Media Mentions

PASADENA WEEKLY (October 15, 2026) - A new luxury independent living community has opened as part of the campus of MorningStar of Pasadena. The new community, which was celebrated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Oct. 1, features 76 apartments designed to meet the needs of active seniors.

PASADENA, CA (October 6, 2026) - Forty-seven days before a crowd gathered in Pasadena to celebrate the opening of MorningStar of Pasadena’s independent-living expansion, Maureen “Mo” Kilar packed up 39 years of life in Palm Beach County, Florida, and headed west. She traveled 2,696 miles, she told the gathering Thursday evening, leaving behind “oppressive humidity, alligators and hurricane threats” to live closer to her son and daughter-in-law.

PASADENA, CA (October 7, 2026) —Maureen Kilar spent 39 years living in Palm Beach County, Florida, before she packed up and moved 2,696 miles across the country to Pasadena, becoming one of the first residents to move into MorningStar's brand-new five-story independent-living building. The 76-suite expansion at 995 S. Fair Oaks Ave. held its grand opening and ribbon-cutting on October 1, with a reception running from 4 to 7 p.m. and the ribbon-cutting ceremony itself taking place at 5 p.m.

LAS VEGAS, NV (September 29, 2026) - Las Vegas senior housing complex sells for $83 million. JLL arranges sale and acquisition financing for 168-unit Class A property near Summerlin. Stonepeak Partners acquired MorningStar Senior Living at The Canyons, a 168-unit, Class A senior housing complex at 490 S. Hualapai Way in Las Vegas, for $83.1 million, or $494,794 per unit.

LAS VEGAS (September 9, 2026) — MorningStar Senior Living has recapitalized MorningStar Senior Living at The Canyons, a seniors housing property situated on 3.6 acres at 490 S. Hualapai Way in Las Vegas.

THE COLORADO SUN (Aug. 16, 2026) - Perfect Pair matches student volunteers with older adults. The results have paid dividends on both sides. Plus, there’s music. On the big screen in her small apartment, a soccer match plays silently, above the shelves where family photos remind Millie Van Schooneveld of William, her husband of 52 years who died two years ago at 103.

RENO GAZETTE JOURNAL (August 4, 2026) - “You shall stand up before the gray head and honor the face of an old man,” advises the Old Testament’s Leviticus when honoring our elders.

DENVER BUSINESS JOURNAL (August 7, 2026) - The 64-unit assisted living and memory care community was part of a sell off that encompassed 811 units across nearly 1 million square feet.

HILLSBORO NEWS TIMES (July 8, 2026) - Hillsboro’s seniors are painting the town with a colorful new graffiti mural. About 15 residents of MorningStar Senior Living in Hillsboro collaborated on a collection of artwork where each piece tells a story of the artist’s life and interests with supplies like paint, bottle caps, paper cutouts, faux flowers and googly eyes.

PHOENIX (June 17, 2026) —  LTC Properties has acquired MorningStar at Arcadia, an assisted living and memory care community located in Phoenix, for $54 million. The community is being added to LTC’s seniors housing operating portfolio (SHOP).  MorningStar will continue to operate the property, which totals 104 units, on behalf of LTC. LTC launched its SHOP platform in May 2025. 

HOUSTON — MorningStar Senior Living has recapitalized MorningStar Senior Living at River Oaks with TPG Angelo Gordon U.S. Real Estate. MorningStar will continue to manage the Houston assisted living and memory care community under a long-term agreement.

PULSE 2.0 (June 6, 2026) - LTC Properties announced a $54 million acquisition of a 104-unit assisted living and memory care community in Phoenix, Arizona, expanding its Seniors Housing Operating Portfolio (SHOP) platform and adding MorningStar Senior Living as its eleventh SHOP operator.