In Northwest Arkansas, Health Care Industry Building On the Boom

The health care industry is expanding to keep up with northwest Arkansas’ growing population, and it’s not just construction companies that are benefiting. Major hospital expansions are under way, such as Arkansas Children’s Hospital’s $167 million facility in Springdale and Mercy Hospital Northwest’s $247 million expansion plan. Other hospitals and medical-care companies in northwest Arkansas have also begun or completed expansions. Health care is just one industry that has responded to the force of northwest Arkansas’ growth. More people mean more schools, more shops, more restaurants, and more office buildings. “You take some of the other markets that we’re in; it might be higher education in that market or it might be office growth in those markets,” said Greg Fogle, president of Nabholz’ midwest division, which is doing the construction at Children’s Northwest. “In northwest Arkansas, there is a lot of health care work going on. That’s what we’re seeing more now. The other projects are still going on; they’re just being overshadowed by health care.” Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects of Fayetteville and Little Rock did the design of Children’s Northwest in partnership with FKP Architects of Houston. Mark Herrmann, a principal with the Fayetteville firm, said health care is one of many strong industries in the market. “Health care has been one of the frontrunners,&rdquo...
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