Featured Event: Facilities Forum
Early Bird complimentary registration is now OPEN for the next 20 reservations received for the Healthcare Facilities Forum
Atlanta- April 5th, 2011
Wyndham Peachtree City Hotel & Conference Center. Atlanta.
Read More Medical Office REIT Acquiring MOBs in $86M, Multistate Deal
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a real estate investment trust, acquired three medical office buildings of a five-building portfolio for an acquisition price of $56.9 million.
The purchase price for the entire portfolio — which HTA is in the process of acquiring — is approximately $86.1 million.
Read More Virginia Hospital Receives Coveted LEED Gold Designation
HARRISONBURG, Va.— Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg is the first inpatient healthcare facility in the state of Virginia, and the second of its size in the nation to receive LEED Gold Certification, according to reports.
Dennis Coffman, director of facility planning and development at RMH, called the certification a culmination of years of dedicated work to make sure the new 630,000-square-foot hospital would meet LEED guidelines.
“We are extremely pleased to be named the first ‘green’ hospita
Read More Mount Vernon Project Begins
MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. — A $30 million renovation project will soon be under way to bring the 119-year old Mount Vernon Hospital up to the 21st century, and assure its long-term future and stability.
Restoration of the 358,000-square-foot facility, which has expanded in stages since 1891, will include substantial reconstruction. The hospital, which is one of the most significant structures in the city and a major fixture downtown, has been struggling financially for more than 25 years.
Read More Firms Donate Services for Health Center
SANTA ANA, Calif. — The design team of McCarthy and Taylor are working in partnership with St Joseph Health Systems and Latino Health Access to donate services for a new half-acre community center and park in one of the poorest area in California.
The future 2,500-square-foot Latino Health Access Community Center will cost around $4 million to build and operate and will include both recreational and educational space for free or low-cost health and educational programming provided by LHA and collaborating partners.
Read More Groundbreaking Held for $1.27 Billion Hospital
Petaluma Provider Plans Expansion
PETALUMA, Calif. — Anticipating a dramatic influx of new patients in the next six years, the Petaluma Health Center, a federally-qualified community health center, plans to add 21 medical exam rooms to the 53,000-square foot building that the center acquired this year and hopes to occupy by next spring.
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Read More Work Continues on Children’s Hospital
BALTIMORE — When work is finally completed on the Charlotte R. Bloomberg Children’s Center at John Hopkins Children’s Hospital in Baltimore, the result will be a blend of technological advances and a family-friendly environment aimed at putting ailing children — and their parents — at ease.
The 12-story children’s tower is part of the $994 million, 1.6 million-square foot adult critical care and cardiovascular tower expansion scheduled to open 2012.
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