The Vancouver Clinic to build $12M medical office in B.G.
This artist’s rendering depicts the $12 million medical office building the Vancouver Clinic plans to construct in Battle Ground this year.
Friday, January 8, 2010
The Vancouver Clinic will build a new $12 million medical office building in Battle Ground in response to current and expected population growth in the area.
This is the fourth new capital project for the growing doctor-owned health care business in the past five years.
The clinic plans a 48,000-square-foot facility adjacent to its existing offices at 2005 W. Main St. in Battle Ground that will quadruple the space there. Construction is expected to begin soon with completion by fall.
THE VANCOUVER CLINIC’S BATTLE GROUND MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING
• What: a 48,000-square-foot, two-story medical office building.
• Site: 12 acres.
• Cost: $12 million.
• Health care providers: New space will have room for up to 15.
• Timeline: Construction will start soon, with completion expected by fall.
“Once the new building is finished, we will move out of the old structure, tear it down and build a parking lot, much like we did at the clinic’s 87th Street location in Vancouver,” said Tom VanSweringen, clinic executive director.
Battle Ground, he said, continues to offer “good growth potential” with the opening of the Interstate 5-Battle Ground interchange and plans to make (state Highway) 502 a four-lane road, east all the way into the central Clark County city.
“We expect the better access to accelerate population growth in Battle Ground,” VanSweringen said.
The clinic serves approximately 30,000 patients in Battle Ground and projects a 14 percent increase in patient load this year.
The clinic’s new offices will house current family practice, physical therapy and urgent care departments. In addition, the clinic expects to add internal medicine, ob-gyn and pediatrics services, as well as expand imaging and lab facilities.
The new building will use architectural designs similar to other new clinic structures in Salmon Creek, Vancouver and Columbia Tech Center in east Vancouver. Features include a central open galleria with office modules on either side of the core area.
The Battle Ground project is the latest for the clinic, which has grown by 58 health care providers to 211 in the past five years, a 38 percent increase in response to Clark County’s growing and aging population. Battle Ground’s population was estimated at 17,150 in mid-2009, up from 9,296 in 2000.
U.S. Bank is providing the financing for the latest project, VanSweringen said.
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