The last Blacklion hasn’t closed yet, but Tryon Medical already made plans for the site
Tryon Medical Partners is relocating its primary Pineville office to a larger space, continuing recent expansion plans.
Tryon Medical signed a lease for 25,000 square feet in an office space at Park 51 Center, according to a news release from the real estate group MPV Properties.
Home decor and furniture store Blacklion announced this week it is leaving its Pineville space by January. After that, there will be no more Blacklion stores in the Charlotte region.
Its 58,000-square-foot building will be renovated into a shared medical office and retail mixed-use facility. Renovations are expected to finish by the fourth quarter of 2023.
The new clinic will be at 10635 Park Road, just minutes away from the current location at 10344 Park Road. The expansion is more than triple the size of the old Pineville clinic, said Tryon Medical spokesman Tom Williams.
Tryon Medical’s relocation puts it just across the road from Atrium Health’s Pineville complex.
Tryon Medical was founded by about 90 physicians who splintered from Atrium, following a 2018 lawsuit accusing the hospital system of monopolizing healthcare and discouraging competition. The case was eventually dropped.
Tryon Medical’s growth
Since detaching from Atrium, Tryon has become Charlotte’s largest independent clinic. Its 105 physicians now serve about 185,000 patients, Williams said.
The practice is continuing to expand this year with plans to open a new clinic on Billingsley Road this fall. This office will be its 11th location.
Last September, Tryon Medical opened its 10th clinic, in Matthews, which also more than tripled the size of its older Matthews office.
Tryon Medical CEO Dale Owen previously told The Charlotte Observer his focus on local growth is an alternative to the growing size of national healthcare giants like Atrium. Atrium is arranging a combination with Midwest-based Advocate Aurora Health that would make it the fifth-largest healthcare provider in the U.S.
Owen criticized mega-mergers for potentially driving up costs for patients while lowering salaries for health care workers. Atrium Health CEO Gene Woods has told The Observer that growth allows hospitals to serve their communities more effectively and quickly.
This story was originally published August 4, 2022 at 12:38 PM.
