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— Health Care Properties Quarterly — September 2016
When it comes to medical facility construction,
we understand the critical nature of
schedules and of working in occupied, 24/7
facilities. Our healthcare team has extensive
expertise with the complex requirements of
healthcare construction, including installation
of sophisticated equipment and detailed
knowledge of health codes, safety and
ADA compliance.
Whether your project is a medical office or
an advanced surgical suite, we can support
your core care functions and goals with the
precision and focus to ensure project success
and efficient care for your patients.
CONTACT CATAMOUNT CONSTRUCTORS
FOR YOUR NEXT HEALTHCARE PROJECT
WE TREAT HEALTHCARE CONSTRUCTION THE WAY
YOU TREAT PATIENTS: WITH CARE AND EFFICIENCY.
OVER THE PAST TWO
YEARS, CATAMOUNT
CONSTRUCTION HAS:
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Been awarded 15 healthcare
projects nationwide
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Completed 9 projects
valued at $53.5 million
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Completed projects in
Alabama, Colorado, Georgia,
Texas and Wyoming
EXPERTISE IN:
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Acute care
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Family practice units
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Surgery centers
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Interior remodels
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Medical offices
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Medtech buildings
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NICU
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PICU
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PACU
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Radiology
Trends
T
he demand for health care is
making a major shift in the
way it is delivered. Health care
is being rooted into commu-
nities and increasing oppor-
tunities for real estate investors and
developers.This delivery model is
focused on convenience and the future
demand includes integrating wellness.
The traditional medical office build-
ing can be found on a hospital campus
or off campus within 3 miles of a hos-
pital.The optimal tenant mix is mul-
tispecialty physicians such as primary
care, surgeons, pulmonary, neurology,
women’s health and rehab.These
MOBs typically are open Monday-Fri-
day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and generally
have long hallways with doors to the
various independent or group prac-
tices.
The next generation is demanding
a fundamental change that includes
more value.They are challenging their
providers to move away from the iso-
lated practice of treating disease and
promoting the incorporation of well-
ness.
Medical wellness facilities.
Wellness
is more than health or the absence of
disease. It is being mentally and emo-
tionally balanced, physically active,
spiritually healthy and socially com-
fortable. Nonmedical, nonemergent
needs are often intricately tied to per-
sonal health and well-being.
The future vision is to merge the
two disciplines by creating medical
wellness facilities.The tenant mix
may include family physicians, urgent
care, specialist(s), therapy, screenings,
a fitness center, wellness programs,
nutrition coaches and healthy dining
facilities. Real estate developers and
investors play an important role in
creating these afore-
mentioned facilities
designed to encour-
age communication,
collaboration and
working as a team.
Colorado Gov. John
Hickenlooper made
a commitment to
make Colorado the
healthiest state.
According to a report
published in 2013,
too often, individu-
als are not receiving
the right care at
the right time in the right care setting
or experience problems that prolong
their recovery from illness or injury.
Although Colorado ranks 10th among
states in healthy living, it ranks 28th in
prevention and treatment.
Partnership delivers the new model
of care.
Penrose-St. Francis Health
Services and theYMCA of the Pikes
Peak Region have formed a partner-
ship to deliver this newmodel of care.
A new 53,000-square-foot building in
Monument,Tri-Lakes HealthVillage,
increases access to multiple services
at one location. It includes urgent
care, primary care, rehab, occupational
medicine, imaging and specialty ser-
vices, all while providing child care for
those receiving health care services. A
healthy café in an atrium unites the
Tri-LakesYMCA with the new health
pavilion.
“Our neighborhood health centers
are where you work, play, live and
pray,” said Rob Nartker, South State
Operating Group, vice president, Cen-
tura Health. According to Nartker,
utilization at theTri-Lakes facility
continues to increase and customer
and provider satisfaction is high.The
health care providers occupy approxi-
mately 60 percent of the building with
40 percent dedicated to wellness.
The Boldt Co. is the owner and
developer of the health village that
connects to theYMCA. Boldt facilitated
the communication that brought both
Penrose and theYMCA to the table but
credits the leadership in both organi-
zations for getting the project off the
ground. Margaret Sabin and her team
at Penrose-St. Francis Health Services
and Dan Dummermuth and hisYMCA
teamwere crucial to this forward-
thinking project.
“We are not just building buildings,
we are building a culture,” said Lonnie
Cramer, chief operating officer at Pen-
rose Hospital in Colorado Springs. “The
vision comes from the top as we create
healthy neighborhoods all-inclusive of
wellness and health care.” Penrose-St.
Francis Health Services is an entity of
Centura Health, based in Englewood.
Colorado young population growth.
According toThe NewYorkTimes,
Denver has become a powerful magnet
for the young and educated popula-
tion, up 47 percent since 2000. Colo-
rado has what young people want,
including mountains, over 300 days of
sunshine and jobs in booming indus-
tries. It ranks third in the nation for
population growth of college gradu-
ates.
In fact, Colorado’s 25- to 44-age group
will continue to be the largest percent-
age of the population over the next 20
years, according to the Department of
Local Affairs.
Colorado has the economic base and
vitality to incorporate additional medi-
cal wellness facilities. It is ranked No.
1 in lowest obesity, No. 2 in lowest dia-
betes and No. 6 or higher for five of the
six key areas surveyed: life evaluation,
emotional health, work environment,
physical health and healthy behaviors.
The future generation demand, largely
focused on convenience and integrated
wellness, is a tremendous opportunity
for the health care real estate and
development community.
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Cheryle Powell
Health care
services, Colliers
International,
Denver
A healthy café in an atrium unites the Tri-Lakes YMCA with the new health pavilion.
