Joint Venture Set to Build Texas Hospital

HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas — The Seton Family of Hospitals and LHP Hospital Group today announced the establishment of a joint venture to build the Seton Medical Center Harker Heights.

 

The 180,400-square-foot, $100 million hospital will break ground in Bell County’s Harker Heights the first quarter of 2011 and open by the third quarter of 2012. It will have 83 beds when it opens.

 

The hospital will offer a full-service emergency department and acute care services, cardiology, oncology, surgery, neurosurgery, orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, internal medicine, rheumatology, gastroenterology, otolaryngology, nephrology, urology, obstetrics, gynecology, general medicine, family practice and imaging and diagnostic services.

 

Healthcare real estate development firm Rendina Companies will develop a 60,000-square-foot medical office building jointly owned by physicians that will house their practices there.

 

Seton and LHP will be equally represented on the joint venture’s governing board and a local Board of Trustees comprised of community leaders and physicians will oversee day-to-day operations at the hospital.

 

The Seton Medical Center Harker Heights will be situated east of the Rosewood Retirement Center, between East Stan Schlueter Loop and Knights Way.