Vanderbilt University Medical Center To Convert Tennessee Supermarket Into Surgery Center

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Nashville, Tenn.) plans to convert a former Harris Teeter supermarket into an 15 million, 50,000-square-foot ambulatory surgery center that will include seven operating rooms, 18 exam rooms, nine infusion stations, and two procedure rooms offering urology, orthopedic, and oncology services in Belle Mead, Tenn., according to the article in the Nashville Business Journal:

Residents of Belle Meade will have a new health care option in their neighborhood. Vanderbilt University Medical Center filed permits with Metro to renovate a former Harris Teeter supermarket at a price tag of more than $15 million, according to the permits. The 50,000-square-foot Belle Meade Ambulatory Surgical Center will be located at 6002 Highway 100, at the Highway 70 and Highway 100 split.

Vanderbilt has been growing its Middle Tennessee footprint in recent years and now has approximately 100 sites of care, such as urgent care centers and oncology centers, across the region. Last year, the health system bought Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon from Franklin-based Community Health Systems.

The Belle Meade surgery center will give the neighborhood’s financially well-off residents, who typically have private insurance, a convenient access point to the VUMC system. The facility will include seven operating rooms, 18 exam rooms, nine infusion stations and two procedure rooms, according to a news release, and will offer urology, orthopedic and oncology services.

“This new facility will provide convenient, state-of-the-art care for people closer to where they live, and represents another example of Vanderbilt’s commitment to expand to meet the needs associated with our growing region,” Dr. C. Wright Pinson, VUMC deputy CEO and chief health system officer, said in the release.

It was not immediately clear when renovations on the facility would begin or when the facility is expected to open. The surgery center is currently in the design-development phase with New York-based Blair + Mui Dowd Architects, according to the release. Messer Construction Co. is listed as the applicant on the permit.  The supermarket closed in 2015.

 

Source: healthcare design

Florida Based Real Estate Developer Sells Medical Office Building For $18.2 Million In Gainesville

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Onicx has sold its class A, 46,483 square foot medical office building to an investor group of Florida Cancer Specialists physicians for $18.2 M.

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The property is located at 6500 W. Newberry Rd., Gainesville, FL. Completed in 2016, the building is located on the HCA North Florida Regional Medical Center‘s campus, a full-service medical and surgical acute care center.

The building purchase transaction was led by a group of FCS physicians who are current tenants in the building. Dhvanit Patel, CEO and Arjun Choudhary, Vice President led the disposition on behalf of The Onicx Group.

When asked about the purchase, Onicx CEO Dhvanit Patel said, “This is part of a broad trend of physicians interested in owning the real estate they use. Our group is driven by the desire to serve our clients to the best of our abilities by developing patient and physician centric spaces that support our client’s goal of providing excellent care.”

In a statement from Dr. Lucio Gordan of Florida Cancer Specialists regarding the relationship with the Onicx Group, “We partner with Onicx because they have the expertise and experience necessary for execution. They shoulder the burden of development and property management which allows us to focus on our core expertise which is delivering world class cancer treatments.”

Arjun Choudhary, Vice President of Onicx explained, “The current economic conditions have led investors to double down on their bet on healthcare and Onicx can help provide opportunities for real estate investors.”

Onicx has offices in Tampa, Miami and New York and over 50 employees driving its success. They have been listed on the Inc. 5000 list three consecutive years.

 

Source: PR Newswire

Flagler Health, UF Health Sign Letter Of Intent To Collaborate On Health Campus

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St. Augustine, Fla.-based Flagler Health+ has signed a letter of intent with Gainsville-based University of Florida Health to collaborate on a comprehensive health campus in Florida.

If a final deal is reached, the healthcare campus would be built on a 40-acre parcel of land in St. Johns, Fla., which was bought last year by Flagler. The land is known as Flagler’s Durbin Park Campus.

With the letter of intent, which is nonbinding, the two organizations will explore options for the healthcare campus. The options being considered include building hospital facilities and ambulatory surgery centers, as well as establishing space for medical residency programs or other educational programs.

Flagler Health+ already plans to build its health village on the parcel, but is now looking to expand its health campus with UF Health. Flagler expects to break ground on the health village this fall.

“Collaboration is an important part of our strategy at Flagler Health+, as we look to create individualized experiences and customized service offerings for the distinctly unique communities we serve today, and those we will serve in the future,” said Flagler Health+ President & CEO Jason Barrett.

“We are looking forward to continuing discussions with Flagler Health+ to establish shared goals on behalf of residents of the region,” said David Nelson, MD, president of UF Health.

 

Source: Becker’s Hospital Review