Ensign also acquired three facilities in Utah on October 1. The Utah facilities include Castle Country Care Center, an 80-bed skilled nursing facility in Price, South Valley Care Center, a 116-bed skilled nursing facility in metropolitan Salt Lake City, and Rock Canyon Rehab & Care Center, a 200-bed skilled nursing facility in Provo. The Utah facilities were purchased with a combination of cash and seller financing.
Ensign also allowed the lease on one of its Arizona assisted living facilities to expire, turning the operation over to a new tenant effective October 1, 2009. An Ensign affiliate had operated Greenfields Assisted Living in Mesa, Arizona since 1999. The lease expiration at Greenfields leaves Ensign with two assisted living facilities in the Phoenix metropolitan area, and will be slightly accretive.
Mr. Christensen reaffirmed that Ensign is actively seeking additional opportunities to acquire both well-performing and struggling long-term care operations across the Western United States. The four acquisitions and one lease expiration bring Ensign's growing portfolio to 73 facilities, 42 of which are Ensign-owned. Ensign affiliates hold purchase options on nine of the 31 leased facilities.
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