Cambridge Finances New Nursing Home Projects

OTTAWA, Ill. — Cambridge Realty Capital announced has closed on a $15.3 million, 40-year term loan to finance the construction of the Ottawa Pavilion, a 129-bed skilled care nursing home in Ottawa, Ill.

The Illinois-based Cambridge is a limited liability company that underwrites FHA-insured HUD loans for its property owners. The fully-amortized loan was processed using HUD’s Section 232 funding program. The loan’s interest rate was not made public.

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Patient Tower at Panama City Hospital Completed

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Design and consulting firm Gresham, Smith and Partners announced the completion of the Patient Tower and Central Energy Plant for Bay Medical Center in Panama City, Fla.  The five-story, 200,000-square-foot tower, which Gresham designed, contains 144 private beds and replaces the medical intensive care and surgical intensive care units.   
 
To make future expansion of the tower possible, Gresham included shelled areas on two floors to allow for expansion of the emergency department and surgery area.

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$355M Contract Awarded for MLK Medical Center

LOS ANGELES — MLK Partners, a joint venture managed by Jacobs Engineering Group, Jenkins/Gales & Martinez, and Jensen+Partners, was awarded a lucrative renovation contract from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works to provide construction management services for the revitalization of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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Bridge Loan Bolsters Funding for New Orleans Hospital

NEW ORLEANS — Construction on the new $69 million St. Bernard Parish Hospital and Medical Center will begin after the St. Bernard Parish Council helped acquire a $41 million bridge loan in case federal funding was delayed. 
 
The St. Bernard Parish Hospital Service District signed a $33.1 million contract with Citadel Builders, based in Metairie, to begin construction on the long-awaited public hospital in Chalmette. The original St.

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Reed Selected for Chicago Medical Center Project

CHICAGO — Reed Construction’s Healthcare Group has been selected to complete a renovation within the radiology department at the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital.  The general contractor with offices in the Windy City was selected to renovate an area within the hospital’s radiology department.

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