Mercy Manor gets new owner
JANESVILLE--The developer who bought the former Mercy Manor in downtown Janesville said he is thinking of turning the building into condominiums.
Travis O’Connell of Legendary Construction bought the concrete and brick structure for $25,000 at a tax lien auction earlier this fall.
The building at 119 S. Parker Drive is 27,000 square feet and is assessed at $367,000.
Mercy Health System operated Mercy Manor there as a long-term care facility for years. It was built in 1975 and has an elevator. The company closed the facility in 2001.
In 2003, Mercy Health System offered to donate the building to the Forward Foundation, which announced plans to develop the structure into nine condominiums. The foundation is the nonprofit economic development arm of Forward Janesville. At the time, plans called for razing the connected, two-story building at 201 E. Van Buren.
The plans never came to fruition.
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Dec 4, 2012 at 5:14 p.m.
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jwin-true I was thinking it should have said old mercy manor.
Dec 4, 2012 at 3:34 p.m.
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FYI- Mercy Manor (the SNF,not the building) still exists and has not changed hands, it is just hasn't been located at 119 S Parker since 2001. Your title is a little misleading.
Dec 4, 2012 at 2:46 p.m.
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It does mention Goodrich in the whole article. I have never understood how a "minister" is a lying cheat and thief.
Dec 4, 2012 at 2:12 p.m.
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I thought that skum bag that bought old YWCA was the last owner. What a deal $25,000.
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