AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Ryan Cos. US has plans to develop Oakland Crossing Medical Center, a 100,000-square-foot medical office building located on Great Lakes Crossing Drive in Auburn Hills. The Class A medical office facility is being developed on an approximately 18-acre site situated adjacent to the 1.4 million-square-foot Great Lakes Crossing Shopping Mall. The four-story building will feature floor plates measuring approximately 25,000 square feet. Construction is expected to begin in the spring, with completion slated for summer 2010. Mason Capitani and Gary Grochowski of Troy, Mich.-based L. Mason Capitani will coordinate leasing for the property. The estimated cost of completion for the project was not disclosed.
JACKSON, N.J. — Chicago-based Lillibridge is partnering with Meridian Health for the development of Meridian Health Village, a 150,000-square-foot outpatient medical facility located in Jackson. Situated at the corner of Cooks Bridge and Bennett’s Mill roads, the three-story facility will contain an internal medicine/family practice area, a women and children’s health area, and a section for medical and surgical specialists. Facilities will include a surgery center, an imaging center, an urgent care center, a rehabilitation area, a phlebotomy laboratory and a patient education area. Groundbreaking is scheduled to occur in spring 2009, with completion expected in summer 2010.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Brasfield & Gorrie is putting the finishing touches on Florida Hospital Orlando’s 675,000-square-foot Ginsburg Tower. The $270 million tower was originally slated for delivery on November 25 but will start receiving patients Sunday. The property houses the Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute, 440 patient beds and an emergency department. Orlando-based HuntonBrady Architects provided design work.
SAN FRANCISCO — KMD Architects, serving as the design/build firm, is currently constructing Mount Zion Medical Office Building, a 48,000-square-foot medical facility located at 1535 Divisidero St. in San Francisco. Designed to achieve LEED Silver certification, the property features a green roof, ample exterior glass to provide interior daylighting to offices and clinical space, interior finishes utilizing recycled contents and low VOC-emitting materials, recycled-content carpet tiles, rapidly-renewable resources, sheet vinyl with recycled content, zero-PVC window shades and air conditioning systems that utilize 100 percent outside air. When complete in early 2010, the property will house the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and the General Internal Medicine Clinic. The project was made possible by generous land and financial donations from Mr. and Mrs. Bernard and Barbro Osher. The development team includes KMD, SKS Investments and Plant Construction.
ROSWELL, N.M. — Arlington, Texas-based Ascension Group Architects recently began the expansion and renovation of Eastern New Mexico Medical Center in Roswell. The $8.5 million endeavor includes a 14,500-square-foot expansion of the emergency room department, which will feature three new treatment rooms and 16 exam rooms, and 3,700 square feet of additional minor renovations. Completion is slated for September or October 2009.
AVON, IND. — Hendricks Regional Health and the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis are partnering to build central Indiana’s first fully-integrated YMCA and hospital collaboration in Avon. The approximately $18 million project is planned for a 28.8-acre site located along Highway 36. Measuring 100,000 square feet, the Hendricks Regional Health YMCA will offer health and wellness services designed around the needs of the surrounding community. YMCA amenities will include an indoor aquatics center, a wellness center, a dance/aerobics studio, a sports gym, a teen center, a child watch area, an indoor climbing wall, outdoor sports fields, walking trails and an outdoor education center. Hendricks Regional Health will provide physical and occupational therapies, cardiac rehabilitation, complete lab and x-ray services, new medical practices, sports medicine, and other hospital outreach programs. The community will raise $13.5 million to fund the project. Based on funding, the project could begin as early as this summer, with a projected opening in late 2010.
EL PASO, TEXAS —Walton Construction Co. has been selected to construct the Consolidated Family Care/Troop Medical Clinic, located at Fort Bliss in El Paso. The more than $42 million project will consist of a two-story, approximately 144,000-square-foot medical clinic. Services provided will include family medical care, preventative medicine, aviation medicine, optometry, physical therapy and mental health. The facility will also include a pharmacy and administrative offices. Construction is slated to begin in February 2009, with completion expected in May 2010. Walton Construction’s Dallas and Kansas City, Mo., divisions are partnering for the construction of the project, which is the firm’s fist healthcare development in the state. Hoefer Wysocki Architects is providing design services.
VIERA, FLA. — Chicago-based Lillibridge will break ground in February on a 76,000-square-foot medical office building in the 50-acre Viera Health Park in Viera. Completion of the project, which is being built for the non-profit group Health First, is slated for early 2010. The three-story building will feature a comprehensive imagining and diagnostic center. Viera Health Park is home to the 100-bed Viera Hospital and the 70,000-square-foot Pro-Health Fitness Center.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center (LAC+USC) has completed the development of its new 1.5 million-square-foot facility. The more than $600 million medical center includes a seven-story clinic tower, an eight-story inpatient tower, a five-story diagnostic and treatment center and a central energy plant. The 334,000-square-foot clinic tower houses outpatient services, including radiation oncology, pediatrics, dental and orthopedics. The 681,000-square-foot, 600-bed inpatient tower encompasses intensive and acute care units, obstetrics and pediatrics. Additionally, the inpatient tower houses general administration offices, women’s services and a pharmacy. The 430,000-square-foot diagnostic and treatment building offers diagnostic imaging, radiology, surgery and core lab services. The 60,000-square-foot central plant building houses HVAC equipment, fire/life-safety systems, cooling towers, emergency generators, MEP systems and communication systems. McCarthy-Clark-Hunt served as general contractor for the project, which was designed by Los Angeles-based HOK Architects and Santa Monica, Calif.-based LBL Architects.
SHAWNEE MISSION, KAN. — The Kansas City office of Walton Construction Co. has been selected to complete tenant improvements for the new US Oncology Center located next to the Shawnee Mission Medical Center in Shawnee Mission. This will be the eighth US Oncology project that Walton has been awarded since 2000. The 22,000-square-foot cancer care facility will be located within the Santa Fe Medical Office Building, which is currently being constructed. Members of the project team include the owner, US Oncology, and architect, Gastinger Walker Harden. The $2 million project is scheduled to begin this month, with completion expected by March.