seniors' housing
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Advancing resident-centred seniors’ housing
SIML's latest acquisitions represent both a strategic expansion and a deepened investment in the long‑term stability of Québec’s seniors’ housing sector.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Welltower-Amica deal gets regulatory clearance
Welltower Inc. has obtained regulatory clearance to complete the $4.6-billion acquisition of the Amica Senior Lifestyles portfolio more than 12 months after the deal was announced.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Chartwell divests to do Sifton portfolio deal
Chartwell will sell off its Clair Hills retirement residence in Waterloo, Ontario, to get Competition Bureau Canada’s okay to acquire a six-building portfolio from Sifton Properties.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Life lease housing regs in the wings in Ontario
A newly tabled private member's bill from the Ontario government's own back benches represents the second time a Progressive Conservative MPP has proposed regulations for life lease housing.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
U.S. REIT to acquire Amica Senior Lifestyles
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan has agreed to sell the portfolio of 38 high-end seniors residences to Wellltower Inc. for CAD $4.6 billion.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Alberta moving to regulate life lease housing
Proposed amendments to Alberta’s Consumer Protection Act will add a new section pertaining to life lease housing to establish rules for what contracts must contain.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Student and seniors housing prospects in favour
A survey of top executives in the student and seniors housing sectors finds most are planning to expand their portfolios in 2023 through acquisitions and new development.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Seniors housing portfolio trades
H & H Total Care Services has sold an eight-building seniors housing portfolio in western Canada for more than $300 million.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Green scorecard planned for seniors’ facilities
Long-term care homes and retirement residences in Ontario are getting an environmental performance benchmarking tool specially tailored for seniors’ facilities.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Sienna Living launches new retirement platform “Aspira”
In a recent operations update, Sienna Living announced plans to launch a new retirement platform called “Aspira” in late 2021 or early 2022.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rising vacancies in seniors’ housing continues
Vacancy rates in seniors' housing are rising in all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador, according to a new report from CMHC.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
AdvantAge Ontario research backs seniors’ “campuses of care”
Newly released research from AdvantAge Ontario sheds a positive light on a model of senior care, known to the sector as "campuses of care".
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Chartwell issues update on impacts of COVID-19
Canada's largest owner and operator of senior living residences issued a statement addressing the impacts of COVID-19 on tenants, families and staff.
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Invesque to acquire Commonwealth Senior Living
The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is expected to close in the third quarter of 2019.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Low-income seniors housing opens in Saskatchewan
The Government of Canada and the Province of Saskatchewan, along with the City of Humboldt and Stewart Properties, announced the completion of a new low income seniors housing community in Humboldt.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Chartwell unveils plans for Guildwood retirement residence
CHARTWELL Retirement Residences and Welltower Inc. announced plans for a new residence located within the historic Guildwood neighbourhood of Scarborough.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Services and amenities for aging Canadians
Planning to build a retirement home? CMHC recommends developers consider the following key factors before investing in on-site services and amenities.
