The property developers behind Nashville’s medical mart have finally publicly admitted what’s been obvious for awhile — the project isn’t going to hit its slated opening date of 2013.The CEO of property developer Market Center Management said construction wouldn’t begin this year on the Nashville Medical Trade Center, as originally projected, meaning the project won’t [...]

Nashville’s medical mart has secured a commitment from Nashville-based clinical services provider SpecialtyCare to lease 8,500 square feet.SpecialtyCare, which has signed a lease for the space, marks the fifth tenant signed by the Nashville Medical Trade Center, with those leases set to cover about 70,000 square feet, a spokesman said.The property developers behind Nashville’s project [...]

The Nashville medical mart has a signed five-year lease with another anchor tenant, publicly traded furniture maker Steelcase (NYSE:SCS).Nurture, the healthcare-focused brand of Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Steelcase, plans to occupy up to 4,000 square feet of space in the Nashville Medical Trade Center, which is slated for a 2013 opening, according to a report in [...]

The property developers behind Nashville’s medical mart have released a virtual video tour of the proposed project. The video highlights the Nashville Medical Trade Center’s showrooms, exhibition hall, health information technology innovation center and training and education facilities.

Nashville’s medical mart project has announced its fourth tenant, which it’s calling the “China Pavilion” — a showroom that will feature products and services from yet-to-be-determined Chinese medical technology companies.

The property development company behind Nashville’s medical mart have reached an agreement with its third tenant, New York-based mdi Consultants Inc.

Forty-four percent of the people who took a poll by the Nashville Business Journal think their city’s medical trade center project is key for economic development so it should get state tax credits to draw tenants.

For Bill Winsor, building a successful medical mart is all about attracting a “critical mass” of healthcare products sellers. In Winsor’s view, his Nashville project has what it takes to create that critical mass, and Cleveland’s competing medical mart doesn’t.

Developers of Nashville’s medical mart project are in the final stages of negotiating leases with 15 new tenants.

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