Heights Hospital closes because owners are behind on rent, notice says
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) Doctors and patients at the Heights Hospital were left stuck in the parking lot after being told they were not allowed in the building Monday afternoon.
A note posted on the door said that the locks for the spaces rented by 1917 Ashland Ventures LLC, the owners on record of the hospital, have been changed and they will only be given keys when $461,302.24 in rent and fees are paid.
Staff members said they were given no warning or opportunity to alert their patients or collect their personal items from inside.
Doctors Treat Patients in Parking Lot After Texas Hospital Allegedly Fails to Pay Rent
On 1/19/21 at 9:35 AM EST
Doctors at a Houston hospital have resorted to treating patients in a parking lot after being locked out of the building due to rent and fees allegedly unpaid by the hospital.
On Monday, staff at The Heights Hospital were unable to enter the building, where a note posted on the door advised the locks had been changed and the keys would only be given when $461,302.24 in rent and fees are paid, according to Houston s ABC13. Please be advised that the door locks to the leased premises have been changed and [the] tenant shall be excluded therefrom due to non-payment of rent, the note read, Houston s KHOU reported.