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+_ 78,378 SF Corporate Conference Center
FOR SALE
PROPERTY HIGHLIGHTS ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
• Two Interconnected Buildings Totaling 78,378 SF
• Two-story Building Featuring Main Entrance Lobby/Foyer; Multiple Conference & Training Rooms;
Administrative Offices; Fitness Center; Dining Room; Commercial Kitchen; and Outdoor
Patio/Courtyard.
• Three-story Building Featuring 20 Single Guest Rooms and 20 Guest Suites; Multiple Conference &
Training Rooms; and Two Game Rooms.
• 12.23 Acres of Land with 750.89’ of Frontage on Route 33/Memorial Drive.
• Onsite Parking for 200+ Vehicles, including 3 Electric-charging Stations.
• Located at the “Crossroads of New England” between I-91 and the Mass Pike; 3 hours from New York
City; 90 minutes from Boston; and 30 minutes from Hartford, CT and Bradley International Airport.
This versatile property can support a variety of uses including healthcare, education, assisted living, hotel, office, or continued use as a conference and training center.
$8,300,000
350 Memorial Drive, Chicopee, MA
Commercial Real Estate Services, Worldwide For more information, contact:
David A. Wolos
O: 413-200-6019 I C: 413-439-5757 dwolos@splotkin.com
Jim Reardon
O: 413-207-6005 I C: 860-508-2192 jreardon@splotkin.com
1350 Main Street, Suite1410 I Springfield, MA 01103 I 413-781-8000 I NAIPlotkin.com
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A little over a year ago, Lynch saw another opportunity he couldn’t pass up — as chief financial officer at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, which was still recovering from a mismanaged COVID outbreak early in the pandemic that saw dozens of veterans die.
“When this opportunity became available, I had to
jump at it,” he said, noting that he was aware of what had happened there, but behind the headlines, he also knew changes were being made, and he wanted to be part of the team that could turn the facility around.
“This is a very special place because of the people we serve, but also because of the employees I’ve been lucky to work with,” he added. “The people here have such a deep
Preeti Nakrani
Medicaid Program Manager, Health New England; Age 29
Preeti Nakrani described it as a classic case of being in the right place at the right time. That would be an understatement.
She was talking about her internship at Baystate Health while she was working toward her master’s degree in Public Health at UMass Amherst. At the time, Baystate was getting ready to roll out its BeHealthy Partnership ACO (accountable-care organization), and as an intern, Nakrani was heavily involved with many aspects of that initiative.
So much so that the health system hired her as program manager for the ACO upon graduation. She provided
daily management and support of the program, including establishing programmatic goals, care management for inpatient and outpatient workflows, tracking performance, and generating reports.
level of care for the work they do; they are so committed to helping veterans day in and day out.”
Lynch, an adjunct professor
of Accounting at Holyoke Community College, is committed to his community in other ways as well, namely through two charity golf tournaments he organizes each year that have, to date, raised more than $25,000
for local organizations like Rays of Hope, Miracle League of Western Massachusetts, Autism Speaks New England,
“I don’t think a lot of people get lucky enough to manage this type of an innovative model right out of grad school,” she said. “I see it as a blessing.”
Today, she handles many of those same responsibilities in
a different setting and with a different title — as Medicaid Program manager for Health New England, an affiliate of Baystate
Health.
Providing a quick job description, she said, “I’m
essentially trying to help patients get the right care at the right time and try to help them use appropriate care settings and support them through whatever social, medical, and behavioral-health concerns they may have. The intention is that this [ACO] model will help people through a population-health approach and control some costs in our Medicaid line of business.”
Nakrani, who earned her bachelor’s degree in health
Autism Connections, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Special Olympics Massachusetts, and the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts’ COVID-19 Response Fund.
“I started these golf tournaments as a way to make
sure families can come together to do something positive for local charities,” he said. “I love doing this; I love event planning. My dream is to add a banquet dinner afterward and a much larger raffle, which will ultimately raise more funds. It’s so exciting to me. I want to continue to do everything I can to help people and bring people together.”
— Joseph Bednar
policy analysis from Brandeis University, said she always wanted to work in healthcare — and especially in the public-health realm, where, as she put it, she could look at healthcare not from an individual perspective, but from a population perspective, and help underserved individuals. And she has essentially made this her career.
It’s a career marked by thoughtful and innovative approaches to the task of bringing down the cost of healthcare by focusing on improving the overall health of the region. And it’s a career that’s really just getting started.
Within the community, Nakrani is involved with a number of initiatives that are in line with her passion for healthcare and public health. She has been a facilitator of the ACO Patient and Family Advisory Council, a facilitator of Baystate Community Faculty meetings, an advisor for Baystate’s PURCH (Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health) program, and a volunteer for Baystate Health’s ‘poverty simulations.’
— George O’Brien