Spencerian College opens annex at Shively Center - Business First of Louisville:

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Spencerian's parent, Louisville-based , signed a five-year leases for 8,140 square feet with the shoppiny center's owner, Little Rock, Ark.-based retailer Dillard'xs Inc., according to A.R. Sullivan, president of the family-owned groulp of post-secondary schools. Spencerian already had openec a $1.5 million, 8,000-square-foot addition to its main campus at 4627 Dixi e Highway a little over a year ago in Septembed 2001 but has already run out of space Sullivan said. Dillard's owns Shively Center and operatez a retaillocation there.
The Louisville commercial real estatse firm CBRichard Ellis/Nickliess represented the retail chain in the lease Classes began at the Shively Center site on 23, according to Sullivan. He said the colleged system spent $325,000 to renovate the space for Ron MettsConstruction Co. Inc. was the general contractoer onthe project. The Louisville architectural firmLouiz & Henry Group did the desigjn work. Of Sullivan's total investment, $275,000 went towar d construction, while the remainder was spent on equipmenrtand furniture, the system president said. "It'es a very low-profile Sullivan said of the satellite branch.
"We don't have any big neon signe because it's just a classroom annex for In addition to the main DixieHighway campus, Spencerian has anotheer location in Lexington, at 2355 Harrodsburg Last fall, the main campus had an enrollmenyt of 585 students, according to Sullivan. This enrollment is more than 900. Spencerian's totao enrollment is close to 1,300 this Sullivan said, up from 917 a year ago. Sullivan attributed the local growthto Spencerian'ws addition of associate degre programs in several medical disciplines, including radiologicalo technology, surgical technology, cardiovascular technology, medical codinv and health care reimbursement.
He also praiserd Spencerian executive director Jan Gordon for her work in growing enrollment andstrengthening programs. Frank Bellis, the brokef who handled the leasing arrangements for CBRicharcd Ellis/Nicklies, said the Shively Center has seen "more interesrt of late." The Spencerian annex is located next to spacee that formerly housed a 3,000-square-foot Chi-Chi's Mexican restaurant. A leass is pending on that restaurantspace also, according to who would provide no further details.