Providence refurbishing old REI space in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood to open primary and urgent care clinic Published 3 hours ago
Providence Medical Group is opening a clinic in the building where REI Co-op was before it relocated to the Midtown Mall in Anchorage. The building sits on the corner of Spenard Road and W. Northern Lights Boulevard. Photographed on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Emily Mesner / ADN)
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Print article Providence Alaska plans to open a clinic with primary care services early next year in the empty space that once housed REI in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood, officials with the health care provider said.
Midtown building owners, property manager sentenced for violating Clean Air Act with asbestos work Published February 26
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Print article A 64-year-old Anchorage man and two companies were sentenced in federal court Friday for Clean Air Act violations involving asbestos work at a Midtown shopping center more than five years ago. The work was performed at the Northern Lights Center in Anchorage, the former home of the city’s REI store. Reports of potential asbestos exposure at the time closed the store for a day back in 2015. The federal case centers on the contention that four workers were exposed to asbestos during improperly conducted renovations involving an old boiler room. The work was halted when two of the workers raised red flags. Asbestos exposure can cause lung disease or cancer at higher levels.