Lancaster Pollard helps health care, senior living, affordable housing and private education organizations expand and improve their services by providing financial advice and financing solutions. Lancaster Pollard’s services enable hospitals, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, rural housing properties and private schools to develop the financial plans and secure the funding necessary to continue to serve their communities and lets them focus on what’s truly important –their residents, their patients, and their students.
Lancaster Pollard

Home > News > ... The Capital Issue Archives > Capital Issue Spring 2006

Capital Issue Spring 2006

Welcome to The Capital Issue, Lancaster Pollard's new e-newsletter. We are pleased to offer this inaugural issue, featuring articles by guest author Eleanor Alvarez of LeaderStat, and by our own Malcolm G. Nimick and Carl Wagner. We strive to keep this resource educational, and are happy to consider any suggestions you may have for article ideas.

Thomas R. Green, CEO 
 


Feature
Renovation, Repositioning, Reinvention:
Planning with BEARS

Keeping a property fresh and relevant requires the discipline of long-term planning to keep up with market demands within financial constraints. General property maintenance, however, sometimes i... [more]
Health Care
Two for 242: A Case Study

Doctors at St. Mark’s Medical Center in Texas suspected appendicitis in a man admitted opening day. Confirming the diagnosis could have taken hours at the hospital St. Mark’s replaced. But with the new digital CT scanner St. Mark’... [more]
Senior Living
Culture Change: The Basics of Caring
Culture ChangeBy Eleanor Alvarez

The recent excitement about cultur... [more]
Affordable Housing
Using Sec. 538 Loans to Revitalize Sec. 515 Properties
By Carl W. Wagner, Senior Vice President, Lancaster Pollard Mortgage Company

In January the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) that permits use of the Sec. 538 program to fund the needs of USDA S... [more]
The Nonprofit Minute
Efficient Frontiers
By Malcolm G. Nimick, CFA

The primary asset allocation goal is to optimize the investment portfolio to maximize return, subject to an acceptable amount of risk. Nonprofit organizations with outstanding tax-exempt debt have a unique oppo... [more]