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Looks like it'll be a few weeks before there is a decision on Erickson Retirement's request to increase protections for new residents. At the moment Erickson residents or their heirs get their entrance money (up to $600,000) back only after Erickson "sells" the unit to a new buyer. For communities still in development, Erickson wants to guarantee repayment to residents who buy in while the bankruptcy process is going on -- whether the unit is resold or not. The move is intended to reassure people who might think twice about buying into an uncompleted community whose developer is in bankruptcy proceedings.

To repeat: The new protections would apply only to developing communities, not the "mature" ones that are already built out, says Erickson spokesman Mel Tansill. Here is a list of mature campuses: Greenspring (VA); Charlestown, Riderwood and Oak Crest (MD); Henry Ford Village (MI); Seabrook (NJ); Brooksby Village (MA) and Cedar Crest (NJ). Presumably at these places the residency contracts don't change.

But at still-developing campuses, Erickson wants the bankruptcy judge's approval to upgrade the residency agreements until the bankruptcy case is resolved. There was a motion and a hearing this week. But it looks like creditors want to argue, and the hearing is now set for Wednesday, Jan. 13.

Here is the notice:

NOTICE OF HEARINGS
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE, that the hearings on the Objection of the Official Committee