CCN 065001 · Arapahoe County, Colorado
Lowry Hills Care and Rehabilitation
10201 E 3rd Ave, Aurora, CO 80010
Lowry Hills Care and Rehabilitation is a 108-bed for-profit nursing home in Aurora, Colorado, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1968. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 99.6 residents a day, about 92% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $10.1 million originally, at 6.23%, with $10 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in June 2060.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 108
- Average residents per day
- 99.6 (92.2% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Sweetwater Aurora Opco LLC
- Certified since
- Sep 19, 1968
- Chain or affiliated group
- Sweetwater Care (8 facilities, chain average 2.4 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 | Colorado median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 26 at 1, 52 at 2, 41 at 3, 39 at 4, 50 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 3 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.30 | 3.48 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.57 | 0.74 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.07 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 38.5% | 46.6% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.2% | 83.8% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $2,516 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 14 (Jun 3, 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). Lowry Hills Care and Rehabilitation meets that part today: 2 stars overall, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater Care Opco LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 12/01/2017 |
| Chesley, AaronIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | 50% | 12/01/2017 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 2017 | Sweetwater Aurora Opco LLC | Kindred Nursing Centers West LLC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2025 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Lowry Hills Care and Rehabilitation, 108 beds. Lender at endorsement: Greystone Funding Company LLC | $10,054,500 | Active: 6.23%, $9,950,397 balanceMatures Jun 1, 2060. Servicer: Greystone Servicing Company | 10122171 |
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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