MIAMI — Miami-based Gutierrez Group has broken ground on the 126,000-square-foot Highland Park Center, located at 1001 Sunnybrook Rd. in Miami. The 11-story, Class A medical office building is being constructed to silver LEED standards. Delivery is expected by next winter.
TROY, MICH. — Skanska USA Building Inc., in a joint venture with Barton Malow, has been named construction manager and design/builder for the William Beaumont Hospital project located in Troy. The 558,000-square-foot, multi-phased project broke ground in June 2007, with completion slated for October 2010. Harley Ellis Devereaux is providing design services for the hospital. Skanska’s share of the project is 51 percent of the $213 million total cost of construction. The project includes a 223,000-square-foot emergency center and critical care tower. Additionally, the hospital will include a three-story ambulatory care center, a vertical expansion of the West Tower, a loading dock and powerhouse expansion, a 5,400-square-foot MRI addition, and a connector bridge linking the existing main campus to the new ambulatory center on the hospital’s east campus.
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Alpha X has purchased a 4,057-square-foot medical office condo, located at 516 Innovation Dr. in the Oakbrooke Professional Center in Chesapeake, from Oakbrooke Professional Center LLC for $638,977. GYN Specialists will open at the location. Maureen Rooks of Thalhimer’s Virginia Beach, Va., office represented both parties.
DECATUR, ILL. — Chicago-based Lillibridge, as developer, has begun construction of a 55,400-square-foot cancer care center located at 210 W. McKinley Ave., adjacent to Decatur Memorial Hospital, in Decatur. Services that will be provided at the single-story Cancer Care Center of Decatur include cancer research, radiation oncology, medical oncology and medical imaging. Cancer Care Specialists of Central, Ill., and Decatur Memorial Hospital have fully leased the building, which is scheduled for completion in September 2009. Bakers’ Dozen LLC is the ownership entity for the project. Otto Baum Co. is serving as the general contractor; Architectural Expressions LLC is acting as architect/designer for the building and suites. The estimated cost of completion was not disclosed.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. — John Ewart of Grubb & Ellis’ Ontario, Calif., office represented the Small Business Administration in the disposition of an 11,000-square-foot medical office building in Rancho Cucamonga. Dr. Jacob Haiavy, a local plastic surgeon, acquired the property, which is located at 8680 Monroe Ct., for $3.1 million. Elli Cohen of MoneyMasters Inc. represented the buyer in the transaction.
VISTA, CALIF. — Viper LLC has purchased Vista Medical Plaza, a 45,717-square-foot medical office property located at 2067 W. Vista Way in Vista. V.M.P. LLC sold the property for $16.6 million. Viper, which plans to hold the property as a long-term investment, assumed a $6.3 million loan from Capmark Financial Inc. At the time of acquisition, the property was 100 percent occupied. Larry Strickland and Rusty Williams of Lee & Associates’ San Diego North office represented both parties in the transaction.
ASPEN, COLO. — The Weitz Company has completed the Aspen Birth Center at Aspen Valley Hospital in Aspen. The birth center includes an approximately 5,000-square-foot expansion, which features four private labor/delivery/recovery rooms, four private post-partum rooms, one room of all aspects of the birthing experience and a nurses’ station. The renovation of the existing obstetrical unit includes a nursery, an ante-partum room for assessment and observation, an education room, a family waiting area and a sleep room for obstetricians and nurse midwives. Heery-HLM Design provided architectural services for the project, which is the first phase of the hospital’s four-phase master plan.
DALLAS — A joint venture between Irvine, Calif.-based Passco Companies Development and Seneca Development has acquired a site located at 12230 Coit Rd. in Dallas in a $1.3 million transaction. The joint venture plans to raze the vacant building currently on the property to make way for a new, Class A, medical office building. Construction will consist of a two-story, 31,964-square-foot building and a small parking structure. The new building will be situated in close proximity to Medical City, a large regional hospital located in north Dallas. The joint venture was represented by DM Realty Inc. in the land transaction. The seller, Tri-Con Coit, was represented by Dallas-based The John Bowles Company.
SWANSEA, ILL. — St. Louis-based Holland Construction Services has completed a 10,000-square-foot addition to the Memorial & St. Elizabeth’s Cancer Treatment Center, which is located at 4000 Illinois St. in Swansea. The $2 million project also included 5,500 square feet of renovations to the original structure, as well as additional parking. The new extension will house Illinois Oncology Ltd. The Cancer Treatment Center is the only facility accredited by the American College of Radiology to provide radiation therapy in the state of Illinois. Glen Carbon, Ill.-based Hurford Architects provided architectural services for the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Groundbreaking has occurred for the modernization of Harlem Hospital, located in Harlem, New York City. Designed by HOK NY in association with Studio/JTA, renovations will include 180,000 square feet of new construction and renovations to 120,000 square feet of existing space. All major clinical elements will be improved, a new patient pavilion will be built and key nursing clinical units in the Martin Luther King Pavilion will be renovated. Additionally, WPA murals from existing buildings that are set to be demolished will be preserved and restored; the images will be integrated within a sustainable, high-performance curtain wall on the building’s 80-foot tall façade.