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and customized build-out to CAP’s specs.
trying to look for a new lease,” he said.
“We don’t pay a penny, they do it all,”
After fifteen years on Fifth Avenue be Kaplan said of property owner Unico’s of
tween S.W. Alder and Morrison, CAP— fer, estimated between $500,000-700,000.
the oldest and largest community-based With “fabulous” assistance from GBD
provider of HIV serviced and advocacy in
Architects, Apex Real Estate Partners and
Oregon and Southwest Washington—had interior designer Henry Brown, the eighth
long outgrown its offices. Kaplan de floor digs will boast 12,000 square feet to
scribed the situation as “dysfunctional.” accommodate program offices and human
Five floors separate administration from
resources, finance and development.
services, and the Men’s Wellness Center,
The new, 3,000 square-foot Men’s Well
located on S.W. Stark, isn’t even con
ness Center will occupy the building’s first
nected to the offices.
floor, what Kaplan explained is a marked
So as CAP neared the end of its lease
improvement. “One of the shortcomings
this summer, the organization thought of our current Men’s Wellness Center is
about a year extension—and then thought ' we only have one clinic testing room,” he
again. The result was an offer Kaplan said
said. “So we often have people queuing to
was too good to refuse. “Basically, we got get tested for HIV and STDs. The new
a deal where it was to our advantage to site will give us three testing rooms.”
move,” he explained of plans to shift head
Kaplan says drawings for the all-in
quarters to downtown’s Lincoln Building.
clusive facility are already signed-off for
The new address, a full city-square and to contractors and final finish selec
block between Fourth and Fifth Avenue
tion almost complete. He’s optimistic “it’s
on S.W. Oak and Pine Street, is an im all gonna happen” by the projected July 1
mediate cost-cutting measure. CAP pays
move-in date. And though operating costs
about $17 per square foot for office space, will be “slightly more” in the long run due
$22/sf for the Men’s Wellness Center at to the increased square footage, Kaplan
its current location. The new facility will
believes CAP’s soon-to-be-centralized
run $ 17.50/sf across the board, under the
home is worth it.
terms of a seven-year lease. On top of the
“For the first time in years, we will now
flat rate, Kaplan noted a $75,000 moving no longer have a divide between our ad
allowance, four months’ free rent, and “a ministration and our program,” he said of
couple of other perks."
the bright, U-shaped plan with floor-to-
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