Jonesboro, Ark.
NEA Baptist Health System will begin construction in May of 2011 on a $400 million health center in Jonesboro, Ark. A 550,000-sf hospital will provide 181 inpatient beds and is expected to reach completion in summer of 2013. An adjacent 213,000-sf medical office building will also be constructed. The project is designed by Earl Swensson Associates of Nashville to provide integrated patient care with each clinic department in the office building connecting to the appropriate hospital floor. The general contractor for the project is Hoar Construction of Birmingham, Ala.