Veterinary clinic coming to North Shoppes area

By Chris Fortune

A new animal care facility will be built near the Shoppes at North Village in an area busy with development over the past year.

Buchanan County Commissioners closed on the sale of land at 5423 North Pointe Dr. this week. The property is just north of where a new My Place Hotel is being built.

“It was sold to a group that is going to be putting a veterinary clinic, slash hospital slash urgent care, facility in there,” Presiding Commissioner Scott Nelson said. “And they’re really anxious to get started on it.”

Since the sale on the property only recently went through, the Buchanan County GIS, which stores geographic data, does not reflect the new owners of the property as of Thursday afternoon.

It is the latest property sale by the county on land near the North Shoppes, where two new hotels are being developed.

Construction continues at the My Place hotel at 3621 N. Village Dr., where the building’s facade appears nearly complete. Another Hilton-affiliated hotel a short walk north at 3615 N Village Dr., is quickly developing, with a parking lot beginning to take shape.

It is unclear when construction on the veterinary clinic will begin, but a clause the county included in the contract will ensure shovels hit the ground within two years.

“This is an investment,” Nelson said. “We want activity going on up there.”