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<p>NANTICOKE &#8212; The city of Nanticoke will be selling a former personal care home that&#8217;s sat empty since 2014, and it will be revitalized to include a family pharmacy and rehabilitation center.</p><p>The announcement came Monday in a press release from the General Municipal Authority of the City of Nanticoke, which said the former Nanticoke Villa Personal Care Home would be sold to FCLN Real Estate LLC.</p><p>The property, located at the corner of East Main and Walnut streets, will be sold for $450,000.</p><p>The Villa closed in October 2014, and has sat vacant since then. According to the release, the property has since become &#8220;dilapidated,&#8221; leading to numerous calls for fire and police crews.</p><p>According to the release, the building will become a new home to the third location of Nockley Family Pharmacy. The company already has locations in Hanover Township and Scranton.</p><p>Cawley Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation will also relocate its Nanticoke practice into the building, pursuing a plan to add an aquatics therapy pool to its practice.</p><p>The release has said additional retail space is still available.</p><p>The chair of the municipal authority, John Nadolny, said in the release that improvements like these are showing off the authority&#8217;s work in the city.</p><p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve been a quiet partner in Nanticoke&#8217;s economic development for a long time and now our efforts are starting to show,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We look forward to continuing to support the City of Nanticoke in its revitalization efforts so that the whole community can benefit.&#8221;</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">The city of Nanticoke will be selling the former Nanticoke Villa Personal Care Home, seen here. Plans call for it to be revitalized to include a family pharmacy and rehabilitation center. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/web1_nanti-villa-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>The city of Nanticoke will be selling the former Nanticoke Villa Personal Care Home, seen here. Plans call for it to be revitalized to include a family pharmacy and rehabilitation center. </caption0><photoCredit0>Photo courtesy of WNEP-TV </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Building will be renovated to house pharmacy, rehabilitation center</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Patrick Kernan</p><p>pkernan@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta><p>Reach Patrick Kernan at 570-991-6386 or on Twitter @PatKernan</p></shirttailMeta></div>

Nanticoke to sell former personal care home; new tenants already lined up