LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – City and state leaders joined University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare officials Thursday to break ground on a major new medical complex at Hamburg East – a project they say will expand access to specialty and primary care for families across Lexington and Eastern Kentucky.
The new Hamburg East Medical Office Building will rise on Cowgill Way, just off Winchester Road near I-75. It is the first phase of a multi-phased development on roughly 41 acres UK acquired in the Hamburg area in 2023.
UK estimates the 220,000-square-foot facility will cost about $275 million. Substantial completion is planned for December 2028, with the first patients expected in spring 2029.
Bringing “hospital-level” care closer to where people live
Eric N. Monday, UK’s Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration and Co-Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, said the new site is a key part of UK HealthCare’s push to move more outpatient services closer to neighborhoods…