Seattle-based senior housing company Merrill Gardens has entered the Clark County market with the $16 million acquisition of a senior living complex in Vancouver’s Orchards area.
The company has taken over management of the 115-unit independent- and assisted-living community at 10011 N.E. 118th Ave., on the northeast corner of the 117th Avenue and 99th Street intersection.
It was purchased from private investment group Orchards Village Investments LLC, which had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2009, due to slumping occupancy.
Merrill Gardens operates 56 communities in Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Nevada, Montana, Georgia, Florida. Texas and Alabama.