New medical office building in the works

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SIERRA VISTA Plans in place to construct a three-story medical office building adjacent to the new hospital are underway after RegionalCare submitted a site plan for the building to the city earlierthismonth.

Submittingthe plan for review is the first step to breaking ground, and some aspects of the project are subject to change before then, but the initial plan for the 55,000 square-foot building is to provide office space for several medical service providers, said Jeff Atwood, vice president of communications for RegionalCareHospitalPartners.

There will be several large medical providers in the building offering multiple services in numerous offices in their suites. The total number of offices will be determined during the design of the interior suites,Atwoodsaid.

The company is currently in the process of finalizing agreements with tenants for more than 90 percent of available building space. These tenants would provide services including family medicine, orthopedics, pediatrics, cardiology, physical and occupational therapy, wound care, rehabilitation services and obstetrics and gynecology,hesaid.

The original master plan of the hospital campus included plans for two medical office buildings, but the site plan submitted to the citys Community Development department on May 1 was for the office building that was to be built second, but will now come first. It is located close to the new hospitalsnortheastcorner.

Tenant interest in the new MOB (medical office building) exceeded initial expectations as originally submitted to the city, Atwood said in an email. Considering the increased size of the new MOB (3-stories) the decision was made to use the second site location as it would better compliment the scale and aesthetics of the new hospital. Also, the distance between the two buildings provides better convenience for patients utilizing Physical Therapy andRehabilitationservices.

The architect of the building is the Arlington, Texas-based Ascension Group Architects,LLP.

The general contractor for the building will be selected through a competitive bid process and several construction firms will be invited to bid on the project,hesaid.

RegionalCare hopes to break ground on the medical office building by August, with the building scheduled to be completed beforeMay1.

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