Plante Moran Living Forward™ is a development advisor that specializes in addressing the evolving real estate, development, and construction needs of senior living communities. Simply put, this means we help clients determine the scope and feasibility of their capital projects, understand market need, oversee the design and construction process, and complete projects on time and on budget.
Construction in the senior living industry is specialized, and each client’s project is unique. Embracing your needs is part of our approach. We offer a proven process that has been fine-tuned over billions of dollars in development — and a culture centered around a spirit of integrity and collaboration. You can trust our experts to guide you into making the right strategic, financial, and mission-driven decisions for your project, from concept to completion.
Contact us to discuss your next senior housing development project.
Our holistic development advisory services
Our senior living development advisors offer a holistic collection of services to educate and advise you at every step of the development process. By uncovering and explaining your options, coordinating the project team, and providing customized solutions, we help you make the most informed decisions.
We help you plan your development project:
- Site selection
- Project definition and capital planning
- Selection and management of project team
- Master planning
- Market feasibility studies and customer research
- Facility condition assessments
- Design process and value engineering oversight
- Real estate due diligence: entitlements, zoning, surveys, and municipal approvals
We help you align capital to your development project:
- Project feasibility studies
- Construction budget development
- Financial modeling
- Debt capacity and capital planning analysis
- Financing coordination
- Cash flow management
- Economic development incentives procurement, such as TIF, tax credits, and other municipal programs
- Construction cost escalation mitigation
We help you complete your development project:
- Owner’s representative services
- Construction monitoring
- Change order management
- Project accounting procedures, controls, and reporting guidelines
- Payment application and invoice processing
- Furniture, fixture, and equipment (FF&E) coordination
- Technology coordination
- Project closeout: warranties, as-built documentation, inspections, and commissioning
- Move management
If you’d like help overseeing your development project from beginning to end, contact us to discuss your goals.
