From the Ground Up: Fresenius Kidney Care

Owner/developer: Bolivar Renal Construction LLC (Dallas)
General contractor: Springfield Builders Inc.
Architect: Cross Architects (Plano, Texas)
Engineers: Walter P. Moore (Kansas City), civil; Integrity Structural Corp. (Houston, Texas), structural; and James F. Turner Engineers LP (Dallas), mechanical and electrical
Size: 8,141 square feet
Estimated cost: $1.64 million
Lender: Texas Capital Bank
Estimated completion: Dec. 14
Project description: Fresenius Medical Care is building a dialysis center in Bolivar, where it currently operates at 1145 N. Butterfield Road. The project is similar in size and cost to a Springfield center Fresenius Medical built late last year with 16 hemodialysis stations for blood-cleansing treatments. The Springfield clinics are at 3359 W. Kearney St. and 1675 E. Seminole St. With over 3,500 dialysis clinics worldwide, the Germany-based company also operates clinics in Nixa and Lebanon. Company officials say 2.8 million patients have chronic kidney failure.