MISSION VIEJO, CA-The Ensign Group, a firm that provides a variety of nursing services, has expanded by 9,000 square feet in a 29,829-square-foot lease renewal here, one of three recent office deals totaling more than 62,000 square feet in the county. The Ensign Group’s new lease is a 10-year deal at the Mission Ridge development at 27101 Puerta Real in Mission Viejo.
The 27101 Puerta Real property is a 117,000-square-foot building that Ensign has been in since 2003, according to Jones Lang LaSalle, which represented Ensign in its lease with landlord Mission Ridge Associates. Terms of the Ensign lease were undisclosed. Its previous lease was due to expire on Sept. 30. The JLL team included Leland Bruce and Mitch Lundquist; Mission Ridge Associates was represented by Scott Johnstone and Greg Puccinelli of Grubb & Ellis Co.
The Ensign Group Inc.’s operating subsidiaries provide skilled nursing and assisted living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, and other rehabilitative and healthcare services for both long-term residents and short-stay rehabilitation patients. It operates at 73 facilities in California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Utah, Idaho and Colorado.