It took 10 years for Anthony Quinn, D.D.S., to find the right place to relocate his Clarks Summit orthodontics office.

A growing practice and the demands of new technology convinced him to plan a relocation from rented space on Noble Road to 505-517 Northern Blvd. in South Abington Township, a property he recently purchased for $919,000.

The 3,000-square-foot building on 1 acre will more than double the practice’s existing space and put it on the main thoroughfare of the Abingtons and closer to the schools.

Dr. Quinn has a base of operations in Scranton and has rented space on Noble Road in Clarks Summit in practice with Dr. John Mariotti and Dr. Todd Angelo.

“We are a bit removed in our Noble Road location and limited in what we could do in the space,” Dr. Quinn said.

For certain procedures, patients in that area have to go to the Scranton location. The new office will have cutting edge x-ray equipment that further limits radiation exposure to patients, Dr. Quinn said. The office also will “go paperless.”

Renovations will take place over the winter and the Noble Road office will relocate in about nine months.

The site was owned by Community Medical Center, which operated it as the Chinchilla Care Center. The building was constructed in the mid-1980s.

Michael Detter, of Hinerfeld Commercial Real Estate, Scranton, listed the property. He said there has been renewed interest in Routes 6 and 11 property to the south of the Interstate 81 on-ramp as prices to the north of the on-ramp have gone well over $1 million per acre.

“That’s where people want to be, but prices are prohibitive and forcing people to look below,” he said.

Since it was listed for sale in May, the building had been looked at by several dentists, physicians and general office users. He said the location and the promise of appreciation for commercial land in the Abingtons were the property’s strongest selling points.

Contact the writer: dfalchek@timesshamrock.com
Property facts

Location: 505-517 Northern Blvd., South Abington Township.

Sale price: $919,000.

Building: 3,000 square feet.

Land: 1 acre.

Old use: Chinchilla Care Center medical office, operated by Community Medical Center.

New use: New location of dental office for Dr. Anthony Quinn and associates.

©The Times-Tribune 2007