For Forefront Living CEO Tim Mallad and his board, 2020 has been about continuing to bring Presbyterian Village North (PVN) into the 21st century, even amidst a pandemic. At the beginning of the year, the Dallas-based community already had plans in place for their newest project, The Hawthorne, a five-story […]
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We Are Thankful and Optimistic
2020 is thankfully drawing to a close. Time to reflect, and time to look ahead. Many of us may describe 2020 by its negative characteristics. At the beginning of the pandemic, we would have, but now are not so sure. Yes, it was bad, and we cannot change that hard […]
Read MoreCommunity Spotlight: The Woodlands at Furman
Just last month, the last resident moved into the final open villa home on the newly expanded Woodlands at Furman campus in Greenville, SC. This was a big accomplishment for Director of Sales and Marketing Angela Hecker and her team, as they had worked tirelessly during the pandemic to maintain […]
Read MoreCommunity Spotlight: Greystone + The Buckingham
The Buckingham, situated just west of Downtown Houston, lies in the heart of Harris County, where COVID cases account for nearly 20% of the state’s total cases and about 11% of the deaths.1 “Harris County is one of the most populated counties in the area and has one of the […]
Read MoreCommunity Spotlight: Greystone + Santa Marta
Not many senior living communities can say that they have had no resident COVID-19 cases, but Santa Marta, located in Olathe, Kansas, and managed by Greystone, is one of those few. “We’ve had less than 12 cases in the last five months and those were all staff,” Executive Director Chet […]
Read MoreCommunity Spotlight: Greystone + Edgewood Summit
For Edgewood Summit, Executive Director Diane Gouhin’s early reaction was one of the key factors that kept their campus nearly untouched by COVID-19. Since March, the community, managed by Greystone and located in Charleston, West Virginia, has only had two travel-related staff cases where symptoms developed during the employees’ self-isolation […]
Read MoreCommunity Spotlight: Greystone + PMMA
Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America began in 1948 as a single-site nursing community in Newton, Kansas. PMMA originally grew its system by expanding into rural communities in both Kansas and Missouri, serving primarily farming areas and their families in small to medium sized communities. Bruce Shogren, President and CEO of PMMA, […]
Read MoreCommunity Spotlight: Greystone + Rockwood at Whitworth
In 2016, Rockwood Retirement Communities in Spokane, WA had just completed an independent living expansion of its South Hill campus. This project was nearly 10 years in the making, due in large part to the Great Recession and the lingering financial impact in the years after opening. “The Great Recession […]
Read MoreCommunity Spotlight: How Communities are Keeping Residents Engaged, Active, and Healthy During COVID-19
In the last six weeks, our industry has been turned upside down due to COVID-19. Everything about our communities – processes, procedures, logistics, sales, marketing, move-ins, – has been affected and teams have rebuilt what their day-to-day operations look like, no matter the stage or scope their community or in-progress […]
Read MoreAn Update on COVID-19
The global effort to reduce and slow the spread of COVID-19 has created unprecedented challenges to people and businesses around the world. As reported cases of the virus in the U.S. continue to rise, the Greystone team is committed to doing what we can to mitigate the spread of the […]
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