The health care system announced late Wednesday the design and construction team for the $137 million, 100-bed hospital. Architecture firm Gresham Smith and Partners, with offices in Memphis as well as a dozen other cities, was selected to design the hospital. Nashville-based Smith Seckman and Reid Inc. was chosen to handle the engineering design, and New York City-based Turner Construction Co. will provide construction management and serve as general contractor. The hospital will be constructed at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 78 and Bethel Road and will be a built to LEED certification. Methodist won approval for the new facility in July 2010 from the Mississippi Department of Health.

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