BremnerDuke Healthcare Announces Groundbreaking for its First Development in Texas for Baylor Health Care System
Released: 1/10/2008
141,000-Square Foot Medical Office Building to be Built on the Campus of Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano
(Dallas, Texas – January 10, 2008) BremnerDuke Healthcare Real Estate (BremnerDuke), a division of Duke Realty Corporation, announces that it will break ground on a new 141,000-square foot speculative seven-story medical office building at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano in Plano, Texas.
A groundbreaking for the building will be held on January 11, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. just west of the existing Medical Pavilion I, located at 4708 Alliance Boulevard, Plano, Texas. Representatives from BremnerDuke, Baylor, and local officials will be attending the event. News media also are invited to attend.
As part of this development, BremnerDuke will oversee the design and construction of the facility, which includes a skywalk to Baylor’s existing Medical Pavilion I. In addition, an 850+ space parking facility and skywalk will be built. The new medical office building will consist of seven stories, with 20,100-square foot floor plates. Additional details will be provided during the groundbreaking ceremony.
“BremnerDuke is excited to have been chosen as the developer by Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano to meet their needs in this growing northern Dallas submarket. We feel that our industry knowledge and understanding of the unique requirements for healthcare providers will enable us to deliver a world-class facility that will benefit the patients and caregivers who look to Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano to fill their needs,” said Ed Bittner, Senior Vice President of BremnerDuke’s southern region. “We’re also honored to be a part of this campus because of the growth of new healthcare services that are being provided under the leadership and direction of its president, Jerri Garison. It’s truly a unique and an architecturally pleasing campus that will be complemented with this new addition.”
“We are looking forward to working with BremnerDuke as we add new medical office space to our campus and enhance our ability to serve our community,” stated Jerri Garison, president, Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.
In September, 2007, BremnerDuke established its healthcare business in Duke Realty Corporation’s Dallas Office. Duke, a commercial real estate developer, has been active in the Dallas market for nearly 10 years.
Once completed, the new medical office building will be owned by Duke Realty Limited Partnership. The building’s architecture was designed by PageSoutherlandPage of Dallas, Texas.
About Baylor Regional Medical Center: Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano is a 128-bed acute care hospital committed to serving North Texas residents with personalized care and advanced technology on a beautiful campus with designer touches, hotel-like amenities and all private rooms. We offer specialized clinical services, including treatment for advanced spine deformities at the Baylor Scoliosis Center, neurosciences, orthopaedics, medical and radiation oncology, surgical weight loss, women’s services, gynecology, urology, gastroenterology, pulmonary, sleep disorders, pain management, diabetes management and more. Baylor Plano offers patients access to digital imaging, and is the first hospital in north Dallas and Collin County to offer minimally invasive surgery through the FDA approved da Vinci® S Surgical System, a robotic platform designed to enable complex procedures through 1-2 cm incisions. The hospital has won several quality awards including the Texas health Care Quality Improvement Award of Excellence and was awarded the Nurse-Friendly™ designation of Texas Nurses Association in 2007.
As part of Baylor Health Care System, Baylor Plano offers patients access to innovative treatments and clinical trials performed through Baylor Research Institute in such areas as oncology and cardiovascular services. For fiscal year 2007, Baylor Health Care System will report $390 million* in community benefit, which includes providing care for charity patients and patients enrolled in government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the unreimbursed costs of medical education, research and community programs. For more information, visit www.baylorhealth.com.
For a physician referral, call toll free 1-800-4-BAYLOR or log onto www.BaylorHealth.com. *Represents preliminary information that will be reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
About BremnerDuke Healthcare and Duke Realty Corporation: BremnerDuke Healthcare Real Estate supports hospitals and physician groups with planning, development, construction, and management services. A division of Duke Realty Corporation, BremnerDuke has been building healthcare for more than 20 years with facilities ranging from a small medical office building to a large medical office building with diagnostics; an oncology center or surgery center; or a complete in-patient hospital. Find out more by visiting www.bremnerduke.com
In the greater Dallas area, Duke Realty Corporation employs more than 60 associates, and owns, manages, or has under development more than 15 million square feet of office and industrial properties. Duke now also controls 200 acres of land for future development in Dallas.
Duke Realty Corporation specializes in the ownership, construction, development, leasing, and management of office, industrial, medical office, and retail real estate. It is the largest publicly traded, vertically integrated office/industrial real estate company in the United States. The company owns, manages, or has under development more than 113 million rentable square feet in 22 major U.S. cities. Duke, which controls 7,500 acres of land for 112 million square feet of future development, also provides nationwide real estate solutions through its national development division. More information about Duke is available on the Internet: www.dukerealty.com.
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