WAUCHULA, FLA. — Fort Myers, Fla.-based Stevens Construction recently finished a renovation of the 5,350-square-foot Florida Hospital Heartland Division Emergency Room, located at 533 W. Carlton St. in Wauchula. The three-phase project, designed by Burt Hill/Pollock Kreig Architects, included a pharmacy remodel, an emergency room reconfiguration and the addition of a nurse’s station. Terry Tjelmeland, Mike Bussiere and Jackie Barnett made up the construction team.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Groundbreaking has occurred for the $35 million expansion and renovation of Central Texas Medical Center in San Marcos. Designed by Arlington, Texas-based Ascension Group Architects, the project will include more than 64,000 square feet of construction, including a childbirth center, a Level II neonatal critical care unit and a 22-bed obstetrics unit. The project will also include the expansion of the hospital’s surgical suite, as well as a new nursing unit. Completion is scheduled for 2010.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Eckman/Suffolk, a joint venture between Bedford, N.H.-based Eckman Construction Co. and Boston-based Suffolk Construction Co., has been selected to construct Elliot at River’s Edge, an $87 million ambulatory care center located on the former Jac Pac site off Queen City Avenue in Manchester. Construction will consist of a four-story, 236,000-square-foot facility and an 800-space parking garage. The project will include facilities for urgent care, diagnostic imaging, breast health, endoscopy, pain management, physical rehabilitation, pulmonary rehabilitation, laboratory services and durable medical equipment, as well as the Elliot 1-day Surgery Center. Demolition and site preparation are expected to begin in October, with vertical construction scheduled to commence in January 2009. The hospital is slated to open in 2010. It is being developed by Elliot Health System and The Anagnost Companies. The Elliot at River’s Edge is part of a 17-acre project that will also include a medical office, retail and residential components.
BRECKSVILLE, OHIO — The former Pilgrim Inn of Brecksville has been acquired by Brecksville Healthcare Holdings LLC. Pending voter approval of a planned development overlay agreement in November, the property will be converted into an 80-bed skilled nursing facility. The 2.8-acre hotel parcel was acquired for $1.15 million. David Kaplan of NAI Cummins represented the buyer; Farley Helms of Colliers Turley Martin Tucker represented the seller in the transaction. If the plans are approved, the new facility could open as early as fall 2009.
SUFFOLK, VA. — Tri-City Development Co. recently sold the 123,050-sqaure-foot Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View, located on Harbour View Boulevard in Suffolk, to Montecito Medical Investment Co. for $33 million. The buyer was represented by Scott Henley and Alex Evans of Coldwell Banker Commercial Benchmark’s Jacksonville, Fla., office. Tri-City Development was represented in-house.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based Swanke Hayden Connell Architects has been selected by the Department of Design and Construction for the City of New York to provide design services for the rehabilitation of three New York City health centers. The facilities include Astoria District Health Center, located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens; Bedford District Health Center, located in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn; and Fort Green Health Clinic, also located in Brooklyn. Construction will consist of the rehabilitation of the exterior building envelopes, and ADA accessibility upgrades. Construction is underway, with completion scheduled for October.
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Poskanzer Scott Architects has completed the architectural and interior design work for an 8,000-square-foot oncology center for Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood. The new center is located on the first floor of the Russell and Angelica Berrie Center for Humanistic Care. It includes a reception area, waiting room, doctor’s offices, a work area, nurse stations and laboratory facilities. The oncology center is the first phase of two new facilities Poskanzer Scott is designing for the hospital.
WESTMINSTER, MD. — Construction has started on Trammel Crow’s 75,000-square-foot, three-story medical office building in the Carroll Hospital Center, a 216-bed hospital on Stoner Avenue in Westminster, and should be complete by next fall. The new space will house suites ranging from 2,000 to 25,000 square feet and will feature an onsite pharmacy and a covered, two-level parking garage.
ST. LOUIS — The final phase of DePaul Health Center’s Emergency Department renovation and expansion has been completed. The 11,750-square-foot facility, which is located at 12303 DePaul Dr. in St. Louis, was expanded by 5,500 square feet. Fenton, Mo.-based Kaiser Electric has completed electrical design and installation for the $7.2 million project. The project included new ambulance and entrance canopies, four new trauma rooms, 12 new treatment rooms, the remodeling of 15 existing treatment rooms, four new triage rooms, three new nursing stations, a new waiting and reception/check-in area, expanded quiet rooms for families, and a new security office. Additionally, a Chest Pain Center and a walkway from the Emergency Department to the parking garage were completed. The renovations/additions allow DePaul’s Emergency Department to handle 70,000 patients per year, which is twice its original capacity. St. Louis-based Alberici Constructors acted as general contractor for the project.
HUGO, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson Realty is developing a 22,000-square-foot medical clinic located on the northwest corner of County Road 14 and Everton Avenue in Hugo. Scheduled to be completed in late fall, HealthEast Hugo Clinic will be located within the Victor Gardens Medical Office Building, which is part of Kraus-Anderson Construction Co.’s Frenchman Place development. The facility will be anchored by HealthEast’s 8,000-square-foot clinic, which has future options to expand to 10,500 square feet. The clinic includes two family doctors, as well as access to hospital services at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, Minn.
