Private Hospital Set to Open on Chiswick High Road?

Global healthcare company acquires space in Decca Records site

There is speculation that a private hospital may set to open on Chiswick High Road following the renting out of a five storey building by a global healthcare company. 347-353 Chiswick High Road (opposite Halfords) has been leased by HCA Healthcare, the world's largest private healthcare company.

The 26,000 square foot space could be a diagnostic and treatment centre but details of the company's plans are not yet confirmed - the building gained planning permission for healthcare use earlier this year. We have asked HCA for further information and will report back.

The building, Bond House, was formerly home to Universal music and Decca Records and is a five-storey block, with 40 car park spaces to the rear.

According to Hanover Green specialist property consultancy, HCA has signed for the entire 26,000 square feet on a 25-year lease with a break option after 15 years. The rent is £47.50 per square foot.

HCA International is based in the UK and operates six top hospitals in central London, the Harley Street Clinic, London Bridge Hospital, The Portland, the Lister, the Princess Grace hospital, and the Wellington Hospital. It also runs a range of outpatient and diagnostic centres at Devonshire Street, Old Broad Street, and the Brentwood Medical Centre in Essex and one at Sevenoaks in Kent. The Chelsea Consulting Rooms is a private consultation facility while Chelsea Outpatient Centre is a diagnostic and treatment centre. There are two others, one in the City of London and another at Canary Wharf.

HCA Inc., also known as Hospital Corporation of America, is the world's largest independent hospital company with a turnover of around $30 billion, 164 hospitals and 106 outpatient centres, serving 14 million patients a year. Its most recent acquisition is the £33m Platinum Medical Centre part of the Wellington Hospital at St John's Wood, north London. The £33m centre is 50,000 square feet spread over seven floors, and has capacity for 70,000 outpatients annually.

November 26, 2016