Regional One Health build could bring new life to Downtown ‘gateway’
Memphis-based Allworld Project Management and Dallas-based Covalus, a health care consulting company, are leading the project’s planning, Dr. Reginald Coopwood said during Wednesday’s meeting. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Regional One Health’s planned move into the former Commercial Appeal building is expected to spark new development, increase residential activity and attract jobs.
The public hospital is poised to build a $1 billion new hospital on the site of The Commercial Appeal’s former campus at 495 Union Ave., which has sat vacant since the newspaper left in 2019.
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners approved the site’s $24 million purchase earlier this week. The two buildings will be demolished to make way for Regional One Health’s new hospital, which will replace its aging campus on Jefferson Avenue.
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Sophia Surrett
Sophia Surrett is a University of Alabama graduate, where she received her B.A. in news media and M.A. in journalism and media studies. She covers small business, nonprofits, restaurant real estate, hospitality and tourism and manufacturing.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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