July 8, 2025 – 60 Seconds with Swett: The Great Debates of Senior Care
Join us next Thursday at 1pm ET for our Second Quarter Investor Call, sponsored by Ziegler, featuring The Great Debates of Senior Care—tackling hot topics like demand, cap rates, build vs. buy, and tech. Expect lively discussion, case studies, and audience input!
Transcript
Next week for our Second Quarter Investor Call, sponsored by Ziegler, we’ll be trying something different that is sure to be both entertaining and useful for our audience of operators, investors, brokers, lenders and everyone else. We’ll be tackling The Great Debates of Senior Care, covering some of the most important issues facing the industry. Like will we see a shortage of seniors housing units by 2030, or will consumer preferences and affordability limit future demand? Are cap rates currently too low and aren’t covering operating risk appropriately? Should you build or buy right now? What has been the most transformational new technology in seniors housing operations? And others. There will be some relevant case studies as well.
We are looking forward to the audience participating in these great questions, as well. So, register today, and we’ll see you next week on Thursday at 1pm ET.
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