(Blythewood, SC) — A new healthcare facility is coming to the Blythewood area as Lexington Medical Center prepares to build a 22,000-square-foot clinic near Red Hawk Way, just outside the town limits. The development is part of a broader effort to improve access to medical services for residents and support anticipated job growth from the incoming Scout Motors facility.
The project, known as Lexington Medical Park, is expected to cost more than $11 million. The first phase is scheduled for completion by the end of 2025, with family medicine and physical therapy services opening around that time. OBGYN services are planned to follow in the summer of 2026.
“So it’s going to be so very good presence there, robust comprehensive family medicine, OBGYN, physical therapy; we hope to open by the end of 2025 with family medicine and physical therapy in the summer of 2026 with OBGYN,” said Kirk Jenkins, senior vice president at Lexington Medical Center.
Local leaders say the new facility addresses a longstanding concern among residents regarding limited healthcare options. Mayor Sloan Griffin noted that having a medical provider with a presence in the community is a positive step and could open the door to other much-needed services.
“Because they have a presence here in this community, I do know that they have recognized the need for certain services; so, it will be up to them on that complex to recognize that maybe dialysis is a growing need, maybe orthopedics,” Griffin said.
The clinic is also expected to support Scout Motors as the company ramps up operations nearby. Scout plans to create between 4,000 and 5,000 jobs in the area and currently operates a mobile health site to serve its employees. That temporary solution will eventually be replaced by a permanent clinic located inside the company’s production facility.
“The clinic itself will be built into the production facility at SCOUT, and it will be a good-sized clinic, probably a few thousand square feet, that will really increase the size of the number of portals in there as they hire more employees,” said Thomas Tafel, director of community health at Scout Motors. “So we are there to take care of their needs.”
Griffin added that improved healthcare access is likely to contribute to continued growth across other sectors in the area, including services such as veterinary care and pet boarding.
“That’s why you also see those other services growing, those pet spaces, pet vacation, veterinarian services,” he said. “So, it’s going to grow and more of those demands are going to kick in.”
Construction of the new medical facility signals continued investment in Blythewood’s infrastructure as the region adapts to both residential growth and industrial expansion.
