Medical campus proposed in Bend

Two Bend developers have proposed an 11-building medical campus on the edge of Bend’s NorthWest Crossing neighborhood.

Planning documents and blueprints submitted to the city last week say the developers are considering a medical and dental office campus on a nearly 5-acre parcel at NorthWest Crossing Drive and Shevlin Park Road.

The documents, which requested a pre-application meeting to discuss the project, list DevTech Engineering as the project applicant, and Todd Taylor, president and CEO of Taylor Northwest, as the potential property owner.

NorthWest Crossing owners are working on a deal to sell the piece of land to Taylor, said David Ford, general manager of West Bend Property Co., NorthWest Crossing’s development group.

Taylor said on Wednesday that it would be premature to discuss the project while the groups were working on the transaction.

The office buildings would range from about 4,250 square feet to 7,500 square feet, according to blueprints filed with the city. New parking lots and access to the lots would also be created.

If the plan goes through, it would mean 61,000 square feet of new office space.

Taylor is set to discuss the project with Bend Community Development Department staff on Oct. 24,according to Brian Harrington, Bend’s associate planner.

The medical campus, if it does move forward, would join several other big projects that are in various stages throughout NorthWest Crossing.

West Bend Property recently started site preparation for 175 home lots and a 34-acre park west of Mt. Washington Drive in the northwest portion of the development.

It’s also looking to add new home lots and roads near Skyliners Road and N.W. 17th Street in the southeast portion.

A Bend homebuilder is considering building 24 condominiums on a vacant piece of land north of High Lakes Elementary, on N.W. Shields Drive between Lewis and William Clark streets.

The Bend-La Pine School Board, meanwhile, voted last week to purchase land just west of Summit High School to build a new middle school.