Article archive / January 2021
Originally published: . Volume 12, No. 1. Source pages: 4.
In a December press release, Gov. Edwards highlighted Ochsner Health's plans to develop a super clinic of comprehensive health care services in the former Sears location at Clearview City Center in Metairie. Ochsner Health President and CEO Warner L. Thomas and Clearview City Center Managing Partner Thomas Richards announced plans to convert the 185,000-square-foot former retail store into a super clinic and micro-hospital at Clearview City Center, which is being redeveloped from a traditional shopping mall to a mixed-use site of more than 1 million square feet of residential, office, retail, grocery, hotel and entertainment space.
Opening in two years, the Ochsner Health facility will serve as an anchor for the $100 million Clearview City Center redevelopment, said the announcement. The super clinic will create 200 new direct jobs, with an average annual salary of $70,000, plus benefits, and result in an estimated 209 new indirect jobs, for a total of more than 400 new jobs in Louisiana's Southeast Region. A key element will be patient-safety features built into the design, including socially distanced waiting areas, virtual doctor visits and patient check-in via phone.
The new Ochsner facility will be known as a super clinic due to the breadth of health care services provided. Women's services, men's health and behavioral health will be joined by a sinus center; sports medicine and physical therapy; digestive health and gastroenterology; neurology and brain health; pain management; cardiology; and ophthalmology and vision services. The facility will also feature a 10-bed micro-hospital to accommodate overnight stays.
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