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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority asks to add more acres to Fort Mill development

FORT MILL, S.C. — An Atrium Health project in Fort Mill is getting bigger.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority is asking to add about 10 more acres to its Atrium Health Fort Mill Development, bringing their total property to 94.4 acres near Sutton Road and I-77.

In addition to the four-story tower hospital with 60 bed spaces and 15 emergency bays, the site will also feature between 250,000 and 600,000-square-feet of commercial development, up to 300 apartments or condos, and a connection to the nearby Carolina Thread Trail.

Neighbor Meghann Wiles says she’s eager to learn more about the project and how it will ultimately impact her community.

“This is a high traffic area as well,” she said.

Planning documents say a traffic study is being updated right now.

Atrium has said there is a need for more access to emergency and critical health services in South Carolina.

They’ve said a high percentage of patients in its Pineville hospital travel there from South Carolina.

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