Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has purchased a plot of land in Tennessee to build a freestanding emergency department, according to The Nashville Post.
The land, located at Century Farms in Nashville, cost $3 million. Century Farms is a 300-acre, mixed-use development.
HCA Healthcare said it plans to build a $14 million, 11-bed freestanding ED on the land that also will house a trauma room and space for behavioral health services.
HCA will join its competitor, Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, in building on the Century Farms development, according to The Nashville Post.
CHS already has a six-story, 240,000-square-foot medical office building in the Century Farms development.