CCN 225762 · Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Berkshire Place
290 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201
Berkshire Place is a 54-bed nonprofit nursing home in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2001. CMS rates it 4 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 50.5 residents a day, about 94% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $11.9 million originally, at 3.15%, with $10.1 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in March 2053.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 54
- Average residents per day
- 50.5 (93.5% of beds)
- Ownership type
- Non profit - Corporation
- Certification
- Medicare
- Legal business name
- Berkshire Retirement Home Inc
- Certified since
- Oct 29, 2001
- Chain or affiliated group
- None listed by CMS
- Location
- Urban, part of a continuing care retirement community
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 | Massachusetts median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 4 of 5 | State spread: 65 at 1, 68 at 2, 62 at 3, 72 at 4, 71 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 4 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 5.02 | 3.70 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.63 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 4.54 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 68.4% | 37.7% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 93.5% | 86.9% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | None | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 2 (Feb 12, 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). Berkshire Place 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Retirement Home IncOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 06/25/1986 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2018 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Berkshire Place, 54 beds. Lender at endorsement: Lancaster Pollard Mtge Co | $11,928,200 | Active: 3.15%, $10,148,710 balanceMatures Mar 1, 2053. Servicer: Lument Real Estate Capital | 02322189 |
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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