keita
May 13, 2021, 6:18pm
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Not to distract from the downtown gateway conversation (though we have a thread for that ), but TBJ put up an interesting article about UNC Health thinking of buying property for a new hospital in RTP !
In April, UNC Health submitted a certificate of need application to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services to construct a $251.9 million, 40-bed hospital with two operating rooms in Durham County.
Simon George, UNC Health’s system vice president for real estate and development, told the UNC Health board on Wednesday that his team executed a non-binding letter of intent with […] Highwoods Property […] for 34 acres in RTP proper for a price tag of $35 million.
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George said an initial decision is expected at the end of September, but the certificate of need would likely be approved and issued sometime between spring 2022 and late 2024 if all goes well. The construction and facility preparation would take five years, so the facility would not be expected to open until sometime between summer 2027 and late 2029.
EDIT: A new N&O article includes more details, including which parcel they’re looking at, as well as details on how Duke wants its own Certificate of Need to expand an existing facility nearby .
UNC’s proposed RTP hospital would be similar in size and services to Rex in Holly Springs, which will have 50 acute care beds, a 24-bed emergency department and a maternity center.
The RTP hospital would be built on 34 acres across N.C. 54 from The Frontier, in the heart of the park . UNC has agreed to buy the property, known as the Progress Center, and demolish the existing buildings. The owner, a partnership that includes Highwoods Properties of Raleigh, is allowing leases to expire or relocating tenants from the buildings, according to UNC’s certificate of need application.
This means the hospital could be right across the street from Hub RTP and the Frontier, and probably right at a BRT stop (if the Cary-RTP extension happens)!
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