Seattle and King County-based St. Vincent de Paul plans to expand its services in Renton and Kent in the near future.

Last October, the non-profit organization, which operates five thrift stores, purchased the building formerly occupied by Greenfresh Market at 575 Rainier Avenue North in Renton.

With this acquisition, it hopes to offer case-management services to its clients in and around the Renton area at this new location.

St. Vincent de Paul currently has a 15,000 square foot store in the Highlands, but plans to move to the 14,000 square foot Greenfresh building in fall of 2014.

In the interim, St. Vincent de Paul will lease the building to the Emergency Feeding Program. The program is a non-profit agency that provides food packs to specialized population groups.

The relationship between the two organizations formed when Arthur Lee, the executive director of the feeding program, contacted St. Vincent de Paul.

The Emergency Feeding Program needed to move out of its current location in south Seattle to a site that had more warehouse and office space.

“We met with him (Arthur Lee) and felt that it was a good fit and consistent with our mission, so we are renting to him and he hopes to find and acquire a building to purchase,” said Alan Dombrowski in an email.

Dombrowski is the executive director of St. Vincent de Paul Seattle, King County.

Between June 2012 and 2014, the Emergency Feeding Program has plans to occupy the Greenfresh building.

“The City of Renton has been a long-time major supporter of the feeding program,” said Lee.

The program has eight distribution points in Renton and has been in the area for more than 25 years, Lee said.

This is the first time they will move their offices to the area.

The strategic access to the major thoroughfares of King County was another attraction to Renton, Lee said.

There will be a small St. Vincent de Paul staff on site taking donations for the thrift stores and helping with the feeding program as time allows, said Dombrowski.

“We want to purchase all of our thrift store buildings for the long term benefit of the organization,” he said.

During the past few years, the organization has made a concerted effort to purchase all of their properties and buildings, said Jim McFarland, spokesperson for the organization.