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After working for various financial institutions on Wall Street and in London, Michael Pittore comes on board as a company principal.

The Kensington adds a memory care neighborhood to the building in Hastings, NE. Evergreen Court serves those with dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.

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.

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.