Gilbert Hospital Plans State-of-the-art Healthcare Facility in Florence
Local Hospital Group in Escrow on Land in Anthem at Merrill Ranch
Media Contact: Jacque Petroulakis, Pulte Homes : 480-391-6169 David Wanger, Gilbert Hopsital: 480-840-3715
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Gilbert Hospital Plans State-of-the-art Healthcare Facility in Florence
Local Hospital Group in Escrow on Land in Anthem at Merrill Ranch Florence, Ariz., March 2008
– Gilbert Hospital has announced plans to open a state-of-the-art hospital facility in Florence. The healthcare group is in escrow with Pulte Homes to purchase 10 acres on the southwest corner of Franklin Road and Hunt Highway. The transaction represents the first phase of a planned 40-acre medical complex.
“We are very excited to provide a full service, general acute care hospital to the greater Florence community,” said David Wanger, CEO of Gilbert Hospital, adding that the group hopes to call the facility Florence Hospital at Anthem. “Gilbert Hospital would not be what it is today without the hard work, dedication and loyalty of our physicians, nurses, associates, volunteers and our entire staff who have given themselves so significantly to help make it a successful member of the community. We look forward to the same wonderful association in the Florence community.”
Gilbert Hospital opened in February, 2006 as the first general acute care hospital in the Town of Gilbert. The hospital is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The facility saw and treated more than 51,000 patients in 2007 in its emergency department making it one of the busiest emergency departments in the Valley. Wagner said the Florence Hospital is expected to open with a 50,000-square-foot, two-story structure that houses approximately 20 inpatient beds, 20 Emergency Department rooms, two operating rooms, full diagnostic capabilities to include MRI, CT Scan, Digital X-ray, Nuclear Medicine, Ultrasound, Full Service Laboratory and Blood Bank.
Wagner said plans for the Florence Hospital also include: • Full Service Pharmacy • Two Medical Office buildings (40,000 square feet adjacent to hospital) - more - • Medical Physician specialties to start at Florence Hospital expected to be Internal Medicine/Hospital services, Emergency, Cardiology, General Surgery, Gastroenterology, Urology, Orthopedic Surgery, Podiatry • Strategic partnerships for provision of ground ambulance as well as air ambulance (helicopter service) • Florence hospital expected to have approximately 350 employees after the first year Brad Schoenberg, Vice President of Operations for Pulte Homes, said that several hospital providers expressed interest in the property, adjacent to Anthem at Merrill Ranch, however Gilbert Hospital was the first to make a formal offer to purchase the land.
“Gilbert Hospital is a leader in the delivery of healthcare for the Southeast Valley and we are very excited that they have chosen Florence to expand their services,” Schoenberg, said. “The growth in Florence and surrounding communities is tremendous, and with this growth comes the need for many services including hospitals,” Schoenberg said. About Gilbert Hospital Gilbert Hospital is licensed as a full-service, acute care general hospital. The hospital is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Although offering a complete array of traditional hospital services, Gilbert Hospital is pioneering in its focus on emergency medicine and the rapid, accurate and compassionate care the entire Gilbert Hospital staff provides. Gilbert Hospital is the only hospital in the Valley that guarantees "Door to Doc in 31 Minutes" and it runs more than 9,000 lab procedures each month in its state-of-the-art laboratory.
The hospital staffs for "peak volume" 100% of the time thereby anticipating increased patient flow and maintaining our short ER wait time promise. A 108 bed Inpatient expansion is set to break ground in early 2008. For more information: http://www.gilberter.com/
About Anthem at Merrill Ranch:
Anthem at Merrill Ranch by Del Webb is a 3,200-acre master planned community planned for 9,100 homes in two neighborhoods: an all-ages Pulte neighborhoods and a Sun City neighborhood for active adults. With a vibrant resort-style feel to the community and incredible amenities including a huge community park with sports fields, catch-and-release fishing, a Big Splash water park and two beautiful community centers for all ages and active adults..
About Pulte Homes:
Pulte Homes, Inc., based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is one of America’s largest home building companies with operations in 51 markets and 26 states. During its 57-year history, the company has delivered 500,000 new homes across the United States. Since 2000, Pulte Homes operations have earned more top-three finishes than any other homebuilder in the annual J.D. Power and Associates® New Home-Builder Customer Satisfaction Study.sm Under its Del Webb brand, Pulte is the nation's largest builder of active adult communities for people age 55 and older.
Pulte Mortgage LLC is a nationwide lender offering Pulte customers a wide variety of loan products and superior service. Websites: www.pulte.com; www.delwebb.com; www.divosta.com
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