The applicant is also looking to rezone around 60 acres from agricultural to C-2 general commercial to match the commercial acreage on existing parcels, according to Regional Planning Commission Director Jeff Tyndall.<\/p>\n
The parcels sit north of Highway 76, east of Hornbuckle Road and west of Little Hope Road.<\/p>\n
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The hospital will require Clarksville Transit System bus service.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe plan of service did not identify any areas of need, with the exception of CTS. Due to a hospital being there, a bus route would have to be extended to meet that once the hospital is open,\u201d Tyndall told the City Council on Thursday. \u201cI\u2019ll say that need is there whether it\u2019s in the city or not, because it\u2019s in the urbanized area.\u201d<\/p>\n
Restaurant, retail also planned on site<\/p>\n
The annexation documents analyzed the impact to city services of what is planned at the site, revealing that retail and a restaurant will likely be part of the mix:<\/p>\n
226,500 square feet of full-service hospital.<\/p>\n
256,000 square feet of medical office buildings.<\/p>\n
25,200 square feet of retail plaza. <\/p>\n
25,200 square feet of high-turnover restaurant.<\/p>\n
1 EMS station. <\/p>\n
\u201cCity limits currently ends on the south side just past Neptune Drive,\u201d Tyndall said. \u201cOn the north side it ends at Living Hope Baptist Church. The current ER by Vanderbilt is within city limits there, so this would round out that northside of the city limits. Holly Point subdivision to the north is also in the city limits.<\/p>\n
| NEWS TIPS: Do you have a local news tip? Email news@clarksvillenow.com<\/a> or call us at 931-648-7720.<\/p>\n \u201cThis property would have connections to (Highway) 76, Little Hope Road, and they are also looking to try to get a driveway to Hornbuckle as well to get as many entrances into a hospital site as possible,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n Tyndall said the RPC has already received concept plans from Ascension St. Thomas. \u201cWe\u2019re working through it with them,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a big project as you can understand for both the community and for the amount of work that needs to be done on this site.\u201d<\/p>\n What is planned at Ascension Saint Thomas site<\/p>\n Ascension Saint Thomas<\/a>\u00a0is a Nashville faith-based, nonprofit hospital system. They plan to build a 44-bed hospital in Clarksville<\/a>, expandable to 132 beds. The $148.5 million investment will create approximately 250 healthcare jobs. Construction should begin in 2026, and it\u2019s expected to open in 2028.<\/p>\n Also planned on the AST campus is a\u00a040-bed rehabilitation hospital in partnership with Lifepoint Rehabilitation<\/a>, a public-private\u00a0partnership with Montgomery County to build a new EMS station<\/a>, as well as\u00a0partnerships with Tennessee Oncology and Tennessee Orthopedic Alliance<\/a>, two of the state\u2019s leading physician groups, who will provide specialized cancer, orthopedic, and surgical care.<\/p>\n Needed road improvements in area<\/p>\n Mayor Joe Pitts asked Tyndall to clarify if Little Hope Road is within city limits. Tyndall said it is not.<\/p>\n \u201cThe C-2 on the corner there is in the city limits, but it does access the county road. We left that in the county. They will have to do some road improvements on it, but they\u2019ll coordinate with the county out there,\u201d Tyndall said. <\/p>\n \u201cThere are a lot of improvements that are needed in the area for the buildout of this entire site. We anticipate, in talking with the clients, that the medical office buildings be first, the hospital will follow immediately thereafter. \u2026 I\u2019m sure this hospital will not be built in just one phase; it will probably be a multi-phase build over many years.\u201d<\/p>\n The Clarksville City Council will meet next for regular, voting session meeting on Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m., in Council Chambers, 106 Public Square.<\/p>\n