Eastern Niagara Hospital Up for Online Auction Once Again

LOCKPORT, N.Y. — Eastern Niagara Hospital in Lockport is heading to auction for the second time this spring.

The online auction with Tranzon Auction Properties will run from May 30 to June 6, with a minimum starting bid of $500,000. The auction promotion started online on May 22.

The company held an initial auction in late April, but the court-appointed receiver working with Citizens Bank — the largest creditor — rejected the bids, according to Michael Foster, an auctioneer/broker who represents Tranzon in Buffalo.

“They didn’t get the response they wanted the first time, so we’re going to have another auction,” he said.

The property was put up for sale even before the hospital closed last June, at a price of $2.9 million. The 134-bed hospital at 521 East Ave. had been operating under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection since 2019, and was briefly closed in 2020.