Key execs departing Schervier after sale

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When the new owners take the keys to Schervier Nursing Care Center later this year, they will do so with an all-new executive team.

Several of the people who have led Schervier through the Bon Secours New York Health System will not survive the transition, including its current chief executive, Carlos Beato.

Beato and his team broke the news to Schervier’s approximately 450 employees this week, he told The Press, while assuring them incoming owner TL Management plans to keep nearly everyone who’s already on the payroll.

“This is all voluntary,” Beato said. “We’re not being fired. And it’s a good handoff, a healthy, positive handoff.”

Leaving with Beato once the sale to the Brooklyn-based real estate company closes are administrator Dominic D’Ambrosio, chief financial officer Kity Khundkar and human resources director Donald Mallo.

They will be replaced, Beato said, with new administrator Michelle Edwards. Beato didn’t share a lot about Edwards, except that she was a licensed administrator. TL Management declined to comment. 

Bon Secours, a not-for-profit health care system affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, announced the sale of both its 364-bed nursing facility as well as its 154-unit apartment building for low-income senior citizens in March 2016. Because of approvals needed at multiple government levels, as well as with the church, the deal itself was not expected to close until later this year.

Schervier is located at Independence Avenue and West 231st Street.

Bon Secours also will spin off two of its programs at Schervier so they can continue in the Riverdale community. ArchCare, for example, will run its spiritual care program. ArchCare is a senior citizen-centric organization run by the Catholic Church’s Archdiocese of New York. 

Riverdale Senior Services at 2600 Netherland Ave. will take over Schervier’s community-based programs, including its Healthy Community Initiative and its adult daycare services.

Both will be funded through a 10-year grant from Bon Secours, Beato said, valued at “several million dollars.”

“We wanted to make sure we were leaving a legacy for this community,” Beato said. “This was the best way for us to do that.”

Back when the original deal was announced, TL Management spokesman Aaron Lichtman said his company would not be involved in running the day-to-day activities at Schervier. Instead, TL will lease Schervier to a third party who will “uphold the values and quality of standards” that are a part of the Schervier brand.

TL has not yet announced what management company will lease the facility.

It’s not clear how big of a portfolio TL currently manages, although it most recently spent $14.7 million to buy a pair of nursing care facilities in South Florida, according to published reports. It’s also purchased a facility in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 2015.

After four years, Beato said leaving Schervier was bittersweet, but he’s also ready for a break.

“I think I’m going to take a little time off,” he said. “It’s been a long two years of trying to do this transaction, which is very complex. But still, I love my job, and hopefully, I’ll be able to find something comparable.”

CORRECTION: Riverdale Senior Services will take over the Healthy Community Initiative from Schervier Nursing Care Center when the sale of the institution closes later this year. A story in the April 27 edition stated a different program.

Schervier Nursing Care Center, Ben Secours New York Health System, Carlos Beato, TL Management, Brooklyn, Dominic D'Ambrosio, Kity Khundkar, Donald Mallo, Michelle Edwards, Roman Catholic Church, Independence Avenue, West 231st Street, ArchCare, Archdiocese of New York, Riverdale Senior Services, Netherland Avenue, South Florida, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Michael Hinman

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