Courtesy/ Page Southerland Page Inc.
At Rock Row, the Medical & Research Campus is under construction and will open in 2024.
June 2, 2023
At Rock Row, ceremony marks 'topping off' of Medical & Research Campus
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A drone shot of the topping off of the Medical & Research Campus at Rock Row in Westbrook.
Rock Row, a $600 million, 110-acre mixed-use development, already has retail operations like REI, Market Basket, Chick-Fil-A, Starbucks and a Chase branch.
Now a second major component is on its way to fruition. Rock Row reached a key milestone Thursday with the topping off of its Medical & Research Campus, which is expected to open next year.
At a ceremony Thursday, workers lifted the tallest and last steel beam of the main building into place.
Landry French Construction is managing the medical center project, which has been estimated to cost $150 million. Page Southerland Page Inc., an architecture and engineering design services firm, is managing design from the Boston office. Page designed the medical campus site plan, 200,000-square-foot medical office building and the 640-car parking garage. With Bar Harbor-based Lark Studio, Page designed the landscape and healing gardens.
The lead tenant will be New England Cancer Specialists, but the Rock Row developer said it will be joined by a Westbrook branch of the Dempsey Center, which has other locations in Lewiston and South Portland. It was founded in 2008 by actor Patrick Dempsey, who was born in Lewiston and grew up in Turner and Buckfield.
“As we celebrate this topping out, we're not just celebrating a construction milestone. We're celebrating a vision brought to life through your input and our shared commitment to creating a vibrant community that effortlessly balances productivity and leisure, nature, and neighborhood — for a life lived better,” said Josh Levy, principal of Waterstone Properties Group, developers of Rock Row.
The Dempsey Center will offer holistic programs and support to people affected by cancer.
“Rock Row kicks off an exciting next chapter for the Dempsey Center, allowing us to serve even more individuals in a beautiful and easily accessible location that is surrounded by nature as well as other health and well-being providers. We are thrilled to be a part of this community and look forward to opening our new doors in 2024, to complement our Lewiston location and our hospitality home in Portland,” said Tim Griffin, board chair of the Dempsey Center.
The Dempsey Center joins New England Cancer Specialists, the largest medical oncology group and leading provider of cancer care in the region, as well as RAYUS Radiology and Saco Bay Physical Therapy.
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At the ceremonial topping off of the Medical & Research Campus at Rock Row, attendees signed a steel beam.
The medical campus is expected to offer an array of integrated health services that are intended to deliver a more holistic approach to patients, the developer said. The medical campus, designed with significant patient input, aims to bring its guests closer to nature by preserving the natural, wooded setting along Nason Brook and adding features such as outdoor infusion bays, a first for Maine, a healing garden and convenient access to the new trail network.
“As we looked at the current health care landscape, we saw an opportunity to collaboratively reimagine and distinguish the cancer care experience with our patients,” said Edwin T. Graham, CEO of New England Cancer Specialists.
Page is also the design team for New England Cancer Specialists' fit-out of 40,000 square feet in the medical office building featuring a unique patient flow by oncological discipline, including outdoor infusion bays and connection to nature.
“We envisioned an environment where research could thrive, leading-edge treatments and pioneering trials could make a significant impact, and our patients could continue to receive exceptional care from Dana Farber-affiliated physicians right in their backyard," Graham said.
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