Cincinnati Children’s Hospital announced Monday that it plans to build a $10 million medical building with a large primary care practice in Union.
In the announcement, the hospital said that in addition to primary care, the site will offer behavioral health counselors and a lab to speed-test results.
Different types of clinics are also expected to occupy space at the site to improve access to specialty care, the hospital’s announcement said.
Cincinnati Children’s already offers physician practices in Northern Kentucky but the hospital said Monday that the combination of pediatric primary and specialty care will make the Union location the first of its kind on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River.
“We’re making this investment so that the children of Northern Kentucky can receive world-class healthcare even closer to their homes,” said Dr. Steve Davis, president and CEO of Cincinnati Children’s, in the announcement. “While the focus will be on primary care, we will also offer a variety of subspecialty care options.”
The project is to be part of the Union Promenade development, which LINK nky reported in November of last year is a $150 million mixed-use effort slated to include office space, housing, and outlet buildings for retail and restaurant spaces.
Located at 9253 and 9357 Old Union Road (U.S. 42 between the Villas of Fowler’s Creek and the Union Fire Station), the housing component at Union Promenade project includes 50 single-family residences and roughly 300 multi-family units.
Children’s expects that its Union site will encompass up to 25,000 square feet and allow for future expansion. The building will be located on 6.4 acres of land and will be visible from U.S. 42 near the highway’s intersection with Sweet Harmony Lane, the hospital’s announcement said.
The Cincinnati Children’s Union location will include physicians, advanced practice providers, registered nurses, mental health counselors, speech pathologists, medical assistants and support staff. The precise number of employees who will work there has yet to be determined, the announcement said.
Union Mayor Larry Solomon welcomed the news of Children’s pending arrival in the city, at the nearly 62-acre Union Promenade project.
“Cincinnati Children’s will be an important part of Union Promenade, enabling families with children to receive the highest-quality medical care right in our own community,” Solomon said in the hospital’s announcement. “The city commission is committed to maintaining the small-town appeal of Union while ensuring that we provide access to such vital services.”
T.J. Ackermann, president and CEO of Thomas J. Ackermann Co. Inc. is co-developer of Union Promenade with Ralph Meierjohan of Meierjohan Building Group.
“We believe that having this Cincinnati Children’s medical building as the anchor of Union Promenade will greatly enhance the quality of life for residents of the city of Union and the rest of Boone County, as well as all of Northern Kentucky,” Ackermann said in the announcement. “Officials with the city of Union and Boone County have built a solid foundation at Union Promenade, where we, as a development team, plan to deliver this amazing town-center concept with a world-class healthcare component: the Cincinnati Children’s Union medical building.”