CHICAGO — Reed Construction will complete the renovation of a new simulation lab for Rush University Medical Center in Chicago this August. The property is located at 1717 W. Congress Parkway. The project for Rush University Medical Center will feature the renovation of the existing space to create a new, cutting-edge simulation lab. Simulation labs are learning environments designed to bridge theory and practice in a safe, interactive educational setting. The 8,200 square foot build-out will include the addition of multiple labs, control rooms, debriefing rooms and the associated infrastructure. Scott Pickands, Reed Construction’s executive vice president and project executive, will lead the construction team. Proteus Group is providing architectural services for the project. Rush is a nonprofit healthcare, education and research enterprise comprised of Rush University Medical Center, Rush University, Rush Oak Park Hospital and Rush Health. Rush University Medical Center encompasses a 664-bed hospital serving adults and children.
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BURLINGTON, MASS. — Suffolk Construction has been selected to perform preconstruction and construction management service for the first phase of the Stilts Infill Master Plan for Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington. Situated on the academic medical center’s campus, the $60 million project will consist of a 190,000-square-foot addition featuring a new emergency department, shell space and mechanical areas to infill the existing Stilts structure and tie together Lahey’s clinical facility. Construction is slated to begin this fall with completion slated for 2017. Suffolk has partnered with architect firm Freeman White on the project, which has been designed to achieve LEED Silver certification.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Brasfield & Gorrie has completed the $120 million Resolute Health hospital in New Braunfels. The hospital spans 364,000 square feet in four stories, including 22 emergency exam rooms, trauma rooms, operating rooms, intensive care units and neonatal care rooms. Construction started in June 2012. The hospital sits on a 56-acre well campus that also will include community centers, green spaces, retail shops, restaurants, a fitness center and day spa.
DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA. — Skanska USA has signed a $47 million contract to renovate and expand the Broward Health North Campus in Deerfield Beach. The project will include a 34,444-square-foot emergency department with trauma bays, operating rooms, more than 50 new examination rooms and a new 22,604-square-foot energy plant. Skanska will begin construction on the project in August, and the entire project is slated for a summer 2016 completion.
HOUSTON — CNL Healthcare Properties has purchased the Houston Orthopedic & Spine Hospital campus for $76 million. The Class A health campus includes a 126,946-square-foot specialty hospital; a 99,768-square-foot medical office building; and two parking structures. This purchase is CNL’s largest single-property investment in its portfolio. The hospital campus was completed in 2007 and is located at the intersection of Interstates 69 and 610. The hospital includes 64 private beds, 10 operating suites and various imaging services. Lincoln Harris CSG will provide on-site leasing and management services.
PLANO, TEXAS — Silverstone Healthcare Co. has begun construction on HarborChase of Plano, a new 120-unit, Class A, assisted living and memory care community located on Preston Road at Highway 121. Harbor Retirement Associates will operate HarborChase of Plano. Silverstone’s financial partners in HarborChase of Plano include L&B Realty Advisors and the Dow Chemical Pension Fund. HarborChase of Plano will feature a living room, library, salon, spa and wellness center. HarborChase will also offer dining venues that include a dining room, private dining, outdoor dining, an exhibition kitchen and a bistro/coffee bar. Texas Capital Bank will provide HarborChase of Plano’s construction financing. Rogers O’Brien will serve as the contractor, while BOKA Powell and Interior Design Associates will serve as architect and interior designer, respectively.
DALLAS — Mohr Capital has acquired the Coit Medical Center in Dallas, located at 12230 Coit Road. The 32,611-square-foot medical office building was constructed in 2009 and is 34 percent leased. Scott Henry, Gary Horn and Austin Ames represented Mohr Capital internally, while Evan Kovac with Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented the seller, Passco Seneca Coit LLC. Frost Bank provided project financing.
NEW LENOX, ILL. — HSA PrimeCare will develop a business center at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, an eastern suburb of Joliet. The on-campus business center will be located at the intersection of Silver Cross Drive and Cedar Crossings Drive. The two-level, 30,000-square-foot facility will offer hospital staff and employees a comfortable working environment within a short walk to each of the other facilities on the medical campus. HSA PrimeCare plans to break ground in July 2014. Itasca, Ill.-based Premier Design + Build will serve as the project’s general contractor, and Partners in Design Architects with offices in Riverwoods, Ill., and Kenosha, Wis., is responsible for the design services. Projected occupancy for the building is January 2015.
OKLAHOMA CITY —The LaSalle Group has broken ground on a 30,000-square-foot, $9.5 million memory care facility in southwest Oklahoma City. Autumn Leaves of Southwest Oklahoma City will accommodate nearly 50 residents with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. LaSalle recently opened Autumn Leaves of Edmond and currently has 36 communities open or under construction across the country. Autumn Leaves of Southwest Oklahoma City is a partnership between The LaSalle Group, Silverado Interests and Prosperity Bank. The community is expected to open during the first quarter of 2015.
NEWTON, MASS. — Beth Israel Deaconess (BID) Healthcare-Chestnut Hill, a new major outpatient medical center, is slated to open in July, following the opening of BID’s Advanced Urgent Care Center. Both services occupy the fourth floor of 200 Boylston St. in Newton’s 240,000-square-foot Chestnut Hill Square development, which is owned by New England Development,. The 30,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will offer primary care and 20 medical and surgical specialties with physicians and staff from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Specialties offered at the BID Healthcare-Chestnut Hill will include OB/GYN and women’s health, sports medicine with orthopedics, physical and occupational therapy, imaging with CT scanning, on-site labs, a spine center, acupuncture, and yoga. In addition, the center will offer surgical specialties including oncology, a breast clinic, colorectal and podiatry.