The District has settled a lawsuit that gives it the green light to sell the beleaguered United Medical Center in Southeast. The city paid $6 million to Specialty Hospitals of Washington, the former owner of the hospital that challenged the 2010 foreclosure of the hospital by the Fenty administration. The settlement will allow the District to sell the 184-bed hospital, at Southern Avenue and 13th Street, Southeast. A Superior Court ruling this year had questioned the validity of the foreclosure, which created uncertainty about the title of the hospital, according to a statement from the attorney general’s office. – Liz Farmer
