Sunshine Pediatric Day Center Location to Open in Fort Worth
Date Posted: August 4, 2022
Posted In: Projects,
Sunshine Pediatric Day Center recently held a groundbreaking on its new Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care Center (PPECC) facility in Fort Worth, Texas. Oculus Inc., a full-service architecture and interior design firm based in St. Louis, was selected to provide architectural design services for a new ground up prototype. Frank Dale Construction is serving as the Design-Builder for the 7,500 SF facility and is partnering with Sunshine Pediatric Day Center on their rollout of facilities across Texas. This will be the organization’s second location in Texas, which is expected to open to the public in early 2023.
“There are thousands of special needs children who don’t have access to clinical care, therapy services, and enriching educational activities,” said David Maymon, founder and CEO of Sunshine Pediatric Day Center. “By opening this second Texas location in the Fort Worth area, we can offer all these services in one place. We are beyond thankful to Oculus Inc. and Frank Dale Construction for bringing this new prototype of care to the forefront of individualized patient care.”
FDC, Oculus and the rest of the design-build team worked with the client during the design and preconstruction phase to balance their needs, wants and budget, delivering a solution that met their expectations.
As a PPECC facility, Sunshine Pediatric Day Center focuses on meeting the medical, developmental, physical, nutritional, and social needs of children who require intermittent, short, or long-term skilled nursing care. The prototype design includes play areas, PT/OT and speech therapy treatment room, quiet room, and support spaces. The facility, located at 3901 Forest Hill Circle, will be licensed through HHS Long Term Care Licensing.
“We are thrilled about our collaboration with Frank Dale Construction to bring this new Sunshine Pediatric Day Center to reality,” said Marc Lopez, Dallas Managing Principal at Oculus Inc., “We are deeply motivated to deliver a well-designed facility for better patient outcomes to advance their mission.”
Founded in 2018, Sunshine Pediatric Day Center provides special needs childcare inclusive of clinical care, therapy services, and enriching educational activities, providing a diverse and unique environment for special needs children that is safe and stimulating. The organization has two facilities in Florida and opened its first Texas location in January 2021 in Dallas.
Sunshine Kids Pediatric Care operates a one-of-a-kind pediatric day center, PPECC, for children with special medical needs. Their facility provides stimulating and interactive care for medically complex infants and children, from birth to age 21. At every step of the way, their highly qualified and passionate medical staff work to ensure that all therapy services are tailored to your patients’ specific needs. The collaborative and diverse medical environment they foster also allows them to have many of the providers your patient needs under one roof. From the medical administration, to tube feed and tracheostomy care, to physical, speech, and occupational therapy, Sunshine Kids Pediatric Care provides the essential care special medical needs children, and their families, are looking for. Importantly, all patients are accommodated with free transportation to and from their center, helping busy parents with a difficult commute.
Founded in 1997, Frank Dale Construction (FDC) operates on the principles of honesty, integrity, trust, and commitment. Over the last 25 years, the company has grown into a complex multi-disciplined organization that has received numerous industry awards and accolades. To date FDC has completed hundreds of projects across multiple market sectors including Industrial, Commercial, Religious, Healthcare, Senior Living, Education, Hospitality and Municipal.
Oculus Inc. delivers comprehensive architecture, interior design, planning and move management services with a driving aesthetic to Connect | Shape | Move people, experiences, sensibilities and spaces. Oculus creates high-performance design that supports change and promotes value for clients in the commercial, education, government, healthcare, hospitality, retail, restaurant and workplace industries. Oculus has offices in St. Louis, Dallas and Portland, Ore., is WBE-certified and is regularly cited in top industry rankings for architecture and design.