Sunrise Senior Living
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| Type | Public (SRZ) |
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| Founded | 1981 (Oakton, Virginia) |
| Headquarters | McLean, Virginia |
| Industry | Senior living |
| Revenue |  $1,819.5 million USD (2005) |
| Website | American Canadian British German |
Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE: SRZ) is a senior living company based in the McLean section of unincorporated Fairfax County, northern Virginia, which operates over 440 Sunrise locations worldwide.
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[edit] History
Paul and Terry Klaassen use the Dutch model of long-term care to look after seniors, also called assisted living. [1]
The Klaassens opened two more Sunrise communities in the mid 1980s. In the spring of 2003, Sunrise Assisted Living changed its name to Sunrise Senior Living.
[edit] Awards and recognition
- Sunrise was named a "Great Place to Work" by Washingtonian Magazine in 2001, 2003, and 2005. [2]
- In 2005, Sunrise was placed 930th on the Fortune 1000 list, and 854th in 2006. [3][4]
