New Hospital Pitched for Former Las Cruces Country Club Site

The process to begin filling the largest open space within city limits will likely start in less than a month.
Barring the unforeseen, the Las Cruces Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to meet June 25 to consider rezoning 30 acres at the former Las Cruces Country Club. A rezoning application was filed April 22 with the city’s Community Development Department seeking two zoning designations: commercial high intensity (C-3), and multi-dwelling high density and limited retail and office (R-4c).
If approved by the commission and then the Las Cruces City Council, there are plans to build and operate Park Ridge Medical Center, a 42-bed full service hospital, that would specialize in cardiac health care.
Information provided to city officials indicates the hospital would be developed by Galichia Hospital Group, a limited liability company that owns and operates hospitals throughout the U.S. A Galichia Hospital Groups brochure provided to city officials said developers are “partnering with over 20 local physicians who are investing in the real estate and equipment.” The brochure added “Las Cruces is experiencing rapid population and economic growth.”
Numerous messages seeking comments and details from Dr. Joseph P. Gallichia, co-founder and chief executive officer, and Michael Phillips, founder, chief operating officer and chief financial officer of Galichia Hospital Group, LLC were not returned.
However, Las Cruces developer Robert Pofahl, whose company has developed conceptual plans and conducted several meetings with city officials and residents about the proposed development, has said the sale of the former country club property is contingent upon the city approving rezoning. A sales price has never been publicly disclosed, but the property has been appraised at $7.4 million.
Currently, the 110-acre former country club property is zoned single-family residential medium density. The existing zoning designation allows for only one single-family residential home to be built on any portion of the 110 acres…
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By: Steve Ramirez (Las Cruces Sun-News)