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Cumberland County down to 1 company for potential sale of nursing home
Updated 2:54 PM;
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One potential buyer for the nursing home owned by Cumberland County has dropped out of discussions, but commissioners are now negotiating with another company for the sale of the Claremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
Transitions Healthcare, with whom county commissioners had been negotiating the transaction, has withdrawn from the process, county officials announced today.
Cumberland County will now begin negotiations with Allaire Health Services of Lakewood, New Jersey.
Allaire was one of two prospective companies designated as finalists in the vetting process commissioners started in the fall for the potential sale of Claremont.