Queens Lodge nursing home sold

Queens Lodge Nursing Home in Blackburn, a family business for more than 25 years, has been sold to Anthony Massouras, majority owner of Constantia Healthcare.

The purpose-built home is registered for 40 residents and was designed and built in the early 1990s. It offers 28 en suite single rooms and six en suite double rooms and is set in extensive landscaped and manicured gardens.

A family-run establishment since it began, it was mostly owned by Fleur and Elizabeth Wilkins who decided to sell in order to pursue retirement plans.

Fleur said: "It was a big decision to sell but we are confident that, in Anthony, we have found a buyer who shares our ethos of high quality care and who will maintain the excellent standards. We wish Anthony and his team all the best for the future."

Anthony Massouras said: "I was immediately drawn to the home by the potential to build on a well-run, quality care driven operation where the owners and I shared the same vision of care.

"Queens Lodge has delivered consistent levels of care in a kind and professional manner for decades through a mixture of its motivated, empathetic, and talented work force and, of course, the overall stewardship of the Wilkins family."

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co was enlisted to oversee the sale.

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