Coppell Health-CS 890117 FILE COPY
MCIKCITKGST HOSPITAL AUTHOKITY
PROFESSIONAL PLAZA I, SUITE 200
ONE MEDICAL PARKWAY
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS 75234
2141247-8023
PRESS RELEASE
January 17, 1989
The Metrocrest Hospital Authority (MHA) announces the acquisition of
property in Coppell. MHA, in coordination with ~ Memorial Medical Center
and Trinity Medical Center, is in the planning stages of a medical office
complex in Coppell beginning with a clinic and medical staff offices.
Mediplex Medical Building Corporation will also be involved with this project.
The first phase is immediate and is contemplated to be a 36,000 gross
square foot (30,000 net) professional office building.
Area physicians have expressed an interest in such a facility and the MHA
and the hospitals will continue to work with these physicians. Additionall},
RHD Memorial Medical Center and Trinity Medical Center have been involved in
training programs for~aramedics in the Coppell. area and this provides further
evidence of an ongoing relationship.with the City of Coppell and its citizens.
Long-range plans for this 15 acre site include the addition of other
.. medical facilities as needed. The second professional office building could
commence construction approximately two (2) years after the first phase is
open and is anticipated to be the same size. Its scope of service would
'''' further expand outpatient capability which will be continuously evaluated.
This need could possibly translate into a surgicenter and minor emergency
center.
As Coppell continues to expand, the need for facilities to accommodate
overnight stays, i.e., hospital, will be evaluated in light of population
growth, commercial development, and other demographic trends. A "needs
assessment" will be conducted and based on all the data, a decision pertaining
to a conventional or modified acute care facility will be made.
According to Jack Bailey, ~ President, "Coppell has an exciting future,
and we are proud to be part of the development of healthcare programs in that
community."