The old building across from TriStar Centennial Hospital in Nashville was too small for the increasing number of patients who participated in SCRI’s clinical trials in the community. Not to mention the staff and equipment needed to develop and deliver cancer treatment.
City View Medical Plaza is a six-story multitenant MOB, newly constructed on the campus TriStar Centennial, with an enclosed connection to the hospital. This was a convenient and cost-effective solution. It gave SCRI all the space they needed, and it was close to a medical facility that offered a wide range of services.
Mary Garges is the senior project manager for design, construction and facility projects at SCRI. She says, “This is very important not only for patients in case of adverse reactions but also for our doctors and technicians who regularly travel between the hospitals.”
Building a MOB
The healthcare organization, SCRI, engaged Gresham Smith, a Nashville-based architecture, engineering and interior design company, to build three floors of City View. The goal was to create an environment that felt luxurious and comfortable like a home.
Garges says, “Our patients are experiencing one of the most difficult times in their life. We wanted to make sure that our space was as comfortable as possible for them.” We embraced a more residential aesthetic in order to make the patients feel more relaxed. We also wanted to create an environment that would serve our colleagues and clinicians.”
The new facility in City View Medical Plaza, which will be opened in May 2022 and spans the second, third, fourth floors of the MOB, nearly doubles the size SCRI’s flagship location.
The second floor has 15 exam rooms, 24 infusion bays, and is dedicated to Cancer Treatment. The third floor is devoted to administrative offices, staff workstations and a conference room. The fourth floor houses laboratory and storage space for investigational products as well as a conference centre.
