Work could begin next spring on the construction of a new medical office building in Santa Fe.
The project would go up some 8 miles to the southwest of downtown Santa Fe at 4000 Buckner Road on currently vacant land.
As proposed by the developer, the Walnut Creek, California-based Meridian Property Company, the building would be three stories in height and measure around 95,000 square feet.
Although Meridian is acquiring just over 18 acres on Buckner to build the facility, the office building is expected to only comprise around 9 acres, with the rest of the site possibly being given over to commercial development in the distant future.
Details regarding the project are expected to be presented to the Santa Fe Planning Commission sometime this fall. If that body signals its approval and work launches early next year, the first phase of the building could be completed by the end of 2024.
Meridian is a full-service real estate developer with an emphasis on healthcare and office projects primarily in California, but also Arizona and Nevada. In April, it sold for just under $18 million the Grunow Memorial Medical Center it had earlier renovated in Phoenix.
By Garry Boulard
