Sublimity's Reece Center Nursing at Marian Estates under new management

One of Sublimity’s largest employers is under new management.

Marquis Companies, a post-acute rehabilitation management company,  took over operations of the Reece Center Nursing Facility at Marian Estates’ 38-acre campus Aug. 1.

Marquis will provide skilled nursing, memory care and long-term care at the site. 

The company closed its Silverton location, Silver Gardens, and moved its staff and many of its patients to Sublimity last week.

Marian Marquis Estates administrator Jennifer Hoffer said after the move, Marian Estates has over 100 employees; Marquis employed 40 in Silverton.

The Sublimity location will offer assisted living, long-term care and memory care at the location on Church Street.

“I think the campus is a huge draw because we do have assisted living on our campus and independent living and memory care,” Hoffer said.

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“Whatever aging process they’re in, we have a service that can prepare for that. We have a large facility here, so I feel like people who can’t get into long-term care, we have that availability.”

Marquis operated Silver Gardens at its location on James Street for 17 years until the Aug. 1 move.

Hoffer said Silver Gardens had 22 residents at the time of the move and once combined the new location in Sublimity housed 53.

Marian Estates has 214 licensed beds, Hoffer said, which will allow the company to care for a larger number of patients.

She said residents were given the option to move to the new location in Sublimity, which most did, but a few chose to be transferred to other facilities in Silverton.

“That’s my hometown,” Hoffer said. “I was born and raised there. It’s very near and dear to me. I feel like we were able to grow to Marquis Marian Estates in Sublimity.

“I feel that even though it is not in Silverton, we are still able to help that community with their needs for long-term care and skilled care because it isn’t that far away.”

An order of nuns started Mother of Grace Home for the Aged in Sublimity in 1954 as a 54-bed nursing home.

Maurice Reece purchased it in 1975, changed the name to Marian Estates, expanded it to its current 38-acre campus and was CEO of the company until his death at age 72 in 2012.

His family still owns the facility and will continue to operate the two assisted living facilities and the independent living there.

Marquis Companies, which is based in Milwaukie, has 23 facilities in California, Nevada and Oregon, including locations in Portland, Forest Grove, Canby, Newberg, Klamath Falls, Springfield, Tualatin and Wilsonville.

Hoffer said Marquis is tentatively planning to have an open house at the campus to meet the new community.

“We’ve already had a lot of neighbors come by and peak in and just to meet the operators of Marquis Marion Estates,” said Hoffer, who has worked for Marquis for 21 years.

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