Healthcare

SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio office of Skanska USA Building has completed construction for Methodist Stone Oak Hospital, a new medical facility located on Sonterra Boulevard in San Antonio’s Northwest submarket. The hospital, which was designed by HOK Architects, includes 132 beds and is master-planned for as many as 350 beds. The design of the hospital includes an outpatient service mall entrance that provides easy access to various portals of care, including women’s services, admissions, treatment and testing, cardiology and outpatient surgery. The design also provides for easier overall navigation, specially designed waiting rooms and patient rooms that allow nurses to view patient rooms from their stations. Last fall, Skanska completed construction of a five-story, 120,000-square-foot office building at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital. The first floor of the building houses 25 to 30 administrative offices, two conference rooms, a chapel and a dining area. The remaining four floors are currently shell space and will be eventually finished for doctors’ offices.

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ARCADIA, CALIF. — McCarthy Building Cos. has broken ground on a five-story, 154,486-square-foot patient tower at the Methodist Hospital of Southern California in Arcadia. The $140 million development features a first-floor emergency room, a 20-bed intensive care unit and 40 surgical beds. The added space will increase the hospital’s emergency room beds by 65 percent and will grow the ICU by one third. The total cost of the development is estimated at $218 million, which will be funded through HUD bonds. Delivery is slated for 2011.

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DECATUR, ILL. — Chicago-based private healthcare real estate firm Lillibridge has acquired a 13-building, 255,000-square-foot medical office portfolio in Decatur. The company purchased the $31 million portfolio from Decatur Memorial Hospital, which fully occupies five of the buildings. Ten of the office buildings are located on the Decatur Memorial Hospital Campus, while the remaining three facilities are located off-campus in Decatur. Overall, the portfolio is 95 percent occupied. Lillibridge will own and manage the properties, and offer ownership options to the buildings’ physician tenants. A remodeling program will be implemented for some of the buildings over the next year.

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PLANO, TEXAS — Richardson, Texas-based Rockwall Hospitals has acquired Integra Hospital Plano, a 73-bed rehabilitation facility located in Plano. The facility opened in April 2007. It offers both inpatient and outpatient suites, and provides services in neurology, physical therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy. It also includes 12 skilled nursing beds. The hospital will retain its name. The former owner of Integra Hospital Plano, locally based Integra Hospital Management LLC, filed for bankruptcy in late 2008. The acquisition price was not disclosed.

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HARLINGEN, TEXAS — The Harlingen City Commission has approved a new service center for UnitedHealth Group in Harlingen. The facility will be located at 222 S. 77 Sunshine Strip in a 55,000-square-foot building formerly occupied by Albertsons. The building will be purchased by the Harlingen Economic Development Corp. and leased to UnitedHealth Group, which will spend more than $6 million renovating and fitting up the building. The new service center will be operated by Ovations, UnitedHealth’s senior health and well-being company. It will include customer service and sales representative positions, as well as a variety of management, information technology and training personnel. Completion is scheduled for August.

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FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS — The Healthcare Division of McShane Development Co. has acquired a 5-acre land parcel located on Grand Parkway, between Morton Road and Long Meadow Farms Parkway, in Fort Bend County. The company plans to develop the parcel into OakBend Doctors Center – Grand Parkway, a two-story, 60,000-square-foot medical office building it is developing on behalf of OakBend Medical Center, the largest healthcare facility in Fort Bend County. McShane acquired the site from Equicap Grand Parkway LP, which was represented by Josh Jacobs and Sara Schoonaert of Houston-based Page Realty Partners. Additionally, McShane is developing another on-campus medical office facility at OakBend Medical Center’s second hospital campus in Richmond, Texas.

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CHINO HILLS, CALIF. — San Clemente, Calif.-based Zion Enterprises is developing Country Club Medical Plaza, a Class A medical office building located in Chino Hills. Located at 15994 Los Serranos Country Club Dr., the two-story, 30,000-square-foot facility will be divisible to 1,000-square-foot condo units for sale or lease. The property is slated for completed in third quarter. John Bosko, Bob Bush and Robert Brandt of NAI Capital’s Newport Beach, Calif., office are marketing the property.

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SAN DIEGO — Bilbro Construction Company Inc. has begun construction on a new Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory for UCSD Medical Center, which is located at 200 W. Arbor Dr. in the Hillcrest area of San Diego. The project, which is under OSHPD jurisdiction, involves renovations and new infrastructure to support the university’s Siemens AXIOM ARTIS single-plane cardiac imaging system. Additionally, construction is being performed under level IV infection control requirements. The project includes demolition of existing structures and new improvement, including structural upgrades to support the Siemens imaging equipment, radiation protection consisting of lead-lined walls, floors and ceilings and new casework. The fire protection, HVAC, electrical and fire alarm systems are also being upgraded to meet current codes.

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