By HFT Staff

Northside Hospital Forsyth leaders gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of a major expansion at the hospital campus. Work has begun on construction of a new medical office building and a parking deck. 

Once complete, the four-story, 120,000-square-foot medical office building will be the sixth medical office on the Northside Forsyth campus. The building will increase support of hospital services and physician practices in pulmonology, colorectal, surgery, imaging, neurology, thoracic surgery and more. 

Parking for nearly 900 vehicles will be available, and the site will offer direct connection to Deputy Bill Cantrell Highway. 

Charlie Dickhaus, senior vice president of Realty Trust Group, said the project is unique as it results from a partnership among Healthpeak Properties real estate investment trust and eight physician investor groups. 

The project is 98% leased more than a year before opening, according to Dickhaus. 

The project helps Northside Forsyth keep pace with the growth of one of the fastest-growing counties in Georgia. Since Northside came to Forsyth County in 2002, the hospital has grown from a 41-bed facility to one that now has 407 beds and had more than 800,000 patient encounters in 2024. 

The building and parking deck are expected to open in the fall of 2026.