CCN 205031 · Penobscot County, Maine
Orono Commons
117 Bennoch Rd, Orono, ME 04473
Orono Commons is a 80-bed for-profit nursing home in Orono, Maine, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 1969. CMS rates it 1 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 74.1 residents a day, about 93% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $4.2 million originally, at 3.55%, with $3.1 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in April 2047.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 80
- Average residents per day
- 74.1 (92.6% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Orono Operations, LLC
- Certified since
- Jul 1, 1969
- Chain or affiliated group
- Genesis Healthcare (184 facilities, chain average 2.3 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 | Maine median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 1 of 5 | State spread: 15 at 1, 12 at 2, 21 at 3, 12 at 4, 17 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 1 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.54 | 4.18 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 1.19 | 1.03 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.33 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 56.2% | 46.9% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 92.6% | 91.3% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $10,358 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 18 (May 7, 2025) | ||
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). Orono Commons does not meet it today: overall rating 1, health inspection rating 1. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis Healthcare of Maine LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 10/02/2012 |
| Fc-Gen Operations Investment LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 03/01/2015 |
| Gen Operations I LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 04/01/2011 |
| Gen Operations II LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 04/01/2011 |
| Genesis Healthcare IncOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 02/02/2015 |
| Genesis Healthcare LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 02/02/2015 |
| Genesis Holdings LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 02/02/2015 |
| Ghc Holdings LLCOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 12/31/2010 |
| Sun Healthcare Group IncOrganization | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 11/15/2022 |
| Whitman, ArnoldIndividual | Indirect Ownership Interest | n/a | 11/15/2022 |
| Pazara, ChelseaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2024 |
| Yntema, LaurieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 03/01/2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2012 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: SandyRiver8-Orono Commons, 90 beds. Lender at endorsement: Cambridge Realty Capital Il | $4,240,700 | Active: 3.55%, $3,089,878 balanceMatures Apr 1, 2047. Servicer: Cambridge Realty Capital Il | 02222009 |
| Nov 26, 2002 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a 223(f) loanHUD project name: Orono Commons, 100 beds. Lender at endorsement: Cambridge Realty Capital Il | $4,578,000 | Ended Mar 29, 2012Prepayment | 02422035 |
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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