By Jeff Grant | Independent Newsmedia, In
A $15 million medical facility specializing in the rehabilitation of traumatic brain-injury patients would bring 125 new jobs to the city by fall 2016 under an agreement expected to be approved next week by the City Council.
The deal, with Dallas-based Cobalt Medical Treatment, would pave the way for construction of a 50,000-square-foot Advanced Rehabilitation Center on an approximately 5-acre undeveloped tract off Bell and Dysart roads. Surprise officials would use $160,000 from the city’s economic-development contingency fund to pay fees associated with the project, including development review, civil construction review, civil permit, building permit and plan review. The firm must obtain a certificate of occupancy by Aug. 1, 2015.
“A project like this aligns perfectly with the Council’s Strategic Plan,” said Mayor Sharon Wolcott after the plan was presented by officials from the city and Cobalt to the council Tuesday night at City Hall, 16000 N. Civic Center Plaza. “Job creation and the recruitment of new health care operations are cornerstones of the plan.”
