Learn About Levante Living.

Trustee, President & CEO

Senior living has been a part of Michael Petersen’s life for over 50 years. Growing up in the 70s, 80s and 90s, Michael’s family grew their senior living company, Versa Care, to over 6400 long term care doors. Sold in 1997 to CPL REIT, that company is now known as Revera. While childhood summers found Michael working in the family business, he formally began his career in the senior living sector in 1990. During his tenure, he has had key roles in development, project management, operations and held numerous executive positions. In 2011, as President and CEO of Southbridge Capital Inc., he created and launched Southbridge Health Care LP, a limited partnership that acquired senior living assets. In four years, Michael and his team were able to raise $50MM in equity and accumulate over of $120MM in assets, a portfolio that included 20 homes, 2,100 beds and 2,200 employees. In 2016, Michael and his partner Jim MacDonald, launched Levante Living. Since that time, Levante has raised over $90MM in equity, acquired 175MM in senior living assets. Levante currently manage 24 retirement residences, employs over 600 team members and has roughly 1600 investors.

President, Levante Living Trust

Jim MacDonald is a veteran in the investment industry with over 30 years’ experience in financial services.
He has held Senior Executive roles in alternative investing, real estate, securities, mutual funds, and insurance, and has designed and implemented national distribution strategies, raising multi billions of dollars through asset growth, acquisition and key corporate partnerships for large financial corporations.
Jim was also a key member of the team at Southbridge Health Care LP and helped facilitate the raise of $50 MM in private equity during his tenure as SR VP of Distributions.

Since the creation of Levante Living in 2016, Jim has overseen the equity raise of $90 MM and 1600 investors.

Chief Financial Officer

Dave Agocs (CPA CMA) has more than 10 years’ experience as a financial professional supporting senior care operations in financial reporting and controls, budgeting, forecasting, strategy, decision support, analysis, and a large ERP implementation, as well as serving on the Ontario Long Term Care Association’s Financial Liaison Committee and various boards.

Complementing his finance experience, Dave has over 10 years of operations leadership experience in the consumer goods and service industries with experience in human resources, IT, food service, and facility management.

Vice President of Acquisitions

Calvin has sourced, evaluated, negotiated, and executed transactions of more than $2 billion in healthcare.

His notable transactions in the retirement residence space include the privatization of Regal Lifestyle Communities and Revera’s sale of 32 long term care homes to Axium Infrastructure.

Prior to joining Levante, Calvin worked in investment banking, corporate development, and private equity in Canada and USA.

Vice President of Design & Brand Strategy

Kim has over 20 years’ experience in graphic design, website creation, and content marketing.

Since the inception of Levante Living, she has created all the marketing documents, websites, and social media for the GP, Levante’s retirement residences, and (up until 2021) for the Levante Trust.

In the senior living sector, she has held the roles of PSW, Director of Marketing, Director of Operations, and VP of Asset Management. From 2011-2014, Kim was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Southbridge/Yorkville Healthcare Fund with over $140 MM in assets, 20 residences, and 500 investors. She is also a published author.