Construction Begins for Saint Barnabas
LIVINGSTON, N.J. — Construction is under way for a west-wing expansion at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.
2015
Christ Hospital Reveals Major Medical Center Plans
CINCINNATI — Officials at The Christ Hospital Health Network, based in Cincinnati, revealed plans on July 7 to build a comprehensive medical center in Butler County, Ohio.
Ochsner Health, Select Medical to Open New Rehab Hospital
JEFFERSON, La. — Ochsner Health System (Ochsner), based in Jefferson, and Select Medical Corporation of Mechanicsburg, Pa., will jointly open a new, 60-bed, acute inpatient rehabilitation hospital in 2016.
Officials at both health networks did not say where the hospital — to be called the Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital — will be located or how much it will cost, but construction is expected to begin in early 2016.
Capital Campaign Boosted By $10 Million Anonymous Gift
ASPEN, Colo. — A $10 million gift from an anonymous donor helped push the Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation’s capital campaign beyond its halfway mark. This donation will assist in benefiting the hospital’s current multimillion-dollar master facilities plan.
The Aspen Valley Hospital Foundation is a nonprofit that oversees all charitable donations given to the hospital for its expansion and renovation as well as for other routine capital projects and future improvements and programs.
Gregg Graines
Gregg Graines joined MB Real Estate (MBRE) Healthcare Group’s Chicago corporate office as general counsel. As general counsel, Graines supervises all legal affairs related to the acquisition, management, leasing and development of the group’s health care assets. Prior to joining MBRE Healthcare Group, Graines spent 12 years with DLA Piper, where he most recently served as partner.
Industrial Trash Compactor
SP Industries introduced the CP-4002 Heavy Duty Stationary Compactor. With a dual-cylinder design and dozens of customizable features, these industrial trash compactors are ideal for handling packaging materials, wooden skids, crates and process scraps. Standard features include a multi-cycle timer, automatic safety retract, freestanding power unit and keyed pinning/boost override system with side-mounted controls. All SP compactors feature structural steel supports (versus formed steel), breaker bar rigidity, thrust beam design, ram guide system and hydraulics.
Orange Regional Begins Construction on Campus Buildings
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. — Orange Regional Medical Center has begun construction on a new 153,000 square foot, five-story medical office building and a 26,000 square foot, single-story cancer center at the hospital’s main campus.
Spectrum Health Breaks Ground on Rehab Center
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Spectrum Health held a ceremonial groundbreaking event on June 23, at its Rehab and Nursing Center in Grand Rapids. The facility, which was originally built in 1964, is being expanded and renovated to better serve patients.
CVMC REIT II Acquires Webster Rehabilitation Hospital
WEBSTER, Texas — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Inc. (CVMC REIT II) announced on June 5 that it acquired the Post Acute Webster Rehabilitation Hospital property (the “Webster Rehabilitation Hospital”) from Medistar Corporation, a medical real estate developer based in Houston.
Designers Complete Work for Hatcher Station Health Center
DALLAS — BOKA Powell a Dallas-based architecture and interiors firm, has completed design work on the $11.2 million Hatcher Station Health Center, developed by Dallas-based Frazier Revitalization Inc. and operated by Parkland Health and Hospital System, also based in Dallas.
The 44,300-square-foot clinic near Dallas’ Fair Park is located on a seven-acre site adjacent to DART’s Hatcher Station.