A building permit worth $21 million was issued Monday for exterior work on a $40 million project at Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville.
Carolinas Medical Center-University has been open for more than a quarter of a century and is the largest hospital in northern Mecklenburg County. But things get old after years of operations. Utilities need replacing. Facilities need updating.
Carolinas HealthCare System recently finished up five projects valued at nearly $2 million. CHS has another 11 projects ongoing with a total tab of $169.5 million. Among the 11 is the $110.6 million, multiphase transformation of Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville from a satellite facility into a tertiary hospital.
A proposed 66-bed psychiatric-care facility that spawned nasty exchanges between Mecklenburg County officials and Carolinas HealthCare System has won state approval. The roughly $33 million, 71,700-square-foot project would be built on CHS-owned land near Huntersville Oaks nursing home. Earlier this year, CHS said it planned for the facility to open in the summer of 2013. [...]
Carolinas HealthCare System announced Friday that it has filed two certificate of need applications to build health care pavilions on the campus of Carolinas Medical Center-Morrocroft and near the intersection of Interstate 485 and Providence Road in south Charlotte. In the filing made late Thursday with the state Division of Facility Services, CHS is seeking [...]
When Doug Ehmann, president of Charlotte-based DPE Investments, bought about 100 acres in 2006 along the banks of Lake Fisher in northern Cabarrus County, he envisioned a high-end mixed-use development with condos, townhomes, offices, shops and hotels. Ehmann figured his development would benefit from being next to the lake, which sits on the border of [...]
Carolinas HealthCare System’s dispute with Mecklenburg County could be headed to court. CHS said it has initiated legal action as a means to make the county to honor the terms of its contract with the health care system. The filing comes after Mecklenburg County commissioners decided to end a contract with CHS. CHS and the [...]
In a move to reduce spending, Mecklenburg County is looking at cutting funding for the Carolinas Medical Center-Randolph mental health facility. Each year, the county provides roughly $16 million to support the center. Now, that funding is in the crosshairs. But some say the county might be worrying over nothing. Bill Brandon, University of North [...]
Carolinas HealthCare System today said it wants to build a $25 million psychiatric hospital in Huntersville as the demand for mental health services rises with a growing population in the Charlotte area. Plans call for the facility to be about 53,000 square feet and feature 44 in-patient beds. Approvals are needed from the county and state before [...]
Carolinas HealthCare System has released its 2010 annual report, saying it had $6.5 billion in revenue for the year, up from $5.04 billion in 2009. At $3.28 billion, wages, salaries and benefits made up 51 percent of expenses. The bulk of CHS’ revenue, 72 percent, or $4.6 billion, came from tertiary and acute care services. The [...]