A new cancer center at Wellstar Spalding Medical Center in Griffin, GA will double its capacity to provide advanced care services. Nearby, a mixed-use project near Georgia Tech Stadium will offer apartments, retail spaces and ministry facilities, contributing to Atlanta's ongoing urban development.
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Georgia healthcare leaders and providers broke ground April 30, 2025, for a new cancer center being built at the Wellstar Spalding Medical Center in the town of Griffin, south of Atlanta.
Georgia healthcare leaders and providers broke ground April 30, 2025, for a new cancer center being built at the Wellstar Spalding Medical Center in the town of Griffin, south of Atlanta.
In a news release, the Spalding County hospital described itself as the public's "dedicated healthcare partner — putting [patients] at the center of … cancer care and helping [them] navigate with clarity, hope and compassion. That's why we're proud to expand our medical oncology and infusion services to better serve our community."
The cancer-care facility promises greater access to advanced treatments and improved convenience for patients in the Griffin-Spalding County community and surrounding areas.
The 6,475-sq.-ft. addition will double Wellstar Spalding's capacity to serve patients while offering high-quality, personalized cancer care.
Among the facility's features are:
• eight patient examination rooms;
• a triage room;
• fourteen infusion chairs;
• two blood-draw stations;
• a dedicated laboratory;
• a waiting area; and
• administration offices and nurses stations.
"At Wellstar, we believe healthcare isn't just about providing services — it's about delivering the right care at the right time with the right heart," said Kevin Smith, Wellstar Health System's senior vice president and president of the Spalding County hospital. "We have made a generational commitment to transform healthcare for all and ensure every person has access to personalized care that helps them spend more time being a person than a patient."
Scheduled to open this winter, the expanded medical center will offer a range of cancer care services, including:
• medical oncology services with partners in care Northwest Georgia Oncology Centers (NGOC), including the latest targeted therapies, immunotherapy and chemotherapy to fight various types of cancer;
• outpatient infusion services;
• an onsite compounding infusion pharmacy for timely medication preparation;
• resources for patient education with a clinical pharmacist and nurse; and
• onsite support services, including an oncology nurse navigator.
"The cancer experts and infusion team at Wellstar and NGOC work together to put people at the center of their care," said Dr. Madhurima Uppalapati, NGOC's president and a medical oncologist and hematologist. "In Spalding County, that means expanding so we can bring innovative infusion treatments like targeted therapy and immunotherapy closer to home.
"More people in Spalding will face cancer with confidence after this new cancer center opens," Dr. Uppalapati said. "The expanded space and cancer services at Wellstar Spalding will allow our compassionate team to offer the support patients need every step of their treatment."
Mixed-Use Project Coming to Georgia Tech Campus
Significant changes around Georgia Tech in downtown Atlanta show few signs of slowing down.
CCI Real Estate, an Atlanta property investment company, has a financing plan in place to move forward with a five-story, mixed-use project at 740 Techwood Dr., less than a block from the Yellowjackets' football stadium, officials from the firm announced in April 2025.
The $18 million construction loan from Alabama-based Southern States Bank, inked with assistance from CCI's debt capital advisor Lance Thurman of Summerhill CRE, will allow developers to replace the longstanding Baptist College Ministries building with residential, retail and ministry spaces.
In addition, the project is moving forward in partnership with the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, which has had a presence on university's campus for 75 years, Urbanize Atlanta reported April 18, 2025.
CCI's plans for the half-acre site call for 55 one-and two-bedroom apartments spread across 64,000 sq.-ft. The mixed-use components include 12,000 sq.-ft of retail and student community space at the ground level, and an upgraded ministry facility.
"This project presents a rare opportunity to bring vibrant, top-of-the-line residential offerings to students in a prime area of campus with curated retail and updated ministry spaces complementing the housing component." noted CCI CEO Jeff Warwick in a news release.
The construction schedule calls for breaking ground later this summer and opening the building in the summer of 2027, according to CCI.
True North Companies in Roswell, Ga., has been selected as the project's general contractor.
CCI's broader goal is to create "missional impact and community transformation." To that end, Urbanize Atlanta noted that the real estate investment firm is also redeveloping the Baptist College Ministry buildings at both the University of Georgia in Athens and Georgia Southern University in Statesboro to include similar mixed-use designs.
Just down the street from the proposed redevelopment of the Baptist College Ministries building, Georgia Tech athletics kicked off a $500 million fundraising campaign in 2024 called "Full Steam Ahead" that could produce upgraded stadium facilities for Ramblin' Wreck football fans, along with basketball and volleyball players.
As part of those efforts, Bobby Dodd Stadium's transformation is set to include a massive videoboard at the south end, along with new club facilities, a speakeasy and an array of deluxe suites. Meanwhile, vertical construction on the stadium's Fanning Center expansion is well under way.
Urbanize Atlanta also noted that near the western fringes of campus, Georgia Tech's first new on-campus residence hall in 50 years is also under construction, with nearly 900 new beds planned for first-year students. It is slated to open August 2026 in time for the fall semester.
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