Med Center Health purchased Dr. James Curtis’ building at 291 New Towne Drive in Bowling Green and plans to move its Medical Center Urgentcare operation to that location in January.

Doris Thomas, vice president for marketing and development for Med Center Health, confirmed the sale and plans of the parent company, Commonwealth Health Corp. The land transfer shows the property, which was built in 2013, is valued at $975,000.

Thomas said Monday that CHC has a lease at 1110 Wilkinson Trace to operate Medical Center Urgentcare there until the end of January. “We will move the entire practice” in late January, Thomas said, declining to offer other details.

The path for Urgentcare’s future began earlier this year.

In mid-September, Dr. Gary Howerton purchased two Hartland Plaza properties for $7,313,000 at an auction in Bowling Green.

Howerton bought properties at 1110 Wilkinson Trace and 1225 Fairview St. It marked the end of a long legal process between Howerton and CHC. Warren Circuit Judge Steve Wilson ordered the sale.

The outpatient medical facilities, which also housed Graves-Gilbert Walk-in Care, and offices were sold to dissolve a partnership.

The property at 1110 Wilkinson Trace is 17,400 gross square feet. Its tenants are Bluegrass Outpatient, Medical Center Urgentcare and Just for Women Physical Therapy and Wellness.

Now, the Medical Center Urgentcare will move to 291 New Towne Drive, according to Thomas.

New Towne Drive is off Lovers Lane, where other medical-related facilities are already located, including LifeSkills and Western Kentucky Orthopaedic and Neurosurgical Associates, which earlier this year merged with Graves-Gilbert Clinic.

In other business news this week, Kentucky Automotive Industry Association Executive Director Dave Tatman alerted businesses about U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations for more stringent, light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards and corporate average fuel economy standards for model years 2022-25.

Tatman said Monday during a telephone interview that the federal government is trying to “fast track” the comment period for the CAFE standards.

The normal public comment period would last until April. However, Tatman said that period could be shortened to Dec. 31.

The proposed standards, if finalized, would require that for the 2022-25 model years, automakers must produce car and truck fleets that average more than 50 miles per gallon.

“The move is not yet final, but it appears that the EPA is fast-tracking these regulations to ensure implementation before the new president takes office,” Tatman wrote in an email.

Tatman said Monday that the association would prefer the comment process to be normal. “The change in (presidential) administration and the public should have a voice in this,” he said.

Tatman said the nearly 90,000 automotive industry jobs in Kentucky could be impacted by CAFE standards designed to fit fuel hybrid and high-gas-mileage, smaller cars when the public wants to purchase sports-utility vehicles and trucks.

“We at KAIA join the opposition to this overreach by the EPA, because we understand that these standards could slow the promising growth in our industry as well as hinder consumer choice. This move by the EPA should be especially alarming in Kentucky, the third-largest producer of cars and light trucks in America.” Tatman said.

Tatman said the 50 miles per gallon average for vehicles is a very challenging standard for manufacturers.

“Current consumer preferences for larger cars and vehicles combined with low gas prices make the EPA goal especially onerous,” he said.

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