Northside Forsyth looking to add on

CUMMING - Officials with Northside Hospital-Forsyth are seeking approval for a new 75,000 square foot medical office building.

The hospital filed a letter of determination with the Georgia Department of Community health for the new three-story building on its campus in Cumming.

It's planned on the south side of the existing Women's Center, according to the hospital. It'll connect to that center by a glass corridor and would compliment the look and design of the center.

The new building would house several physician specialties and practices and support the center.

"We continue to have a great deal of interest in our campus among physicians who want to locate here and be associated with our hospital," Skip Putnam, CEO of Northside Hospital-Forsyth, said.

Pending state approval, hospital officials hope to break ground on the new building next fall, with completion in about eight months time.