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ArchCare plans to sell Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck, New York, to an undisclosed buyer, but the deal requires state approval and could take up to two years. Separately, Strawberry Fields REIT bought The Living Center, a 99-bed facility in Missouri, on Sept. 8 through a bankruptcy sale involving its affiliated hospital.
ArchCare plans to sell Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck, New York, to an undisclosed buyer, while Strawberry Fields REIT completed the purchase of a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Marshall, Missouri, on Sept. 8. The two transactions, reported by Skilled Nursing News, reflect separate ownership changes affecting nursing homes connected to hospital and health systems; the New York sale remains subject to regulatory approval, while the Missouri deal has closed.
ArchCare, a nonprofit Catholic healthcare system affiliated with the Archdiocese of New York, intends to sell Ferncliff Nursing Home to a buyer it has not identified. The organization has not disclosed the sale price or other financial terms. According to a local news report cited by Skilled Nursing News, ArchCare will continue to own and operate Ferncliff until the required state process is complete and the transaction closes.
ArchCare said it had invested in Ferncliff over a period of years but had struggled to achieve the operating efficiencies it considered necessary for the facility’s long-term financial stability. The organization also reduced the home’s operating bed count: from a licensed capacity of 309 beds to 196, according to the report. The planned sale requires approval from the New York State Department of Health. As of Sept. 24, the department said it had not received the required application for a change in operator.
In Missouri, The Living Center, a 99-bed skilled nursing facility connected to John Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital, was sold to Strawberry Fields REIT on Sept. 8. The sale took place through a Section 363 process in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings involving the hospital and Fitzgibbon Health Services. Strawberry Fields was initially selected as the stalking-horse bidder, but the final transaction included the hospital as part of a combined purchase. The final price was not disclosed; the report said it exceeded the initial stalking-horse bid by about $2.3 million.
Ownership Changes at Two Nursing Homes
The transactions have different immediate implications for residents and staff. The Missouri purchase is complete, and Strawberry Fields acquired the nursing facility as part of a broader transaction that also included the hospital. The available report does not detail operational changes, plans for staffing, or whether services at either organization will change following the sale.
Ferncliff’s proposed sale, by contrast, is not yet approved or closed. ArchCare remains responsible for owning and operating the facility during the review process. Its stated difficulty reaching operating efficiencies, alongside the reduction in beds, offers a view into the financial pressures behind the decision, but does not establish the future buyer’s plans or the effect on residents. The length of the approval process means the facility’s ownership may remain unchanged for an extended period.
For readers tracking nursing-home ownership, the distinction matters: one deal has reached closing after a bankruptcy-court process, while the other is a proposed transfer still awaiting a state application and regulatory review. The financial terms for both deals are unavailable in the source report, limiting what can be concluded about their valuations.
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How the Two Sales Differ
The Missouri transaction followed an approximately six-month bankruptcy sale process. A stalking-horse bid sets an initial offer and can serve as a reference point in a court-supervised sale; in this case, Strawberry Fields was first selected for that role. The final transaction exceeded that initial bid by about $2.3 million, but the buyer and sellers did not disclose the final purchase price.
The New York proposal involves a different timeline. ArchCare’s planned sale of Ferncliff must pass through the New York State Department of Health’s change-of-operator process. ArchCare said the process could take as long as two years. That estimate is not a closing date, and the department’s statement that it had not received the required application as of Sept. 24 indicates the formal review had not yet advanced to that stage.
“The organization said it had struggled to achieve the operating efficiencies needed for Ferncliff’s long-term financial stability.”
— ArchCare, as reported by a local news outlet and summarized by Skilled Nursing News
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Approval, Buyer and Terms Remain Open
For Ferncliff, the prospective buyer, sale price and other financial terms have not been disclosed. The New York State Department of Health must approve the change in operator, and the required application had not been received as of Sept. 24, according to the report. It is unclear when ArchCare or the buyer will submit that application, whether the review will take the full two years ArchCare cited, or whether the transaction’s terms could change before closing.
For The Living Center and the affiliated hospital, the reported sale closed on Sept. 8, but the final purchase price was not made public. The source material also does not provide details about post-sale operations, staffing, resident services, or any planned changes to the facilities. No such effects should be assumed from the ownership change alone.
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State Review Sets Ferncliff Timeline
The next identified step for Ferncliff is submission of the change-of-operator application to the New York State Department of Health, followed by the state’s review. ArchCare is expected to continue operating and owning the nursing home until approval is obtained and the transaction closes. The organization has said the process could take up to two years, but no firm closing date is available.
The Missouri transaction has already closed. The report does not identify a further court or regulatory milestone for The Living Center’s sale. Any updates on its ownership arrangements, operations or financial terms would need to come from the buyer, the sellers or relevant filings.
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Key Questions
Which nursing home is ArchCare planning to sell?
ArchCare plans to sell Ferncliff Nursing Home in Rhinebeck, New York, to a buyer it has not disclosed.
Has the Ferncliff sale been completed?
No. The proposed sale remains subject to New York State Department of Health approval. ArchCare will continue to own and operate the facility until approval is obtained and the deal closes.
What happened to the Missouri nursing home?
Strawberry Fields REIT bought The Living Center, a 99-bed skilled nursing facility in Marshall, Missouri, on Sept. 8. The facility was acquired alongside John Fitzgibbon Memorial Hospital in a combined transaction through bankruptcy proceedings.
Were the sale prices disclosed?
No final price was disclosed for either transaction in the report. The Missouri deal’s final price exceeded its original stalking-horse bid by about $2.3 million, but the total amount was not stated. ArchCare did not disclose Ferncliff’s price or other terms.
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