long-Term Perspective
Taking a longer term view, is there a discernible pattern where some markets more frequently experience supply surges than others? Based on an analysis of the past two decades, there does appear to be a long-term pattern related to supply surge risk. View the PDF
Where and Why are 75+ Older Adults Moving & Why You Should Care?
Do migration patterns have implications for senior housing and healthcare leaders? Migration patterns of older adults directly affect senior living and healthcare real estate decisions but there are good reasons why these patterns should be of interest to a broader audience. View the PDF
Profit <> Non-Profit Collaboration
Many non‐profits combine deep management capabilities, strong local reputations and land in highly attractive locations. Instead of non-profits and for-profits competing, why not collaborate? View the PDF
Bringing Design Thinking to Strategy and Master Planning
Steve Jobs changed the role of design in business with impressive results; how can design thinking inform and improve your strategy and master planning processes? View the PDF
A New Approach to Gauging Need
Everyone in leadership roles in senior living and health care have seen countless charts demonstrating the strong population growth of the older age cohorts. Of more value to policy makers and executives is “seeing” how this underlying population growth is likely to translate into local demand for various types of housing and healthcare services. View … Read More