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More medical care scheduled for area
Plans call for a complex on a three-quarter-acre site at Cypress Creek. It joins other practitioners showing an interest in the market.
By CHUIN-WEI YAP
Published May 16, 2006
WESLEY CHAPEL - A proposed medical complex is taking shape at the Cypress Creek development, with a Tampa-based diagnostic radiology center readying plans to become the latest addition.
Site plans filed with county offices show a three-quarter-acre site at the northeast corner of Interstate 75 and State Road 56, with a 6,000-square-foot medical office for SDI Radiologists.
The radiology center joins a formative array of medical practitioners - many from Tampa - positioning themselves for the potentially lucrative central and east Pasco market.
Existing establishments like Point of Care Clinic, west of State Road 54 and I-75, now appear to be just a precursor of a larger trend.
Three hospitals have filed bids to set up tertiary-care locations in Wesley Chapel, including University Community Hospital, Adventist Health Systems and BayCare Health Systems.
Also at Cypress Creek, Dr. William Assad, a S Armenia Avenue doctor who specializes in treating cancer with radiation, paid $310,000 last May for the proposed 1-acre Cypress Creek Cancer Center.
Proposed to be stationed about 400 feet away, the SDI proposal appears poised to feed off Assad's cancer center.
SDI stands for Stern Drake Isbell & Associates, of N Armenia Avenue, the project's owner and developer.
County records show Stern Drake Isbell & Associates paid $635,000 for the site last April.
Diagnostic radiology refers to noninvasive techniques, such as X-rays and CT scans, used to diagnose medical conditions.
Dr. Jeff Younger of SDI did not reply to a request for comment Monday.
In the site plans, the proposal is variously called SDI Diagnostic Imaging and Cypress Creek Diagnostic Center.
Chuin-Wei Yap covers growth and development in Pasco County. He can be reached at 813909-4613, or toll-free at 1-800-333-7505 ext. 4613. His e-mail address is cyap@sptimes.com
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