Cone Health has filed plans with the state seeking permission to build a full-service 46-bed hospital in Mebane.
Alamance Regional Medical Center, a subsidiary of Cone, recently closed on a $6.9 million purchase of about eight acres along Mebane Oaks Road, near its MedCenter Mebane facility on Arrowhead Drive and two other Cone properties also considered part of MedCenter Mebane that are on Mebane Oaks Road, for a future expansion, according to a deed that was filed with Alamance County’s Register of Deeds.
The parcel at 901 Mebane Oaks Road is currently home to Jimmy’s Famous Hot Dogs; the parcel at 903 Mebane Oaks Road is home to a Sherwin-Williams paint store and a vacant furniture store previously occupied by Discount Furniture Connection; and the property at 907 Mebane Oaks Road is home to a car wash (Express Care Quick Lube Car Wash).
See earlier coverage of the 3-parcel land purchase in Mebane: https://alamancenews.com/armc-buys-three-lots-in-mebane-for-future-expansion/
A spokesman for Cone Health, which owns ARMC, confirmed last month the future expansion plans for The Alamance News, and confirmed Tuesday that those properties as well as other vacant portions already owned by Cone would be the site of the new hospital.
Tuesday’s announcement by Cone appears to amplify on those plans.
Cone Health Mebane Hospital will represent an investment of up to $275 million in a 161,578 square foot facility, according to Cone. The facility will be located at 103 Medical Park Drive, adjacent to Cone Health MedCenter Mebane.
Other specifics in the health care company’s submission of its “certificate of need” include:
- 46 acute care beds
- 15 emergency department bays
- 3 general operating rooms
- 1 C-section operating room
- 2 procedure rooms
- 3 obstetric labor, delivery, recovery beds
- 7 observation beds
- Imaging, ancillary and support services
A spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that Cone Health had filed its application for a certificate of need (CON) for the Mebane hospital with the state Department of Health and Human Services as required under a state law.
North Carolina’s CON law prohibits healthcare providers from acquiring major medical equipment, expanding and/or offering new services, developing new facilities, or adding patient beds without prior approval from the state health department.
