Recognizing the need for expert memory care services, several of our Kensington communities, including those in Hastings and Fort Madison, add memory care neighborhoods to their buildings.
The next generation of Westin joins the company. After getting his master’s degree and working as a consultant for the company, Forest Westin becomes an Agemark principal.
Astoria joins the Agemark family. Today, three Astoria communities – Tracy and Oakdale, CA, and Omaha, NE – provide assisted living and memory care to local families.
Realizing it’s better to keep things in the family, Agemark buys out shareholders and reverts back to a private company.
Agemark goes public and eventually 5,000 shareholders own a piece of our business.
Agemark expands to the Midwest by purchasing a group of properties from another senior housing provider. In the process, the team meets Marty Hug and Marcia Houchin who later become CEO and VP of Life Enrichment, respectively.
Growth accelerates! The duo continues repurposing historic buildings—including hotels, a YMCA and a hospital they bought for $1—into more senior living communities.
A longtime friend shows Jesse and Richard The Evergreen Hotel in Vancouver, Washington as a possible acquisition. When the bank denies their idea to turn the property into an office building, an alternative idea is presented: senior housing. The Evergreen Inn—Agemark’s first community—is born.
Real estate developers Richard Westin and Jesse Pittore meet in San Francisco.
Seeing an increased need for high-quality, specialized Memory Care, we open our first CountryHouse, a stand-alone Memory Care community. Today, thirteen CountryHouse communities serve hundreds of seniors across the country.