Robert Hubbartt is the executive director of Life Care Center of East Ridge.
Life Care Center of East Ridge, a 108-bed rehabilitation and nursing facility near Interstate 75, is now open and it’s projected to employ about 175 people.
The new facility at 1502 McDonald Road was built on the site of one of Life Care’s first nursing homes, which closed in 2015 and has since been completely rebuilt, according to the company.
The original Life Care Center at the same location opened in 1975 as one of the six original nursing homes built by the Cleveland, Tenn.,-based Life Care Centers of America, which is now the nation’s biggest privately held nursing home chain.
When Life Care announced its decision to erect the new facility in East Ridge two years ago, the company estimated the new facility would cost $24.8 million to build.
Robert Hubbartt has been chosen to lead the new East Ridge facility as executive director. Hubbartt most recently served for more than six years as executive director of Life Care Center of Athens, Tenn. During his time in Athens, he received a President’s Award for Life Care’s Eastern Division.