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Saint Mary’s Health Care and Advantage Health SW Outpatient Campus

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• After more than a year of planning, Saint Mary’s Health Care and a group of specialty and primary care physicians have announced plans to build an outpatient campus in the fast-growing area of southwest Grand Rapids.
• The central feature of the campus would be a 91,000-square-feet, two-story building that will be located on the northeast corner of Byron Center Avenue and 64th Street, directly adjacent to M-6 on about 22 acres of land.
• Based on patient input, the team is proposing to offer physician offices, urgent care services, diagnostic imaging, outpatient surgery, clinical labs, physical rehabilitation, a pharmacy and healthy lifestyle programs at the site. The grounds will feature fitness trails and landscaped gardens.
• There will be no inpatient beds on the campus.
• There will be at least three large meeting rooms that y be used at times for community needs.
• There will be café on site but will not be called a restaurant. This will serve patients, families and employees.
• There will be a walking trail around the facility that would be open to the public to use.
• About 20 percent of Saint Mary’s patients reside in southwest Grand Rapids; the network is responding to demand for more accessible health care.
• If approved, Saint Mary’s plans to break ground in June 2005 and complete construction by December 2006.
• Said Saint Mary’s President and CEO Philip H. McCorkle, Jr.: “Our patients tell us they want much more convenient access to comprehensive, quality care with services closer to their homes and in a comfortable environment. Together with our physician partners, we have designed an innovative health care facility that will cater to the patient. Much like The Lacks Cancer Center at Saint Mary’s, which opens in December, this patient-centered facility will bring a variety of services together under one roof. We look forward to working with Byron Township officials and residents to build the kind of health care campus that will best meet the needs of this area.”
• Said Advantage Health President and CEO David Blair, M.D.: “More than 90 percent of our patients’ needs do not require a hospital stay. This collaborative approach with specialists and Saint Mary’s to bring the appropriate services closer to patients’ homes will significantly improve the health care experience.”
• The Byron Township planning consultant recommended approval of the project, stating it is “consistent with the master plan, is less intense than a conventional, commercial use and establishes a positive use in the area.”
• Like The Lacks Cancer Center, the building and site will be designed to meet the requirements for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification.