ST. LOUIS — Raineri Construction has completed a $2 million renovation project for Downtown Urgent Care, a 2,600-square-foot medical clinic located at 916 Olive St. in St. Louis. The clinic is located on the ground-floor of the four-story, approximately 30,000-square-foot Truman Office Building. The project consisted of the construction of a 2,100-square-foot mezzanine level in the building that will be used by Downtown Urgent Care for future expansion. The project was completed for Dr. Sonny Saggar, who purchased the office building in 2008.
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has provided a $756 million loan to Capital Health for the construction of a new hospital. The 223-bed facility will replace the existing Mercer Medical Center and will also house two new medical-surgical units. The hospital is slated for completion in 2011. The loan is the largest transaction in FHA’s 75-year history.
FAIRFAX, VA. — Long Island, N.Y.-based Gyrodyne Co. of America has acquired the 58,000-square-foot Fairfax Medical Center from an undisclosed seller for $12.89 million. Located at 10721 Main St. in Fairfax, the property is currently 84 percent leased. The Fairfax Medical Center encompasses two four-story buildings spread across 3.5 acres. Virginia Commerce Bank provided $8 million in mortgage financing.
MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis-based NAI Welsh has negotiated the sale of a former meatpacking plant, located at 2815 Blaisdell Ave. in Minneapolis, for $3.6 million. The 3-acre site contains a 96,000-square-foot main building and a standalone 10,000-square-foot building, both of which will be razed to make way for a new clinic that is being constructed by the property’s buyer, Hennepin County Medical Center. NAI Welsh’s Brian Doyle and Eric Batiza represented the seller, M&O Uptown Investments. The buyer was represented by Mike Fleetham of NorthMarq.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based architecture firm Loebl Schlossman & Hackl has been selected to provide planning and design services for the expansion of the outpatient cancer treatment center for Rush University Medical Center, located on the West Side of Chicago. The 39,200-square-foot treatment center will be located on the 10th floor of the school’s professional office building. The project seeks to centralize the school’s existing Coleman Foundation Comprehensive Care clinic and will also reserve space for the integration of other outpatient clinics in the future. The construction timetable was not released.
SAN ANTONIO — Construction firm Skanska USA Building has been selected to build Tri-Service Research Laboratory, a $61.1 million military medical training facility located at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. The project will include the construction of approximately 54,000 square feet of laboratory space. Groundbreaking is expected to occur in August, with completion scheduled for March 2011.
SUN CITY WEST, ARIZ. — A new $86 million patient tower has opened at Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center in Sun City West. The 180,000-square-foot, six-story tower offers patient rooms, operating rooms and ICU areas. The tower’s two-story glass-enclosed lobby and second floor ICU waiting room overlook a fountain and healing garden. DPR Construction served as general contractor for the project; RTKL provided architectural services for the project.
TYLER, TEXAS — The city of Tyler has secured $8.6 million in federal stimulus funds for the construction of a 160-bed extended care facility for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The facility will provide ongoing care and basic medical services for military veterans. The project will be located on Texas Highway 155, just west of Texas Highway 271, at a 20-acre site that was donated by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler for the construction of a new VA nursing homes. The construction timeline was not released. In addition, the city of Houston received the other portion of an approximately $17 million block of stimulus funds allocated for the construction of VA nursing homes in east Texas.
SAN DIEGO — Construction is currently underway for San Diego Mesa College Allied Health Building, which is located at 7250 Mesa College Dr. in the Clairemont area of San Diego. Situated off the campus’ main entrance, the $20 million, three-story 50,000-square-foot building is being designed by San Diego-based Architects|Delawie Rodrigues Barker. The facility will house a computer lab, classrooms, a clinical dental lab, a physical therapy lab and a medical lab, as well as faculty and staff offices. McCarthy Building Companies Inc. is serving as general contractor for the project.
BELLE GLADE, FLA. — Tilt-Con Corp. of Orlando, Fla., has started work on the 168,646-square-foot Lakeside Medical Center for the Health Care District of Palm Beach County. The 50-acre site is located at the intersection of U.S. 441 and State Road 80 in Belle Glade. Tampa, Fla.-based Skanska USA Building is overseeing construction of the property, which was designed by Hollywood, Fla.-based Gresham, Smith and Partners. The new property will replace Glades General Hospital. Delivery is slated for later this year.