EAST GREENWICH, R.I. — Newmark has brokered the $18.7 million sale of Lifespan Ambulatory Care Center, a 48,307-square-foot medical office building located at 1454 S. County Trail in East Greenwich. Robert Griffin, Frank Nelson, Michael Greeley and Dominick Romano of Newmark, along with Matthew Fair of Hayes & Sherry, represented the seller, Albany Road Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a partnership between Anchor Health Properties and The Carlyle Group. The building also houses cancer care and cardiology practices.
WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND — CVS Health Corp. (NYSE: CVS) reported $67.1 billion in revenue for the third quarter, a 3.5 percent increase from that same period a year ago. The company cited the expansion of its healthcare services, particularly its doubling of its COVID-19 testing sites to more than 4,000 pharmacy locations nationwide, as a key driver of growth. According to CNBC, CVS surpassed analysts’ expectations of $66.6 billion in quarterly revenue, prompting the Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based chain to raise its 2020 earnings guidance. The stock price of CVS opened at $63.05 per share on Friday, Nov. 6, down from $69.43 per share a year ago.
CENTRAL FALLS, R.I. — An affiliate of Milwaukee-based Phoenix Investors has acquired a 660,000-square-foot industrial property in Central Falls. The 12-acre property was originally built as a textile mill in 1900 and most recently served as a manufacturing plant for the seller, LEDVANCE, a provider of lighting fixtures. The new ownership will implement a capital improvement program that will include demolition of portions of the plant and expects to begin leasing space in late 2021.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS (NYSE: CVS) intends to hire 15,000 new employees during the fourth quarter in anticipation of communities seeing greater incidences of COVID-19 and the flu during the upcoming winter months. More than 10,000 of these positions are for full- and part-time licensed pharmacy technicians, some of which will be offered on temporary bases with the possibility of becoming permanent. Rhode Island-based CVS is also recruiting qualified candidates to work as pharmacists, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, member benefit case professionals and distribution center employees. Lastly, the company is seeking to hire several thousand customer service representatives across the country, the majority of which will work from home.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A development team consisting of Cornish Associates, New England-area developer Nordblom Co. and Boston Andes Capital LLC has opened Nightingale Apartments, a $54 million multifamily community in downtown Providence. The property features 143 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and ranging in size from 500 to 1,200 square feet and 11,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a fitness center, coworking space, resident lounge and an elevated courtyard.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health Corp. (NYSE: CVS) reported total revenue of $634 billion in the second quarter, a year-over-year increase of 35.2 percent. The company’s net income also rose by 48 percent to roughly $5 billion during the period, suggesting that revenues are rising while costs are remaining relatively flat. The Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based pharmacy and convenience store chain, which acquired insurance giant AETNA in late 2018, saw its stock price open at $65.53 per share on Wednesday, Aug. 5, giving it a year-to-date increase of nearly 20 percent. CVS announced plans to close 22 underperforming stores during the first quarter, but has kept all its U.S. locations open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as an essential retailer. As of 2019, CVS operated just shy of 10,000 stores across the United States.
NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Tryko Partners has acquired Hopkins Manor, a 200-bed skilled nursing facility in North Providence, for $14.5 million. Located on four acres at 610 Smithfield Road, the property provides short-term rehabilitation, long-term, Alzheimer’s and dementia care services, as well as hospice and respite services. Tryko will invest $5 million to renovate the facility, which will be renamed Lincolnwood Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Evans Senior Investments (ESI) has brokered the $4.3 million sale of Elderwood at Riverside, a 57-bed skilled nursing facility in Providence. The property was constructed in 1962. The seller, an East Coast-based owner-operator, initially acquired the asset with the intent to move the licensed beds to a different county in Rhode Island. When regulatory obstacles prevented moving the licensed beds across county lines, the owner decided to exit the property through a sale at approximately $75,000 per bed. At the time of the sale, the property was 89 percent occupied. The buyer was an owner-operator based in the Southeast, and Elderwood is its first property in Rhode Island.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Eastie Realty LLC, a Boston-based investment firm, has purchased a 13,818-square-foot medical office building in Providence for $3.5 million. Located at 111 Plain St., the property is fully leased to Rhode Island Hospital, the flagship hospital of Lifespan Health System. The building is also located near Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital and Brown University’s medical campus. Joseph Alvarado, George Deoulas and Casey Valente of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, Legacy Real Estate Ventures, in the deal. The team also procured Eastie as the buyer.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health plans to immediately hire 50,000 full-time, part-time and temporary employees across the country in response to healthcare needs generated by the coronavirus outbreak. Roles include store associates, home delivery drivers, distribution center employees and customer service professionals. The Rhode Island-based pharmacy and retail giant operates approximately 6,200 stores across 43 states. The company has also temporarily waived charges for home delivery of prescription medications and will award monetary bonuses to pharmacists and other employees that are required to work.