Marshfield Clinic Health System Submits Site Plan for New Cancer Facility
Tuesday, October 4th, 2016 -- 8:03 AM
-Marshfield Clinic Health System has submitted to the City a site plan for its new Eau Claire cancer facility, the next step in MCHS’s “Caring for the Chippewa Valley” proposal to build a new hospital with attached cancer care on land just south of its Eau Claire Center.The Eau Claire Plan Commission and City Council are expected to review the plan in the coming weeks, with construction of the cancer center anticipated to start shortly after City approval. The cancer care facility and hospital are already permitted uses for the site under current zoning and the City’s comprehensive plan. The Plan Commission will review the site plan ??" which outlines the cancer building’s location, size and orientation, as well as features such as landscaping, fencing, lighting, traffic flow, parking, signage, storm drainage, utility lines and outdoor storage for trash and building system equipment ??" to ensure it complies with City requirements.
The cancer center will be built at the intersection of Craig Road and Clairemont Avenue, current site of the Plaza Hotel & Suites. MCHS has purchased the real estate, and the hotel business will continue to operate the Plaza through December, after which it will be demolished. Preliminary work is expected to start as hotel operations wind down, with the cancer center tentatively set to open in 2017. MCHS physicians and staff will continue to provide cancer care services at Marshfield Clinic Cancer Care at Sacred Heart Hospital until the transition.
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