Bell Bank’s lease for the Alorica building in Downtown Owensboro has been terminated. It was announced in January that Bell Bank was coming to downtown, to the Alorica building. But a lawsuit stalled plans. It was filed last Friday by OWB Downtown, LLC, but late Tuesday it was dismissed. The lawsuit claimed Alorica, which announced they were moving out in June 2015, hasn’t fully moved out and stalled the plans for Bell Bank. In a response written to media partner 14News before the dismissal, Alorica officials said they are still an active tenant of the building mentioned and current on all rent payments. Alorica says they had to make changes for evolving business needs. OWB Downtown officials say although the suit was voluntarily dismissed, they city could still seek damages in the future. They went on to say the real damages were the loss of Bell Bank and the fact the space will sit vacant.
