Dive summary:
- A proposal to build a hospital that would bring emergency room care and other services 30 minutes closer to 50,000 people in Green Valley, a popular retirement area of Arizona between Tucson and the Mexican border, would seem like an idea that would be applauded.
- It is not going down well with a homeowners association more than 440 members near the site of the proposed facility, however.
- McDowell Enterprises from Scottsdale has gone ahead with buying land for the facility that Tucson Medical Center would operate, but the association says the hospital would hurt their property values.
From the article:
Initial plans called for a 100,000 square-foot hospital, but McDowell Enterprises has recently asked the county for a few modifications, including expanding the hospital’s surface to 138,533 square feet and for the potential to expand from 32 beds to 50 beds. ...