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Article: Orange Coast Hospital Adding Outpatient Building
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- Orange County Business Journal
- Article date:
- September 17, 2007
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CopyrightCopyright CBJ, L. P. Sep 17-Sep 23, 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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With the original Ian. 1 deadline looming for all California general care hospitals to be more earthquake safe, developers are busy constructing medical buildings in spite of high construction costs.
The Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley is set to be one of the latest to jump into that building boom-but not because of any state mandate.
Orange Coast is putting up a $48 million, six-story building for outpatient services, which isn't required to update its seismic safety.
Orange Coast, one of three local hospitals owned by Long Beach-based Memorial Health Services, will start work on the tower Nov. 1, said Marcia Manker, the hospital's chief executive. The building is ...