CCN 055240 · Santa Cruz County, California
Watsonville Nursing Center
535 Auto Center Drive, Watsonville, CA 95076
Watsonville Nursing Center is a 87-bed for-profit nursing home in Watsonville, California, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1978. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 80.5 residents a day, about 93% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $6.1 million originally, at 5.92%, with $5.8 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in January 2053.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 87
- Average residents per day
- 80.5 (92.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Cf Watsonville East LLC
- Certified since
- May 1, 1978
- Chain or affiliated group
- Cambridge Healthcare Services (32 facilities, chain average 2.5 stars)
- Location
- Urban
Ratings and staffing
Star ratings run from 1 to 5. Staffing is nurse hours per resident per day from CMS Payroll Based Journal data; turnover is the CMS annual nursing staff turnover rate. Occupancy is CMS's average daily census divided by certified beds.
| Measure | This facility | California median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 186 at 1, 213 at 2, 244 at 3, 240 at 4, 270 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.97 | 4.24 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.39 | 0.50 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.75 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 27.1% | 36.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.5% | 92.0% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 10 (Jan 9, 2026) | ||
HUD 223(f) Express Lane: the CMS part
HUD gives 223(f) applications queue priority when the facility has CMS overall and health inspection ratings of at least 2 stars and no abuse icon, among other tests (ORCF criteria of March 31, 2026). Watsonville Nursing Center meets that part today: 4 stars overall, 4 on health inspections, no abuse icon. The loan-to-value, coverage and operator tests depend on the deal. All the criteria.
Who owns and operates it
These are the owners and operators the facility reported to CMS: anyone with a 5% or greater direct or indirect stake, and any organization with operational or managerial control.
| Name | Role | Share | Since |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crescent Facilities Operations LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 12/19/2006 |
| Bering Properties LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 6% | 02/01/2007 |
| Jenmax Enterprises LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 23% | 02/01/2007 |
| Jk-Csh Jv LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 12% | 11/01/2006 |
| Manhattan Five Partners LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 7% | 11/01/2006 |
| Win Win Enterprises, LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | 35% | 02/01/2007 |
| Cambridge Healthcare Services LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/01/2014 |
| Bretsch, GregoryIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/25/2019 |
| Butenko, JulieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 07/24/2023 |
| Capela, HeidiIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/03/2023 |
| Hassell, LanceIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 04/25/2022 |
| Lutz, LindaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/01/2012 |
| McDaniel, ClaytonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/24/2014 |
| Radford, Rae AnnIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/12/2020 |
Changes of ownership
No change of ownership for this facility appears in the CMS change-of-ownership file, which starts in January 2016.
HUD Section 232 loans
HUD's Office of Healthcare Programs lists these FHA-insured loans for a project we matched to this facility by name, city and bed count. Status, rate and balance come from HUD's insured-mortgage files as of September 30, 2026. Check the FHA number against the loan documents before relying on the match.
| Endorsed | Program | Original amount | Status | FHA number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2022 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Watsonville Nursing Center, 87 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $6,088,400 | Active: 5.92%, $5,786,797 balanceMatures Jan 1, 2053. Servicer: Capital Funding LLC | 12122254 |
| Dec 21, 2010 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Watsonville Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, 89 beds. Lender at endorsement: Capital Funding LLC | $3,552,000 | Ended Nov 29, 2021Prepayment | 12122092 |
Sources and dates
Facility, rating, staffing and ownership data: CMS Provider Information and CMS Ownership, processing date September 2026. Private equity, REIT and mortgage-interest flags and changes of ownership: CMS Skilled Nursing Facility All Owners and Change of Ownership files (2026-10-01). FHA-insured loans: HUD Office of Healthcare Programs endorsement database, data run July 8, 2026. How we join them, and what the join can get wrong: methodology.
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