Work has begun on construction of a new medical office building and a parking deck at Northside Hospital Forsyth in Cumming. A ceremonial groundbreaking was held last week.
Once complete, the four-story, 120,000-square-foot medical office building will be the sixth medical office on the Northside Forsyth campus. The building will increase support of hospital services and physician practices in pulmonology, colorectal, surgery, imaging, neurology, thoracic surgery and more. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, it’s an $80 million project.
Parking for nearly 900 vehicles will be available, and the site will offer direct connection to Deputy Bill Cantrell Highway.
“Now we arrive at today and the groundbreaking of the 2500 Medical Office Building,” Northside Forsyth CEO Lynn Jackson said after recounting the long history of growth at her hospital’s campus.
She said the new building “is definitely marking a bold step forward” with construction of a facility larger than the original hospital itself.
“For more than 20 years, Northside Hospital has kept its promise to strengthen health care across our region, to grow with our community, and to anticipate the needs of tomorrow,” Jackson said.
“This new medical office building is more than just bricks and mortar as we build it. It will be a place where patients are going to find answers, families hopefully will find comfort and our incredible physicians and our staff will deliver our very best work.”
Charlie Dickhaus, senior vice president of Realty Trust Group, said the project is unique as it results from a partnership among Healthpeak Properties real estate investment trust and eight physician investor groups.
“It really speaks not only to the commitment Northside has in the community but to the physicians and the commitment they have in the community,” Dickhaus said.
The project is 98% leased more than a year before opening, according to Dickhaus.
“To have a building that is that full before it even gets completed is a testament to the entire team that has worked on this for the last couple of years,” he said.
The building and parking deck are expected to open in the fall of 2026.