In December, Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee (PPMET) closed its Downtown West office, and temporarily shared office space with a local abortion doctor. After the doctor's lease on his office was non-renewed by the hospital group who owned the building, ProCET learned that PPMET would be moving to a location on Cherry Street. After much research, it was learned that PPMET had purchased a 4,000 sq ft medical building located at 710 N Cherry Street through a company established to disguise their true identity from the public.
According to the building's previous owner, neither he nor his broker were made aware of PPMET's true identity. The seller has advised ProCET that the transaction was brokered by NAI Knoxville. This past August, NAI was one of more than 50 commercial realtors in Knoxville who were notified about how PPMET might try to deceive an agent or seller.
ProCET is coordinating a response with leaders of the African-American community. A press conference has been scheduled for Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 11:00am at True Vine Baptist Church at the corner of Cherry and Washington. Stay tuned to find out how you can get involved.
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