SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Sixteenth Street Medical Center LP will develop a three-story, 50,000-square-foot outpatient surgery facility located at 1223 16th Street in Santa Monica. The development team, led by Randall Miller of The Nautilus Group, will build the facility for UCLA, which signed a long-term lease in February to occupy the entire building. The Michael W. Folonis Architects-designed property will be situated across the street from the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopedic Hospital and is expected to obtain LEED Gold certification upon completion.
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WHITTIER, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9 million acquisition of Doctor's Medical Center, a 40,659-square-foot medical office building located at 8135 South Painter Ave. in Whittier. Featuring newly opened surgery and imaging facilities, Doctor's Medical Center is situated one mile from Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, a 453-bed, acute-care campus. Marcus & Millichap’s Evan Kovac and Nic Lyon represented the buyer, a private investor, in the transaction.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Turner Construction Co. has broken ground for the construction of Research Building III for Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus. The 225,000-square-foot facility will serve as an anchor for the west campus expansion of Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The facility will house the Battelle Center for Mathematical Medicine, the Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and the Center for Perinatal Research. Completion is slated for 2012. The project is being designed and constructed to meet LEED certification requirements.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Construction has topped out for a 258,000-square-foot urgent care center in Manchester. The project, which can be expanded to 376,500 square feet, is being constructed for Elliot Hospital. It is part of The Elliot at River's Edge, an approximately 500,000-square-foot mixed-use project that is being developed as a public-private partnership led by locally based Anagnost Cos. At full build out, The Elliot at River's Edge will contain the urgent care center, a 126,000-square-foot medical office building, a 24-unit apartment building, an 11,300-square-foot retail building, two parking garages and a riverfront park.
TINLEY PARK AND ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Krusinski Construction Company is constructing an expansion for Pronger Smith MedicalCare in Tinley Park. The 37,800-square-foot addition will include MRI, CT, physical therapy and treatment rooms, pediatric exam rooms, sleep lab and an OB suite. Project partners include Irgens Health Care Facilities Group and Brubaker Architects. Additionally, the company recently completed the build-out of a 12,000-square-foot laboratory space for Intertek. The space will be used to test textile materials, food and juvenile products. Additionally, Krusinski constructed a test kitchen at the site. Inverness, Ill.-based Kwasek Architects provided architectural services for the project.
MERCED, CALIF. — McCarthy Building Cos. has completed construction of the new $166 million Mercy Medical Center replacement hospital in Merced. A Catholic Healthcare West affiliate, the medical center consolidates two existing campuses into one facility consisting of an eight-level, 185-bed, 266,000-square-foot general acute tower and a 19,000-square-foot central plant. The Mercy Medical Center includes the following departments: Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Surgery Center, Operation Recovery, Labor and Delivery, Neonatal ICU, Newborn Nursery, Emergency Room and Ambulatory Care. RBB Architects was the project designer, and Harris & Associates was the owner’s construction manager.
EDINA, MINN. — Allina Hospitals & Clinics has selected RJM Construction for an expansion and remodel at Abbott Northwestern’s Center for Outpatient Care in Edina. The project includes a 4,700-square-foot expansion for Abbott Northwestern General Medicine Associates (ANGMA) and a 1,400-square-foot remodel of Abbott Northwestern Imaging Center. The project will include the construction of 16 exam rooms at ANGMA, an expansion of the ANGMA waiting room, the addition of two physician workrooms, and the relocation and remodel of the existing first-floor imaging center. Perkins+Will and Dunham are providing architectural and engineering services for the project, respectively. The project is scheduled for completion in August.
VISTA, CALIF. — Rady Children’s Hospital has purchased a two-story, 28,600-square-foot medical office building located within Ocean Terrace Professional Center at 3605 Vista Way in Vista. The acquisition price was not disclosed. CB Richard Ellis’ Lars Eisenhauer, Lannie Allee and Roger Carlson represented the seller, McMahon Development Group, in the transaction, and Steve Rosetta of Cushman & Wakefield represented the San Diego-based buyer.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — Construction of the 41-bed Continuum Rehabilitation Hospital will officially begin April 24 at 3100 Peters Colony in Flower Mound. The property will include 41 private rooms, a spa, a gym, cold and hot immersion baths, and a restaurant. The development was created under the city's revised Economic Development Incentive policy and is expected to create 110 jobs.
BEACHWOOD, OHIO — Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II has acquired Parkway Medical Center, a two-building medical office portfolio in Beachwood. Located at 3609 and 3619 Park East Dr., the 88,000-square-foot complex sold for an undisclosed price. The portfolio consists of a 51,000-square-foot building, which was constructed in 1972, and a 37,000-square-foot building, which was built in 1987. Currently the facility is 87 percent occupied to 35 tenants, including University Hospitals of Cleveland, Rapid Medical Research, The MetroHealth System and ID Consultants. Bob Nosal of Grubb & Ellis represented the seller, Parkway Medical Center LLC, in the transaction.