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.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA. — Ellwood Properties has purchased 4.3 acres of land from Idlewood Properties for $525,000. The land, located in the Waterford Corporate Center at 13506 Tredegar Lake Parkway in Chesterfield County, will be used for a medical office development. H. Merrill Plaisted and Jason Guillot of Thalhimer’s Richmond, Va., office brokered the transaction.
DALLAS — Dallas-based The Cirrus Group has secured $16.78 million in construction financing for Reliant Rehabilitation Hospital, a planned 65,000-square-foot medical facility that will be located at the intersection of North Central Expressway and Northaven Road in Dallas. The rehab center will include 40 beds devoted to inpatient rehabilitation and 20 beds devoted to skilled nursing. The facility will be operated by Reliant Healthcare. The project architect is Perkins + Will and the general contractor is Hill & Wilkinson. Construction is expected to take 11 months once groundbreaking occurs. Chris Godfrey of The Cirrus Group originated the financing on behalf of an affiliate of The Cirrus Group. The lender was the Dallas office of Colonial Bank. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Cranbury, N.J.-based Sweetwater Construction Corp. has completed a expansion and renovation project at Saint Peter’s Adult Day Center, located at 200 Overlook Pass in Monroe Township. The center was expanded from 5,000 to 8,200 square feet. Additional construction consisted of a new parlor with a fireplace, an activity room, a theater, food service facilities, two dining areas, a treatment room, a quiet room, offices, an employee lounge, a hair salon, a game room, and bathrooms. The project architect was Philadelphia-based Lighthouse Architecture. The project is part of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System; its purpose is to provide nursing and medical care in a home-like setting for people that are physically or cognitively challenged.
SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has completed the sale of Stoneterra Medical Plaza, a 57,211-square-foot medical property located at 150 E. Stoneterra Blvd. in San Antonio, for $13.7 million. The three-story building was constructed in 2006. It is fully occupied, with San Antonio Orthopaedic Group as the primary tenant. The medical center is situated near North Central Baptist Hospital, Baptist Regional Children’s Center, Methodist Ambulatory Surgery Center, Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, North Central Urgent Care and Spine Hospital of South Texas. Alex Zylberglait with Marcus & Millichap’s National Office & Industrial Properties Group and Ryan Shaw with the firm’s Miami office represented the seller, a locally based medical group, and the buyer, a New York-based group. Marcus & Millichap’s Dallas office provided local representation.