Astoria, already short on options to address addiction, has lost longtime drug and alcohol treatment centers Astoria Pointe and The Rosebriar.

Local service providers and current and former employees with Sunspire Health, the company behind the treatment centers, confirmed Astoria Pointe in Uniontown has closed. The Rosebriar, a women-only sister facility located above downtown, is also closed.

There was no response to a request for comment from Sunspire Health representatives at the company’s corporate office. Levi Starbird, Astoria Pointe’s director of operations, said he could not provide any details.

Alan Evans, director of Helping Hands, a nonprofit based in Seaside that operates re-entry programs and shelters in several counties and plans to open a facility in Astoria, told Astoria’s homelessness task force at a meeting Monday he knows of ongoing negotiations for another treatment center to take over the building.

“We’ll see what happens,” he said.

It isn’t clear why Astoria Pointe closed, but Evans and Amy Baker, executive director of Clatsop Behavioral Healthcare, said it was a financial issue.

“It’s a money thing,” Evans said. “Treatment is expensive, especially in that field that they’re in. It’s a big facility, it’s old, there’s problems.”

Sunspire Health maintains facilities across the country, including in California, Texas and Florida. The company’s website doesn’t outline the cost of seeking treatment at Astoria Pointe, but notes it accepted many major private health insurance providers.

Sunspire Health advertised Astoria Pointe as a restorative and calming location. “Being here is like a breath of fresh air, and it feels like a new chapter in life is starting,” the website stated.

Astoria Pointe provided 40 beds, but most of these were occupied by people from out of town seeking treatment.

“For us one of the challenges with Astoria Pointe was people came from all over the country to get treatment there,” Baker said. “If they relapsed or were kicked out of treatment, then often they would end up with us.”

Helping Hands also saw former Astoria Pointe clients come through the door.

“So whatever happens with that facility, I hope there is some level of commitment to serve local folks,” Baker said.

“Because it was hard to get a local bed,” Evans added.

“It was impossible,” Baker said.