Campanelli Construction, a full-service construction management firm, has started renovation of the new 63,000 s/f High Point Hospital. The vacant former Cranberry Specialty Hospital will be converted into a 72-bed psychiatric hospital.
"Our plan is to renovate a property that has been neglected, vandalized and currently provides no economic value to the Middleborough community. We will add jobs, offer life-changing treatments, and become an active member of the community by providing mental health and substance abuse prevention, education, and treatment services. We welcome the opportunity to work with the town and other organizations to make Middleborough a safer and healthier place to live," said High Point president and CEO Daniel Mumbauer.
Currently, High Point operates inpatient and outpatient programs in Plymouth, Brockton, New Bedford and Taunton. The new location will allow High Point to expand from 16 beds in Plymouth to 72 beds. Jobs will be created for a staff of 200, consisting of physicians, nurses, clinicians, maintenance staff, mental health workers, housekeepers, dietary, and administrative staff.
"Campanelli has extensive experience in medical facility construction, as well as decades long ties in the community of Middleborough. We are confident this building will become an asset to the community by transforming a neglected building, changing the lives of those receiving treatment, and creating jobs," said Jeff DeMarco, partner and president of Campanelli Construction. Construction is expected to be completed by early summer 2015.
Pete Brown, director of business development at Campanelli Construction, said, "the High Point project emulates the epitome of the Campanelli vertically-integrated approach to construction management of complicated health care projects. The company offered a custom, strategic pre-construction service for the project, enabling its success after an extensive permitting and approval process."
Campanelli Construction recently launched their new website www.campanelli.com/healthcare as its healthcare expertise in this niche construction field continues to grow.
The company recently completed the 180,000 s/f South Shore Medical Center in Norwell and has completed over half a million s/f of new medical facilities in the past decade.