Construction to begin on new Davie County medical facility

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WINSTON-SALEM Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is about to begin construction on the first phase of its medical center in Davie County.

Consisting of an outpatient center and medical office building, the first phase is estimated to cost $79 million. Approximately 200 jobs will be created by phase one, excluding construction jobs.

The complex will be named Wake Forest Baptist HealthWest Campus. Site preparation has begun at the 88-acre tract on Highway 801 at Interstate 40 near the Yadkin River.

The medical office building will be larger than originally planned. It will be a four-story, 60,000-square-foot building containing physician offices. Originally, the building was projected to be 35,000 square feet.

The outpatient center will be 101,000 square feet. The three-level building will contain an emergency department, outpatient surgery and diagnostic imaging.

The increased size of the medical office building will enable us to meet more of the needs of residents of the Davie County, western Forsyth County and southern Yadkin County region, said John McConnell, M.D., chief executive officer of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The larger size also is a reflection of the interest by a broad range of physicians in having full-time offices in a convenient location for patients.

In describing the architecture of the buildings, McConnell said the design is contemporary and progressive while being open and airy with a friendly feel.

The streams on the site meander between the footprint of the medical office building and outpatient center, making it a natural garden feature for the entire development, said Charles Auerbach, vice president of HKS Inc., the architect for the medical center.

HKS is working with Stimmel Associates of Winston-Salem, a landscape architectural and civil engineering firm, and Leach Wallace, a consulting engineering firm in Charlotte.

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