Fall 2008
Health & Wellness Center a 1st for Beaumont

Beaumont Hospitals broke ground today for a new health and wellness center on a seven-acre site on South Boulevard between John R and Dequindre roads in Rochester Hills.

The $20-million project, at approximately 98,000 square feet, will include a fitness center with a lap pool, track, gymnasium and exercise equipment; physical therapy; cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation; magnetic resonance imaging; integrative medicine, offering massage therapy and acupuncture; orthopedic physician offices; home medical equipment; juice bar and retail outlets.

"When Beaumont's first health and wellness center is completed in October 2009, area residents will have access to a medically supervised fitness center, along with other state-of-the-art services," says Eric Hunt, vice president of Operations for Beaumont's Ambulatory Services division. "The center has the resources and staff to assist most patients with post-surgery rehabilitation and continue with a customized fitness program once they've recovered. Memberships will also be available to the public."

The Beaumont Health & Wellness Center, Rochester Hills [1], is a collaboration among Beaumont; Landmark Healthcare Facilities; and Richard Easton, M.D, and Bradley Ahlgren, M.D., Beaumont orthopedic surgeons specializing in diseases of the spine.

"This facility will give people with back and neck pain a single point of access for the diagnosis and treatment for their often debilitating condition," says Dr. Easton.

The project was designed by Hobbs+Black Architects and LEO A DALY. The health center will be owned by Landmark Healthcare Facilities, Beaumont and Beaumont physician tenants.

Beaumont Hospitals is a three-hospital regional health care provider with 1,696 licensed beds, 18,000 employees and 3,000 physicians in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties. In addition to its hospitals in Grosse Pointe, Royal Oak and Troy, Beaumont is comprised of numerous community-based medical centers in Oakland, Macomb and Wayne counties, five nursing centers, a research institute, home care services and hospice.