Alamance Regional Medical Center has purchased 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.
A spokesman for Cone Health, which owns ARMC, confirmed the future expansion plans for The Alamance News Wednesday afternoon.
The three parcels at 901, 903, and 907 Mebane Oaks Road sold for $6.9 million, based on a deed that was filed Friday with Alamance County’s Register of Deeds to consummate the transaction.
The three parcels are located near the intersection of Mebane Oaks Road and South Eighth Street in Mebane and are currently home to three existing businesses.
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).
[Story continues below photos of existing Mebane Oaks Road properties.]
Neither ARMC nor Cone Health appears to have filed an application yet for a Certificate of Need (CON) 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.
“Being adjacent to Cone Health MedCenter Mebane makes this a strategic purchase for Cone Health,” Cone Health spokesman Doug Allred said in a statement to The Alamance News. “While our exact plans are being determined, Cone Health looks forward to adding enhanced services to those already being delivered at MedCenter Mebane.”
[See existing ARMC-owned properties on and near Mebane Oaks Road below.]
