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Healthcare Case Studies

Summit Medical Group
Ambulatory Care Campus
Berkeley Heights, New Jersey

Torcon recently completed construction of a comprehensive new medical campus in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, for the Summit Medical Group. Founded in 1929, Summit Medical Group pioneered the development of multi-specialty group practice and has grown to become one of the area’s largest and most prominent physician practices.

The project renovated and expanded a facility that once served as headquarters for a Fortune 500 company. The result is a 250,000 sq. ft. facility on a 40 acre site that has allowed SMG to consolidate 750 employees from four locations. The new facility provides private physician offices and examination rooms along with shared procedure rooms and support services.  The campus underscores SMG’s objective of providing all the services their patients need under a single umbrella.

Major services include ambulatory surgery, an Urgent Care Center and infusion services, as well as an imaging center, oncology, plastic surgery, an optical shop, radiology, cardiology, neurology, physical and occupational therapy, rehabilitation and pain management, a pharmacy, day spa and diagnostic labs. An upscale cafe was also created for staff, patients and visitors, featuring outdoor dining in a protected courtyard.

The project added two new structures to the four existing buildings to increase usable space and to improve circulation. Torcon’s renovation operations encompassed virtually all areas of the buildings, including the total gut demolition of interior spaces and significant upgrades of the utility distribution network. The site’s infrastructure was totally upgraded, including roads, campus entrances, parking lots and utilities. Boilers and chillers were replaced within the powerhouse, with efforts made to use as much of the existing pipe and ductwork as possible  Extensive electrical upgrades were required to accommodate the new medical use of the facilities.

The project was completed for Mountain Development Corporation as a build-to-suit development for SMG.