MARTINS FERRY — The former East Ohio Regional Hospital property in Martins Ferry has been sold and will reopen later this year, according to Mayor John Davies and a statement released Sunday.

The property has been purchased by the entity East Ohio Hospital LLC from its owner, “a large real estate investment fund,” said Morgantown attorney Michael S. Garrison of the law firm Spilman, Thomas and Battle.

Garrison previously represented Alecto Healthcare Services, the former, California-based operator of EORH and Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling. The release from Garrison does not give any indication as to who the individuals associated with East Ohio Hospital LLC might be.

“East Ohio Hospital, LLC, whose operator has successfully owned and operated a 110-bed facility outside Dayton, Ohio for nearly a decade, is working with state and local government to reopen the hospital campus in Martins Ferry, Ohio, later this year,” Garrison states. “The Ohio-based operator is committed to returning localized and personal medical care to the residents of Belmont County and the surrounding communities.