Fredericton Downtown Health Centre finds new home at former iRock site

The Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre has secured a new permanent location at the former iRock night club site.

The provincial government recently acquired the property,at 339 King St., and plans to invest $4.8 million to see the clinic up and running in the new locationby December, Health Minister Victor Boudreau announced on Tuesday.

"Ensuring we have the right location to improve access to primary health care and the use of healthcare professionals is important,"Boudreau said in a statement.

"The new location will allow the interdisciplinary team of healthcare providers to provide communitybased primary care to patients in downtown Fredericton and the surrounding area."

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The clinic is currentlylocatedin the Centennial Building.

The iRock sitemade headlines last year when city council voted to spend $150,000 on a fivemonth lease for the building to ensure its zoning as a possible strip club expired.

It was the last place in the city zoned for exotic dancing and council didn't want to risk it falling into the hands of an unidentified "criminal element."