In June, New Orleans-based Ochsner Health System will cut the ribbon on a new 30,000-square-foot surgical hospital adjacent to a 155,000-square-foot medical office building that opened earlier this year on a 20-acre site at The Grove near the highly visible intersection of Siegen Lane and Interstate 10.
Together, the two-building medical complex represents a $110 million investment—the largest ever in the 77-year-old system’s history—and it’s only part of Ochsner’s recent capital expansion in Baton Rouge, Business Report details as part of its new cover package.
In 2017, the $3.4 billion system completed a $13 million cancer center on its main campus on O’Neal Lane. More recently, it began working on plans to develop a clinic on a 2.2-acre tract at the highly traveled intersection of Bluebonnet Boulevard and Burbank Drive, though it’s not yet willing to divulge details.
In short, Ochsner is making an aggressive play for the local market, where it has had a presence—though a relatively small one—for two decades. Executives with the company determined a couple of years ago they had a choice in the Capital Region: go big or go home. They chose the former.
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