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Medical office complex planned for East Parker Road

By Sharon McBrayer | The News Herald

Published: October 6, 2008

Morganton - A complex of six medical offices is planned for East Parker Road.
The Morganton City Council approved a measure on Monday night to subdivide 11.652 acres on the north side of the road near Parker Lane.
Barry Stock with Stock Properties, who is the broker for the project, said the complex won't be your run-of-the-mill medical offices.
The plans are to build an upscale medical park that will include a lot of "green" space. The plans include a fitness trail around an erosion pond and along a creek for employees and patients, as well as extensive landscaping, Stock said.
"That ought to be well received," Stock said.
BALC, which is made up of four local people, is developing the property, Stock said.
The complex of offices could accommodate anything from a general practioner to the highest level of specialty, Stock said. He said there are already several people interested in locating offices in the complex.
Any doctor or group of doctors who wants to locate offices in the complex will be responsible for building their own office, Stock said. Each building can be up to 7,000 square feet, he said.
Stock said the developers will try to create architectural standards, such as using wood, stone and brick, so the offices blend into the environment. The name of the complex will be Mountain Vista Medical Park, he said.
In other business:
• The council unanimously approved a proposed facade improvement to the Norfolk Southern trestle bridge that runs across South Sterling and South Green streets.
The plans include painting the bridge that will simulate a brick surface, said Michael Berley with the development and design department. It also would include stuccoing and painting the retaining wall that runs along South Green Street and landscaping.
Berley told the council $22,588 of state and federal funds was left over from renovations on the train depot. The city would have to provide a 10 percent match, which would bring the total to $25,000, Berley said.
The city still needs to get approval from Norfolk Southern, Berley said.
• The council unanimously agreed to adopt the North Green Street greenway master plan, which would connect downtown to the Catawba River Greenway.