Berube Physical Therapy expands to fourth location
Justin Lee, Dulcie Berube and Mireille Bierens cut the ribbon at Berube Physical Therapy in Columbia Falls in this file photo.
Columbia Falls based Berube Physical Therapy continues to expand its operations in the Flathead Valley, recently announcing the planned opening of their fourth location.
The company will be opening a new location in downtown Kalispell this summer as one of the first new tenants of Bridgewater LLC’s Downtown Commons in the former CHS Mountain West County Store on Highway 2, next to Walgreens.
“We are looking to expand our footprint in the Flathead Valley and this opportunity came open. It’s a good location for us as far as visibility and it as a good chance for us to broaden presence here,” Justin Lee, CEO of Berube Physical Therapy said.
Bridgewater CEO James Williamson announced the purchase of the CHS building on Dec. 9. After the remodel is completed, Berube Physical Therapy will be leasing 2,200 square feet of space, joining Alpine Lighting and a third tenant, which has not yet been named.
Bridgewater will remove the fueling equipment and renew the interior and the exterior of the building and plans to have it ready by this summer.
“It’s hard to nail down an exact date for the opening. They still have a lot of work to do and I imagine there will be a lot of HAZMAT involved because of the gas tanks, but I expect we will be open by late third or fourth quarter next year,” Lee said.
Bridgewater says that changes to the exterior of the building may come as soon as January.
The new location will be Berube’s fourth in the Valley, including two in Kalispell, one in Whitefish and their headquarters in Columbia Falls.
“We have plans to continue to grow not only here in the valley, but also across Montana,” Lee said. “That being said, we always want to maintain our headquarters in Columbia Falls. We really love this town and we are here to stay.”
The deal between Bridgewater, CHS and Flathead County Economic Development Authority (FCEDA) is the result of the Kalispell Core and Rail Redevelopment project that the City of Kalispell has been leading in partnership with FCEDA and MWED for the last eight years. As part of the deal Bridgewater will be making a $10,000 donation to the development of the new Kalispell Trail that will be built after the train tracks are removed from downtown Kalispell in 2020.