The Hawks Prairie community north of Interstate 5 is getting closer to having its first medical center, a nearly $8 million project on Marvin Road that is expected to open in phases, beginning with the first phase in late May.
The almost 30,000-square-foot, two-story structure is known as the Providence Medical Group office building at Britton Plaza, which will make it the 21st medical facility in Thurston, Lewis, Mason and Grays Harbor counties that operate under the banner of Providence Medical Group, Southwest Washington. Providence has signed a long-term lease for the building.
Dr. Rik Emaus, chief executive of Providence Medical Group, Southwest Washington, said a medical facility will serve the area’s growth, including places such as Jubilee, the large residential community for those 55 and older.
The medical center, which is at 2555 Marvin Road, likely will be more convenient to residents in the area, saving those patients a trip to Providence St. Peter Hospital or one of its nearby clinics, he said.
Opening in the first phase will be Hawks Prairie Internal Medicine, which will eventually move from its Martin Way site to the new building, as well as Hawks Prairie Family Medicine, an endocrinology and advanced disease management department, a lab and radiology services, Emaus said. Another primary care team of doctors will open a department in the building during its second phase, although a date for that has not been set, he said.
About 60 to 75 people ultimately will work in the building, Emaus said.
Meanwhile, Dr. Mike Lynam and Dr. Peter Taylor, two longtime South Sound physicians who recently joined Providence Medical Group, will initially head up Hawks Prairie Family Medicine.
The two said Thursday that the larger facility will allow them to expand their practice, tap into a modern record-keeping system and service an area that currently isn’t served by primary care.
“Some of our patients have expressed excitement that we are going to be closer to them,” Taylor said. Lynam added that the new facility also should better accommodate their elderly and handicapped patients.
The new building also anchors a Britton Plaza development that has been a long time in coming for developers and co-owners Bob Pearson and Michael Cholerton of Puyallup.
Cholerton also is president of the construction side of the business.
Rolf Boone: 360-754-5403 rboone@theolympian.com www.theolympian.com/bizblog
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