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Salude Rehab to Open in July By Eric Olson
The first five weeks on the project were spent concentrated on clearing and grubbing, grading the site and putting in retaining walls.
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center has yet to be finalized, but will employ nursing staff and clinical specialists, as well as hospitality-focused staff like a concierge.
Construction crews north of Atlanta are finishing up a 46,610 sq. ft. (4,330.2 sq m) upscale transitional care medical facility designed to care for patients who have been discharged from the hospital but still in need of daily rehabilitation. Texas-based Golden Living — the second largest skilled nursing provider in the United States, will manage the 64-bed Salude transitional care center. The company has been developing the new Georgia facility for the last year in Suwanee. Located just off Interstate 85 on Atlanta’s suburban north side, Salude is just the second development in a new mixed-use commercial enclave called Suwanee Gateway. Encompassing almost 14 million sq. ft. of industrial, office, retail and hotel space, the development is being counted on to help revitalize the area between the interstate and downtown Suwanee. The medical facility plans to have its grand opening July 8, according to Kelli Luneborg, public relations director of Golden Living. She added that the number of employees at the
Built for Short-Term Patients Salude is being built to replace another Golden Living facility in nearby Lawrenceville that had to be closed due to roof damage. The Suwanee rehab center is designed for patients who are recovering from a variety of postacute and post-surgical conditions, including orthopedic, cardiac and other complex, short-term rehabilitation needs. “We knew we wanted to rebuild so we decided to use the opportunity to offer the community a new model of health care — one that would cater to short-term rehabilitation patients,” Luneborg said. “We worked closely with the state to make sure they supported our vision to offer a new transitional care model. There are very few transitional care facilities, if any at all, that are equally focused on clinical experience and delivering a hospitalityoriented customer-service experience.” see SALUDE page 4
Texas-based Golden Living — the second largest skilled nursing provider in the United States., has been developing the new Georgia facility for the last year in Suwanee.