CCN 345045 · Watauga County, North Carolina
The Foley Center at Chestnut Ridge
621 Chestnut Ridge Parkway, Blowing Rock, NC 28605
The Foley Center at Chestnut Ridge is a 92-bed for-profit nursing home in Blowing Rock, North Carolina, 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 80.6 residents a day, about 88% of its certified beds. It has an active FHA-insured Section 232 loan: $10.5 million originally, at 3.59%, with $10 million outstanding as of September 30, 2026 and maturity in September 2062.
Facility facts
- Certified beds
- 92
- Average residents per day
- 80.6 (87.6% of beds)
- Ownership type
- For profit - Limited Liability company
- Certification
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Legal business name
- Liberty Healthcare Group LLC
- Certified since
- Jan 15, 1968
- Chain or affiliated group
- Liberty Senior Living (37 facilities, chain average 2.8 stars)
- Location
- Rural
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 | North Carolina median | US median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall rating | 2 of 5 | State spread: 91 at 1, 83 at 2, 85 at 3, 75 at 4, 81 at 5 | |
| Health inspections | 2 of 5 | ||
| Quality measures | 4 of 5 | ||
| Staffing | 3 of 5 | ||
| Total nurse hours per resident per day | 3.45 | 3.53 | 3.68 |
| RN hours per resident per day | 0.66 | 0.51 | 0.58 |
| Weekend nurse hours per resident per day | 3.26 | ||
| Nursing staff turnover | 64.5% | 48.6% | 44.9% |
| Occupancy (residents / beds) | 87.6% | 87.4% | 85.7% |
| Fines reported by CMS | 1 totaling $17,114 | ||
| Health deficiencies, latest standard survey | 3 (Jul 31, 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). The Foley Center at Chestnut Ridge 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Healthcare Group LLCOrganization | Direct Ownership Interest | 100% | 10/01/2019 |
| Long Term Care Management Services LLCOrganization | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2019 |
| Calcutt, JosephIndividual | Operational / Managerial Control | n/a | 10/01/2019 |
Changes of ownership
| Effective | Buyer | Seller |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2019 | Liberty Healthcare Group LLC | Blowing Rock Hospital, Inc |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2022 | 223(a)(7) refinance of a construction loanHUD project name: The Foley Center at Chestnut Ridge, 112 beds. Lender at endorsement: Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC | $10,462,100 | Active: 3.59%, $9,957,227 balanceMatures Sep 1, 2062. Servicer: Berkadia Commercial Mortgage | 05343272 |
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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