The Hospital District heard proposals from four suitors interested in operating the facility the trustees bought in 2024 with $3.8 million of taxpayer money to become a sober home, but after digging into the operational details, they voted to explore selling the property.
“In light of the presentations yesterday, I think it behooves us to engage a real estate broker,” Trustee Paul Westcott said. “Additionally, I think that we ought to give serious consideration to option five of selling the property outright.”
New Horizons of the Treasure Coast, Rite Life Services, Thrive (formerly Substance Awareness Center) and PUR Health & Wellness, which had submitted letters of intent summarizing what they’d like to do with the property, made presentations at the Nov. 19 meeting on what they would do with the property in the 600 block of 10th Street just outside Vero Beach city limits…