Adult day care planned for Easter Seals site

California company behind Green Hills land purchase

Email | Print By J.R. Lind

A California company is planning a 100-client adult day care on the Green Hills site that formerly housed the Easter Seals' Turner Center.

James Preimesberger, CEO of Meridian Health Services, said he plans to have the facility open "within three or four months."

Under the name Green Hills Property Partners LLC, Meridian last week bought the front portion of the Woodmont Boulevard property from Fifth Third Bank, which owned the land after Easter Seals' bankruptcy, for $2.5 million.

Meridian operates 15 nursing homes, skilled nursing, sub-acute care and rehabilitation facilities in California, according to the company's Web site. This will be its first facility outside of the Golden State.

"Tennessee is the first state that was ripe for us. Nashville sold me the moment I got there. Everything went right," Preimesberger said.

The back section of the Woodmont Boulevard property is still for sale. ProVenture Commercial Real Estate is marketing the land.