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AT WORK:Dr. Lee Guinn (right) reviews the results of a test. He hopes a new office building on Shoreline Boulevard will be friendly to the environment, patients and
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Rooms with a view and more
Facilities going up here are designed to be friendly to doctors, patients, environment
By Beth Cross/Caller-Times
Valet parking, salon services, shopping and dining options. They may not be things most people consider when they schedule an appointment with their doctor, but one local physician is integrating these services in a medical office building to be built on Shoreline Boulevard.
Dr. Lee Guinn and his wife, Jane, are general partners of Shoreline Health Center, a $9 million building project scheduled to open in December 2004.
The project should not be confused with the $14 million Shoreline Medical Center, which will go up next door and is overseen by local architect and developer Walter Wisznia and his son, Marcel.
Both lots are behind Memorial Coliseum, and both parties are taking advantage of a tax break as part of the 2000 Community Renewal Tax Relief Act. In fact, Wisznia, who built Tower II downtown, already has purchased two other properties on Water Street, with plans to build more medical offices downtown.
"The tax advantages are tremendous," Wisznia said. "The doctors will save a great deal of money."
People who buy offices in the medical center building can deduct against their federal income taxes their full business cost over 10 years instead of the normal 39.5 years.
Guinn said he is dividing $9 million in tax deductions among shareholders for his building, which was designed based on environment, but also based from a visitor’s or a patient’s perspective.
"You can go and have a great time, but if you are sick, then you can get well here too," he said.
Guinn, who plans to move his Longevity and Wellness Center into the new building in 2004, said he has signed limited partnership agreements for about 75 percent of the building.
Guinn’s practice combines internal medicine, preventative services, and longevity medicine, which includes hormone replacement therapy. Diagnostic procedures such as stress tests, bone density tests and cardiovascular evaluations also will be available. The building will include a pharmacy, imaging center, X-ray department, laboratory, internists, family practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists and nutritionists.
Construction on both buildings was on schedule to start in January.
Wisznia and his son Marcel partnered with Coastal Cardiology Association for their five-floor, 75,000-square-foot building, and plan to offer, among other services, cardiology, radiology and internal medicine.
He said about 75 percent of the building is filled, and that land has been purchased behind the property for parking.
"It is a beautiful location overlooking the bay. We have gone to great lengths to have every office facing the bayfront," Wisznia said.
Guinn plans to apply with the U.S. Green Building Council to designate his 50,000-square-foot building as "green," meaning that the design and construction do not harm the environment.
Contact Beth Cross at 886-3618 or crossb@caller.com
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