J-Sei Selects HAYLEN to Support the Transition of J-Sei Home, a Longstanding Culturally Significant Senior Housing Property Serving the East Bay

J-Sei, a multi-generational and multi-cultural community care organization rooted in Nikkei values, has selected HAYLEN to support the next chapter of J-Sei Home, a senior housing community that has served the East Bay for more than three decades.

Opened in 1994, J-Sei Home was established to address a critical need for culturally responsive senior care by creating a place where elders could age with dignity, familiarity, and cultural connection. For many families, the home represented far more than a residential facility; it served as a trusted environment grounded in language, food, traditions, and shared experience.

Over the course of its history, J-Sei Home became deeply woven into the fabric of the East Bay’s Japanese American community. Its role reflected J-Sei’s broader mission: to ensure that elders are cared for with respect, understanding, and a deep appreciation for the histories they carry.

As community needs, demographics, and economic realities have evolved, J-Sei made the difficult but necessary decision to close J-Sei Home as an operating senior living facility. This transition reflects a thoughtful reassessment of how best to continue serving seniors, families, and caregivers across generations while remaining faithful to the organization’s core values of dignity, trust, independence, social connection, open communication, and respect for elders.

HAYLEN was selected for its ability to navigate real estate transitions that carry emotional, cultural, and generational significance. As an Asian-owned, minority-led real estate advisory firm, HAYLEN brings a perspective that recognizes properties like J-Sei Home not simply as assets, but as places shaped by people, memory, and responsibility. The firm’s people-first advisory approach aligns closely with J-Sei’s values and long-standing commitment to community care.

Together, J-Sei and HAYLEN share a belief that transitions connected to senior care and cultural heritage require patience, clarity, and long-term vision. Rather than approaching this moment through a purely transactional lens, the focus remains on stewardship, acknowledging what J-Sei Home has meant to generations of families while thoughtfully planning for what comes next.

Additional information regarding future phases of this transition will be shared at an appropriate time.

About J-Sei

J-Sei is a multi-generational and multi-cultural community care organization rooted in Nikkei values and culture. Since its beginnings in 1971, J-Sei has supported older adults, families, and younger generations through culturally responsive services, housing support, nutrition programs, and community connection. Guided by values of dignity, trust, independence, social connection, open communication, and respect for elders, J-Sei continues to evolve its programs to meet the changing needs of the communities it serves.

About HAYLEN

HAYLEN is an Asian-owned, minority-led real estate advisory firm specializing in commercial and luxury residential real estate. Founded on the belief that real estate decisions often carry emotional, generational, and financial weight, HAYLEN combines disciplined analytics with emotional intelligence to guide clients through complex transitions with care, integrity, and long-term perspective.