The nonprofit focused on Lowell because the city has one of the highest rates of opioid-related emergency room visits in the state.
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Westborough-based Spectrum Health Systems is expanding into Lowell with the opening of a new substance use and mental health disorder treatment center.
The new center will open in June and features a 16-bed inpatient detoxification program, a 44-bed clinical stabilization services program for short-term residential treatment, and outpatient services, which include addiction treatment and counseling. The center is located at 10 Technology Drive, according to a Friday announcement.
The Lowell center is co-located with a program operated by Cambridge-headquartered health and human services nonprofit Vinfen, which offers an alternative to emergency rooms and incarceration for individuals experiencing behavioral health crises. The arrangement will allow for more seamless transitions into Spectrum’s treatment services, according to Spectrum.
Kurt Isaacson, president & CEO of Spectrum Health Systems. PHOTO | MATT WRIGHT
Spectrum purchased the 52,000-square-foot building in Lowell for $9.4 million, with plans to invest an additional $4 million to renovate the site. Spectrum President and CEO Kurt Isaacson told WBJ in February the nonprofit focused on Lowell because the city has one of the highest rates of opioid-related emergency room visits in the state.
When open, the new center will join existing Spectrum residential locations in Westborough and Weymouth.
Spectrum is the sixth-largest human services nonprofit in Central Massachusetts, with $123.6 million in revenue in 2024, according to information provided to the WBJ Research Department. The organization was founded in 1969.
Eric Casey is the managing editor at Worcester Business Journal, who primarily covers the real estate and banking & finance industries.