CareSource buys downtown parking space

CareSource has acquired two downtown parking lots near the site of the company’s planned new seven-story office building at the corner of First and Jefferson streets, the company confirmed Thursday.

On Wednesday, CareSource finalized the purchase of the lot at 131-133 E. Second St. for $195,000, according to a spokeswoman for the downtown Dayton-based Medicaid managed care provider and commercial health insurer. The company has also agreed to lease the lot at the corner of Second Street and N. St. Clair Street downtown, she said.