WellStar Breaks Ground On Health Park In Alpharetta

ALPHARETTA, GA — Alpharetta and North Fulton County leaders were on hand Monday for WellStar's groundbreaking ceremony for its planned Avalon Health Park.

The new park will be a two-story, 40,000-square-foot facility housing high-quality outpatient services for those residing in North Fulton County.

Once it's up and running, the park is expected to see more than 80,000 diagnostic tests and office visits in its first full year of operation.

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Scheduled to be completed in summer 2019, the health park will include primary care and specialty physician practices, urgent care, medical imaging, cardiac diagnostics, lab outreach services and OrthoSport physical therapy.

Patients will have access to various medical specialties under one roof, including family medicine, OB/GYN, pulmonary, cardiology and pediatrics.

One of five WellStar health parks, WellStar Avalon Health Park will be located at 2450 Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta.

Photo 1: Community leaders and officials from WellStar Health System break ground on WellStar Avalon Health Park. Scheduled to be completed in summer 2019, the health park will provide Alpharetta and North Fulton residents a convenient location for surgeries not requiring a hospital stay.

Photo 2: The future home of WellStar Avalon Health Park will be located at 2450 Old Milton Parkway.

Photo 3: Joe Brywczynski, senior vice president of WellStar Health Parks Administration & Development, introduces Alpharetta Mayor Jim Gilvin at Monday’s groundbreaking event.

Photo 4: Jon-Paul Croom, WellStar senior vice president and president of WellStar North Fulton Hospital, expresses his excitement about WellStar bringing its high-quality outpatient care to North Fulton

Photo 5: Robb Pitts, chairman of Fulton County Board of Commissioners, addresses the audience after the groundbreaking of WellStar Avalon Health Park.

Images via WellStar Health System