LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Baptist Health Louisville announced its plans to build a new center for outpatient care at the site currently occupied by the Breckenridge Inn. Near the Kresge Way campus, the center will be located at the southwest corner of Breckenridge Lane and I-264.

Earlier on Monday, a development plan for the center was submitted for approval with Louisville Metro Planning and Design services. The roughly 120,000-square-foot center will include a five-story building on the 6.5-acre site. It will act as a primary care hub, housing physician practices, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care, physical and occupational therapy, imaging, lab, and retail pharmacy.

Completion of the center is expected to take two years.

In addition to the new center, renovations will be done to the existing medical office space on Kresge Way and Dupont Circle, following the relocation of existing physician practices.

“We are thrilled to be able to offer a primary care hub where patients can continue to receive highest quality care and services they have come to expect from Baptist Health, all in one central and convenient location,” said Baptist Health Chief Integration Officer Isaac Myers, MD. “The outpatient care center is expected to have an overwhelmingly positive impact for our patients, physicians, and community.”

 “In addition to new services we will add with the proposed development, the relocation of current physician practices from the hospital campus will allow us to enhance patient care by increasing our number of specialty physicians and improving hospital access for those physicians,” said Baptist Health Louisville President Larry Gray. “It all amounts to more and better care for patients.”

Partners in the project include TEG Architects of Jeffersonville, BTM Engineering and Abel Construction of Louisville, and Triple M Investments, an affiliate of the McMahan Group of Louisville.

Co-Managers of the McMahan Group DiAnne Hutcherson and Rory McMahan said, "The new medical office development is part of our commitment to the Hikes Point neighborhood."

"This new facility will add hundreds of well-paying jobs to the neighborhood and increase the residential home values in the area," McMahan added.

Haeli Spears is a digital producer with Spectrum News 1 Kentucky. She is a University of Louisville graduate who started her career with Spectrum News in May, 2020.