Insurance Costs Expected to Rise for Senior Living Facilities

Senior Housing News, always a favorite information source for the Lowndes Senior Housing Practice Group, has a great new article regarding rising liability risk and liability insurance costs affecting senior housing communities – which includes …

Are Your Partnerships Ready for 2018?

By:  Amanda Wilson While the news is filled with the ongoing tax reform activity in Congress, there is one tax change that is already in place to take effect January 1, 2018 – the repeal …

Your 2017 Predictions (Part Five of Five)

Our final question to participants was an open-ended one:  what are their biggest concerns for the coming year.  As you’ll see from the results below, there are a wide variety of concerns – a few …

Your predictions for 2017 (Part One of Five)

Last week, in connection with our Senior Housing Symposium entitled “Looking Back . . . Looking Forward” we surveyed our attendees to get a feel for where they predict next year will look like in …

Withholding Tax Set to Increase

By:  Amanda Wilson The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA) subjects foreign sellers to U.S. tax when they sell their interest in real property located in the U.S., including interests in companies that predominately …

The Use of Condominium Regimes in Senior Housing Facilities

By William S. Vanos Given the degree of flexibility created by the condominium form of ownership of real property, it is probably not surprising that condominium regimes are often employed in connection with senior living …