New Rehabilitation Hospital Tops Out in Phoenix

By HCO Staff

PHOENIX—Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP), a national construction management firm and general contractor, recently topped out the superstructure of Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Phoenix, officially reaching the construction midpoint.

The three-story, 51,000-square-foot hospital is located at 1675 E. Villa St. in Phoenix and will include 48 private patient rooms, two therapy gyms with leading-edge technology and outdoor therapy areas, and other unique amenities. Once complete, the inpatient rehabilitation hospital will care for people with debilitating illnesses and injuries such as stroke and brain injury, as well as other complex medical, neurological, and orthopedic debilitating conditions.

“Phoenix leads the nation in population growth, and AP is proud to serve as general contractor on vital facilities like Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Phoenix that serve area residents,” said Bob Lemke, vice president of operations for AP. “Our close collaboration with the developer, architect, operator, and local subcontractors has helped construction go quickly and safely. We’re excited to see this important hospital take shape.”

American Development and Investment (ADI) is the developer, Callaway Architecture serves as the designer, and 2GR Equity is an anchor investor of Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Phoenix. Texas-based Nobis Rehabilitation Partners will manage the hospital operations with specialty-trained physical medicine and rehabilitation physicians and nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and hospital support teams.

AP began construction in October 2020, and the hospital will open in late Q3 2021. Reunion Rehabilitation Hospital Phoenix is one hospital in a series of inpatient rehabilitation hospitals being developed by Reunion IRF, a partnership between America Development & Investments, Brandon Holdings, and Nobis Hospital Investments LLC. In addition to Reunion Phoenix hospital, ADI also selected AP to serve as general contractor for its 49,000-square-foot hospital in Englewood, Colorado.

AP has maintained as an office in Phoenix for 30 years and has a provided construction management services to clients in the health care sector including five micro-hospitals for United Surgical Partners Inc.

AP is a family-owned company founded in 1946; it offers preconstruction and construction services to the commercial, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, multifamily, municipal, recreation and senior living market segments.