---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-021084"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LINC"
cik: "0001286613"
company_name: "LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP"
filed_at: "2026-05-13T20:50:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-13T21:05:01.726264+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lincoln Educational Services subsidiary agrees to buy Melrose Park campus property for $18.8M

## Summary
- Purchase price of $18.8M for property at 8315-8317 W. North Ave, Melrose Park, IL.
- Lincoln Technical Institute currently leases the property; purchase converts lease to ownership.
- Closing anticipated on June 25, 2026; subject to due diligence and customary conditions.
- Deposit of $250,000 required within five days after effective date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-021084
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LINC
- cik: 0001286613
- company_name: LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP
- filed_at: 2026-05-13T20:50:22+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036126021084/0001140361-26-021084-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036126021084/ef20073367_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORP entered into Purchase and Sale Agreement with Melrose Omni, LLC valued at $18,800,000.00 (effective 2026-05-12).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Melrose Omni, LLC
  - Value: $18,800,000.00
  - Effective: 2026-05-12
  source text: On May 12, 2026, Lincoln Technical Institute, Inc. (“Lincoln Technical Institute”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lincoln Educational Services Corporation, entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) with Melrose Omni, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company (the “Seller”), pursuant to which the Seller has agreed to sell to Lincoln Technical Institute the real property owned by the Seller located at 8315-8317 W. North Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160, including the building and improvements and other personal property located thereon (the “Property”), for a purchase price of $18,800,000.00 as adjusted in accordance with the terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1286613/000114036126021084/0001140361-26-021084-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.