Duke Realty to Develop 78,000 SF Medical Office Building in Oxford

OXFORD, MISS. — Duke Realty will soon begin developing the Baptist Oxford Medical Office Building in Oxford, about 80 miles south of Memphis and home of the University of Mississippi. The three-story, 78,000-square-foot medical office building will be located on the campus of the new replacement Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi at 1100 Belk Blvd. The 600,000-square-foot, five-story hospital has a completion date set for fall 2017. Duke Realty plans to deliver the medical office building in August 2017. About 49,000 square feet of the medical office building will house Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi services, including outpatient physical therapy, wound care, a sleep lab, education/simulation and administrative space. Baptist Medical Group physician offices will occupy approximately 8,200 square feet in the facility, and the Stern Cardiovascular Foundation will operate in roughly 6,000 square feet of space. The property will also house other medical specialty practices. The design team includes general contractor Robins & Morton, which is based in Birmingham, Ala., and architect Earl Swenson Associates, which is based in Nashville, Tenn.