St. Francis Hospital Inc. is spending a combined $1.55 million to renovate medical office space at two adjacent addresses on Commonwealth Drive in Greenville, according to a pair of commercial alteration permits issued on September 29. Forge Commercial Construction is handling both projects, which involve full mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire-protection work to prepare the suites for incoming tenants.
What the Permits Show
The larger of the two permits, valued at $950,000, covers alterations to the second floor of a medical office building at 135 Commonwealth Dr. The scope of work includes extending the existing sprinkler system, installing new mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems, and constructing new walls for the incoming tenant. The permit was issued under number 2600003824.
A second permit, number 2600003825, authorizes $600,000 in alterations at 131 Commonwealth Dr. That project similarly calls for mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire alarm, and sprinkler work, along with new walls, doors, millwork, and finishes. Both permits are classified as commercial alterations and list St. Francis Hospital Inc. as the property owner.
The back-to-back filings with identical issue dates and the same contractor point to a coordinated build-out effort across the two buildings. Forge Commercial Construction, the general contractor on both jobs, is overseeing what amounts to a comprehensive interior overhaul at each location — the kind of full-system renovation typically required to bring a raw or vacated shell up to code for a new medical tenant.
Why It Matters
The $1.55 million in combined permit activity signals that St. Francis Hospital Inc. is actively filling its Commonwealth Drive medical office campus with new tenants. Healthcare-related commercial construction has been a steady source of permit volume in Greenville County, and a health system investing at this scale in tenant improvements suggests sustained demand for outpatient medical office space in the area. The two permits also represent a meaningful near-term workload for Forge Commercial Construction, which now has over $1.5 million in active medical build-out work on a single campus.