Cone Health Seeks State Approval For Multi-Million Dollar MedCenter Complex

Cone Health wants to build a new emergency department near the Greensboro Urban Loop.

The hospital is asking for state approval to build a $23.5 million facility. The 17-bed MedCenter would be constructed at the Drawbridge Parkway and Battleground Avenue intersection.

“Our MedCenters are models of moving health care services into the community where consumers want them,” says Terry Akin, CEO, Cone Health. “The location just off of the urban loop will be very convenient for people, not only in Greensboro, but in all of northwest Guilford County and western Rockingham County.”

In a news release, Cone Health says the project is designed to meet population growth in the area and the needs of an aging population.

It also says the MedCenter will make it much easier for people to get MRIs, CTs, X-rays and other imaging services without having to travel to a hospital.

The state could approve the application as early as August. Should that happen, plans call for it to open in the summer of 2020.

The complex would join other Cone Health MedCenters in Kernersville, High Point and Mebane.

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