HOW TO SUCCEED IN NON-PROFITS WITHOUT BEING A LANDLORD

Matt Melnick (right, snapped with colleague Steve Cornblatt) tells us Baltimore Behavioral Health's sale-leaseback in the Southwest's Washington Village comes seven years after the non-profit bought the 74k SF campus. It didn't want to be in the landlord business anymore and is leasing back the 36k SF, three-story 1101 W Pratt St. Renovations are going on right now to spruce up 38k SF in the two-story 1001 W Pratt St for the University of Maryland.
The deal helps BBH earn some capital, reduce operating costs, and stay in Baltimore City to serve its patients. It also seems to be a grant couched in a real estate deal. The buyer, The Abell Foundation, was founded to provide grants to schools, hospitals, and human service organizations, aiming to break the urban poverty  cycle.

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