News

February 17, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Carol Carrithers, Vice President
Marketing and Communications
101 W. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
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Seven Counties Services purchases additional building
on West Broadway; consolidates programming
formerly split between two other locations

Seven Counties Services has purchased a building at 2650 W. Broadway that will help it consolidate one of its outpatient mental health programs that was divided between offices at 2225 W. Broadway and 1912 W. Broadway. Seven Counties owns the building at 2225 W. Broadway and was leasing the 1912 W. Broadway site. The organization will continue to offer outpatient mental health and substance abuse services at its 2225 W. Broadway building.

Seven Counties purchased the 12,000 sq. ft. building at 2650 W. Broadway for $787,500 late last year. Bev Compton, Seven Counties' Director of Properties, says the purchase is the culmination of a five-year search for additional property in the West End.

“Unfortunately, there has been a shortage of available space appropriate for medical and other services of this type in the West End. Much of what is available is industrial or warehouse space that would need extensive retrofitting for our needs, and therefore makes some available properties simply too expensive for us,” she says.

“The 2650 W. Broadway site has a number of attributes that we look for when choosing facilities for our medical services…the site is convenient, it is on one of the main east-west arteries of the city; it is accessible for those with disabilities; it is on a bus line; it also has of parking; and the building is clean and attractive.”

Compton added that “Seven Counties also is pleased that with the purchase of our additional building on West Broadway, we further underscore our commitment to the economic vitality of the West End and Seven Counties' commitment to provide accessible healthcare to all residents in our region.”