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Local News - May 2002 |
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LMC heads east Hospital will manage medical park By ANDIE LEATHERMAN, LTN Staff Writer May 3, 2002 - Lincoln Medical Center is heading east. The hospital plans to manage a medical office park that is being built by private investors. “We want to be the first to have healthcare in the eastern end,” said Eddie Faulkner, LMC board member and project chairman. The hospital formally announced the project Thursday morning. Developers Doug Core and Kenneth Tucker were on hand for the announcement. Core said a group of investors are considering the project and he and Tucker may be among them. The first phase of construction on the Lincoln Medical Center Doctor’s Park would include up to 40,000-square-feet of office space. Initial commitments include internal medicine, physical therapy, optometry, chiropractic and radiology. The radiology service will include a free standing mammogram center. The internist will take Medicare, according to Teresa Watson, LMC vice-president. The park will be located on close to seven acres along N.C. 16 less than a mile north of the intersection of N.C. 73 and 16. LMC officials project construction will be complete by summer of 2003. While LMC would not own the building and is not funding the project, it would help doctors design their offices and would act as a liaison between developers and the healthcare community, according to Watson. LMC has long wanted to be a presence in eastern Lincoln County. The medical center owns a 1.5 acre tract at Waterside Crossing, a development located at the intersection of N.C. 16 and 73. Three years ago, LMC announced planned to build a 20,000-square-foot facility there. Now that property may be sold. Hospital officials say the current construction plans are better for LMC. “This is our best option. We won’t own it,” Faulkner said. Watson also said the location is better because it is on the main highway. The Waterside location was one street back. “People will be able to see it,” she said. Faulkner is confident the community can support the park. “We’ve been questioned for many years by people in east Lincoln who want to know when something is going to be done,” he said.
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