The hope was to find an alternative to the premises of the former city hospital. According to the welfare area director, the goal of finding new premises has not changed.
The purchase of rental space for the Lahti Social and Health Center has been suspended. The bidding failed because bids were not submitted by the deadline in the procurement procedure.
The Lahti Social Security Center currently operates in the former Lahti City Hospital. In June, the regional government decided to launch a tender for a long-term lease agreement for the premises of the Lahti Social and Health Center. The background was the idea that the wellness area could build modern facilities for activities.
The welfare area has a lease agreement for the premises of the city hospital with LähiTapiola’s real estate fund. The purpose of the welfare area was to make use of the legally required condition of the right to terminate in the lease agreement. Welfare areas have the right to terminate, for example, lease agreements received from municipal corporations during the transition period.
A new procurement round for consideration
– There would be undeveloped lots in the central area of \u200b\u200bLahti, he says.
The welfare area director states that the need for change has not gone away, but that the operations of the Lahti health and safety center currently have expensive and inappropriate premises. The welfare district has estimated that the reduction in rent from the current level could be in the order of a million on an annual basis, even if the social welfare center is moved to brand new premises. According to Virolainen, savings could be obtained from, among other things, the increase in spatial efficiency.
– We would rather save on walls than on personnel and services, he reasons.
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