Ribbon Cutting at New Medical Ctr. – Pro Con Architect and CM

July 25, 2012

Chelmsford, MA – Lowell General Hospital recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of 14 Research Place, a new state-of-the-art 30,000sf medical office building. The new building is located between two existing facilities in use by the hospital at 10 and 20 Research Place, and creates an extension of their Chelmsford campus.

Chelmsford, MA – Lowell General Hospital recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of 14 Research Place, a new state-of-the-art 30,000sf medical office building. The new building is located between two existing facilities in use by the hospital at 10 and 20 Research Place, and creates an extension of their Chelmsford campus.
Pro Con Inc of Manchester, N.H. was the architect and construction manager for the building and the 347 car parking deck that accommodates medical and physician practice space. The initial conceptual design for the project was provided by Doonan Architects of Westford, Mass.
The building’s exterior features a combination of traditional brick veneer with a pre-cast stone base and stone accent bands. The two main entrances will have curved canopies finished with metal panels and double sliding glass doors. The two-story parking deck, which was built to support the town’s heaviest fire truck, is connected to the medical offices via the first and second floors of the building.
Pro Con Inc also provided architectural and construction management services for the two medical offices that relocated to the new building. Orthopedic Surgical Associates of Lowell occupies the first and second floors and Merrimack Valley Cardiology occupies the third floor. Each medical office has a dedicated entrance and easy access to the parking deck.
The office spaces include reception and administrative offices, examination rooms, physician offices, conference rooms, imaging and testing rooms. Orthopedic Surgical Associates and Merrimack Valley Cardiology are able to utilize the diagnostic and surgical services at Lowell General’s campus Surgery Center.