WELLINGTON - Wellington Regional Medical Center broke ground Thursday, Sept. 4 on a four-story, 50,000-square-foot Medical Arts Pavilion. The building will be used for medical offices.
"We have met the needs of the community as it has continued to grow," said Wellington Regional CEO Kevin DiLallo.
The building is expected to be finished in the third quarter of next year. Rendina Companies will build and manage the property. This is the fourth Medical Arts Pavilion that has been built by Rendina on the hospital's property. The other three are at capacity. The new building will be located across from the Medical Arts Pavilion III.
"We are very excited to continue our relationship with the hospital and staff positions," said Todd Varney, executive vice president of Rendina Companies.
The new building will differ from the other three in that instead of leasing the space doctors will actually buy the space. This is the first time Rendina is offering what its calls medical office condominiums.
"The doctors wanted this to happen so we are giving it to them," said Michael Rendina, the company's executive vice president of operations.
The hospital still has another 25 acres of land on which to expand. There are already plans for Rendina to build a 100,000-square-foot orthopedic center and a 30,000-square-foot cancer treatment facility.
Jason Parsley can be reached at jeparsley@tribune.com.