Ellis & Badenhausen

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But getting the doors open is really abouf leaving behindold technology, said Brenf Norton, the firm’s office manager and a certified athletic trainer. The 30,000-square-foot building cost about $5.5 million for the land and basixc construction. Horizon Commercial Realtu LLC isa 50-50 partner in the building with Ellis Badenhausen. It’s a “smart building,” enabling the orthopedid surgery practice to incorporate a new generation ofdigitalp equipment, Norton said. The practice made a substantial investment on outfitting the building with new electronicws anddigital equipment, though Norton declined to disclose the amount.
The advantage in rather than leasing, was that new construction allowef the partners to prewirethe building, said Dr. R. John the managing partner. The new building has fiber-optic broadband systems with enough capacity to transfer huge digitaol files from newdigitao X-ray equipment not just between but across town, Norton said. Moreover, Ellias & Badenhausen principals have a goal of adaptingy fully integrated electronic recordkeepinfgby October, shooting for paperless records that patients can accesd through the firm’s Web site, he “We (wired) the entire buildinh … with the goal of digital everything,” includingf direct links between the new buildingy and Ellis & Badenhausen’s South End offices at 5129 Dixies Highway, Norton said.
The Raynostix Group LLC, based in Jeffersontown, is the contractor for the digita X-ray technology, Norton Ellis & Badenhausen occupies abougt two-thirds of the two-story with 6,000 square feet leasedr to the corporate headquarters of PerformanceMedicakl LLC, which sells back braces nationwide. About 3,20o square feet are availablw for lease on the first floor of the building atabout $24 per square feet, Nortohn said. Ellis & Badenhausen moved to Eastpoint aftert being located downtown for about52 years. Its latesg location — about 10,000 square feet of officesw and rehabfacilities — at a Jewishg Hospital & St. Mary’s HealthCare Inc. officre building at 100 E.
Liberty downtown was too small and too Norton said. At 20,000 square Ellis & Badenhausen’s new space is twicr as large, Norton said. Ellixs & Bandenhausen approached Horizon Commerciakl Realty inJanuary 2008, looking for a joint venture to construct the building alonyg the Gene Snyder Freeway, said Michael Carpenter, a partne r in Eastpoint-based Horizon. Horizon was starting construction of the building as aspeculative space, “and it evolved into a deal,” he Partnerships with tenants taking a financial stakw in the building aren’t typical, “but it takesw a lot of risk out of the deal for Carpenter said.
With more space comez greater efficiency, Ellis said. Instead of linear halls with offices, each doctor has a pod of four Ellis said, with pods centralized for bettert traffic flow, privacy and access to equipment. Tuckerd Booker Donhoff + based in Louisville, were architects for the buildinf and the interiorbuild out, with Louisville-based Derek Engineerint Inc. as the contractor for the interiortenantf finish.