Northside Hospital Forsyth leaders gathered Wednesday to celebrate the groundbreaking of a major expansion at the hospital campus.
Work has begun on construction of a new medical office building and a parking deck. A ceremonial groundbreaking took place Wednesday morning.
Once complete, the four-story, 120,000-square-foot medical office building will be the sixth medical office on the Northside Forsyth campus. The building will increase support of hospital services and physician practices in pulmonology, colorectal, surgery, imaging, neurology, thoracic surgery and more.
Parking for nearly 900 vehicles will be available, and the site will offer direct connection to Deputy Bill Cantrell Highway.
“Now we arrive at today and the groundbreaking of the 2500 Medical Office Building,” Northside Forsyth CEO Lynn Jackson said after recounting the long history of growth at her hospital’s campus.
She said the new building “is definitely marking a bold step forward” with construction of a facility larger than the original hospital itself.
“For more than 20 years, Northside Hospital has kept its promise to strengthen health care across our region, to grow with our community, and to anticipate the needs of tomorrow,” Jackson said.
“This new medical office building is more than just bricks and mortar as we build it. It will be a place where patients are going to find answers, families hopefully will find comfort and our incredible physicians and our staff will deliver our very best work.”
Charlie Dickhaus, senior vice president of Realty Trust Group, said the project is unique as it results from a partnership among Healthpeak Properties real estate investment trust and eight physician investor groups.
“It really speaks not only to the commitment Northside has in the community but to the physicians and the commitment they have in the community,” Dickhaus said.
The project is 98% leased more than a year before opening, according to Dickhaus.
“To have a building that is that full before it even gets completed is a testament to the entire team that has worked on this for the last couple of years,” he said.
The project helps Northside Forsyth keep pace with the growth of one of the fastest-growing counties in Georgia. Since Northside came to Forsyth County in 2002, the hospital has grown from a 41-bed facility to one that now has 407 beds and had more than 800,000 patient encounters in 2024.
Alex Warner, president and CEO of the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce, said the hospital has a “halo effect” with job growth and by providing health care options to enhance the community.
“It all has to do with Northside and the fact that they continuously reinvest in this community, and we cannot thank them enough,” Warner said. “We are the anchor point now for multiple international businesses and when they’re looking to locate from across the pond to the United States, they’re looking for a safe community, quality school systems and a quality place their employees want to live in and thrive in, and a quality health care system has everything to do with us trying to recruit these businesses.”
The building and parking deck are expected to open in the fall of 2026.
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Pictured, from left: Mark Theine, senior vice president of outpatient medical, Healthpeak; Charlie Dickhaus, senior vice president and principal, Realty Trust Group; Amy Fischer, COO, Northside Hospital Forsyth; Sammy Stork, hospital mascot; Lynn Jackson, CEO, Northside Hospital Forsyth; Dr. Sohel Momin, Northside Forsyth Internal Medicine; Dr. Chip Long, Chattahoochee Surgical Group; and Dr. Nick Drahush, Chattahoochee Surgical Group.
