From the Ground Up: Mercy Orthopedic Hospital

Owner/developer: UTF Springfield LLC
General contractor: McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. (St. Louis)
Architect: HKS Architects Inc. (Dallas)
Engineers: Olsson Associates Inc., civil; SSE Inc. (St. Louis), structural; Heideman Associates Inc., mechanical, electrical and plumbing
Size: 199,000 square feet
Estimated cost: $105 million
Lender: Health Realty Trust (Nashville, Tenn.)
Estimated completion date: Fall 2013
Project description: Construction on the 48-bed facility at the southwest corner of Evans Road and U.S. Highway 65 began in March 2011. St. John’s Health System, an affiliate of St. Louis-based Mercy, received Missouri Health Facilities Review Committee approval for the orthopedic hospital in mid-2010, and officials have said the hospital was needed to serve an aging population in southwest Missouri. Mercy spokeswoman Lisa Cox said the hospital would employ roughly 250. Missouri Economic Research and Information Center projects the hospital will produce a 10-year statewide economic output of $318.2 million, Cox said.

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