Loree Skelton, a health care attorney and CEO of South Having Nursing Home, claims a surgery center is not needed in Riverchase and is pushing for one elsewhere.
Plans for the Riverchase Office Park were first developed in the 1970s, and regulations for its development were first approved by the Hoover City Council in 1981.
A key part of the plan is a Riverwalk Health and Wellness Center and a "boutique hospital," but it also includes up to 102 single-family homes, 495 multi-family units, 135 hotel rooms and up to 584,000 square feet of new commercial space.