ROCKFORD (WREX) — As Mercyhealth looks to sell the property of its hospital on N. Rockton Ave. in Rockford, tensions are mounting between the company's CEO and the Mayor of Rockford.

There has yet to be any confirmation of a transaction of the property of the now-closed Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton, formerly known as Rockford Memorial Hospital, but statements from both Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara and Mercyhealth CEO Javon Bea are displaying rising tensions as a potential sale arises.

Mercyhealth formally closed the hospital on July 1, claiming to state regulators that a flooding risk led to the closure of the hospital, which already had many services transferred to the newer Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside.

In the closure announcement on June 30, Mercyhealth said, "We are actively lookin

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