The N.C. Division of Health Service Regulation has approved the request of Carolinas HealthCare System (CHS) and Carolinas Medical Center-Lincoln to build a replacement hospital in Lincoln County. The $85 million replacement facility will be located at 489 McAllister Rd near Highway 150 north in Lincolnton on approximately 55 acres of land. The new location is three miles northeast of the current facility. The new hospital campus will comprise approximately 182 thousand square feet and 101 beds, the same number of beds as the current CMC-Lincoln facility, but this is where the similarities end.

The new "CMC-Lincoln will represent the single largest investment made in healthcare in Lincoln County and the most modern facility we can build," said Michael C. Tarwater, Chief Executive Officer of Carolinas HealthCare System. "Under the leadership of Pete Acker, President of CMC-Lincoln, the case has been successfully made for a new, replacement hospital to benefit of the community and to meet the continuing population growth there."

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