Kelsey-Seybold Inks Land Deal for Comprehensive Medical and Diagnostic Facility in Northwest Houston ​

Houston (January 10, 2007) - Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, Houston’s largest community-based physician group, has purchased a 10-acre parcel from V&W Partners, Ltd. — the first step in its plans to develop a 60,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art medical and diagnostic center. Kelsey-Seybold’s latest medical office will be part of a 640-acre master-planned development, called The Vintage, located near the HP campus in Northwest Houston, at the corner of Louetta on State Highway 249.

Kelsey-Seybold expects to break ground on its “Medical Office of the Future” in spring 2007. When completed, patients of the new clinic will find comprehensive multi-specialty care with more than 20 physicians complemented by services including on-site Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Computerized Tomography (CT), digital X-ray and mammography services, laboratory and pharmacy, for a one-stop healthcare experience. The facility will also feature a 12,000-square-foot St. Luke’s Minor Emergency Center providing patient care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and staffed by St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System Emergency Room physicians and medical personnel.

“As the northwest communities continue to expand, so do local families’ needs for comprehensive and convenient medical services,” said Spencer Berthelsen, M.D., Kelsey-Seybold Clinic Chairman of the Board. “Our new facility at The Vintage will enable patients to visit a physician, have clinical laboratory services or diagnostic procedures performed, and have prescriptions filled all under one roof and in their neighborhood.”

The Vintage is a joint venture of Kickerillo Companies and Mischer Investments under the newly-formed V&W Partners, Ltd. The development will feature a Central Market H-E-B, single-family homes, apartment homes and an open-air shopping center modeled after Uptown Park in the Galleria area. Harrell Architects will design the Clinic, which will serve as the new home for the physicians and staff currently housed at Kelsey-Seybold’s Willowbrook Clinic.

“Our vision for The Vintage is to offer the very best, from comfort at home to comprehensive and convenient services, so Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is a natural fit. We approached Kelsey-Seybold because of its longstanding commitment to quality care and medical excellence,” said Vincent Kickerillo, CEO of Kickerillo Companies. “Soon, neighbors will be able to eat, shop, bank, and have most of their healthcare needs met at The Vintage.”