CCN 255300 · Hinds County, Mississippi
Willow Creek Retirement Center
49 Willow Creek Lane, Byram, MS 39272
Willow Creek Retirement Center is a 88-bed for-profit nursing home in Byram, Mississippi, first certified for Medicare or Medicaid in 2003. CMS rates it 2 out of 5 stars overall in its September 2026 data, and it averaged 79.3 residents a day, about 90% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $9.8 million originally, at 2.33%, with $8.6 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in October 2055.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 88
- Average residents per day
- 79.3 (90.1% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Wcrl, LLC
- Certified since
- Aug 1, 2003
- Chain or affiliated group
- Briar Hill Management (6 facilities, chain average 3.2 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 | Mississippi median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 51 at 1, 48 at 2, 37 at 3, 30 at 4, 33 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 2 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 4 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 4.05 | 3.99 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.64 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 52.9% | 44.4% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 90.1% | 87.6% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $8,018 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 10 (Mar 5, 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). Willow Creek Retirement Center 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Briar Hill Management, LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/03/2003 |
| Burlison, SandyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 02/25/2019 |
| Burns, SharonIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/28/2008 |
| Green, DonnaIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/04/2010 |
| King, CurtisIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/01/2016 |
| Muha, AshleyIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/04/2010 |
| Rotolo, DavidIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/28/2008 |
| Rotolo, RobertIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/28/2008 |
| Walters, JohnnieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 01/12/2026 |
| White, DeborahIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 05/12/2014 |
| Whitlow, CarrieIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 09/05/2022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2020 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Willow Creek Retirement Center, 88 beds. Lender at endorsement: Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC | $9,750,700 | Active: 2.33%, $8,606,670 balanceMatures Oct 1, 2055. Servicer: Berkadia Commercial Mortgage | 06522087 |
| May 14, 2009 | 223(f) refinance or purchaseHUD project name: Willow Creek Retirement Center, 88 beds. Lender at endorsement: Love Funding Corp | $6,857,700 | Ended Sep 30, 2020Prepayment | 06522023 |
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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