Health Partners New England Begins Construction on Innovative Behavioral Health Treatment Center in Devens.

Health Partners New England, a Winchester company specializing in behavioral health care, has purchased 7.5 acres of land from MassDevelopment at 85 Patton Road in Devens. Health Partners New England and GFI Partners will build a 75,000-square-foot treatment center – Health Partners Treatment and Recovery Center – on the site. The 104-bed treatment center will provide short-term inpatient care to patients with psychiatric and substance abuse problems. Health Partners New England estimates the treatment Center will create more than 200 jobs and will open in the fall of 2016. 

In US Opioid crisis, green card seekers see opportunity

Foreign investors looking to land a coveted US green card have financed luxury apartments in the up-and-coming Fenway, hotels in Manhattan, ski resorts in Vermont, and Miami’s version of the Eiffel Tower. Now, they are increasingly pouring their money into a less glitzy but thriving industry: drug rehabilitation and psychiatric clinics.