Group Health Cooperative today announced plans to construct a new administrative building in Renton. The building will be located on the former Longacres site at Southwest 27th Street and Strander Boulevard, just east of the new Sounder Rail Station.

The new building will provide state-of-the-art space for administrative, lab, pharmacy fulfillment and warehouse operations. Completion is scheduled for early 2017.

The 12-acre site is adjacent to public transportation and major freeway systems, providing easy access for employees and delivery. Group Health has partnered with Ryan Companies on the development project.

“We constantly are looking for ways to enhance our operations to best meet the needs of our members,” said Bill Biggs, Group Health vice president, Administrative Services Division, in a press release. “This new facility is designed to integrate the very latest technology that creates efficiencies and savings, resulting in the quality, affordable experience our members expect at Group Health.”

The new building will house approximately 1,000 employees. These employees will relocate from a nearby Tukwila building. That building, which Group Health has occupied since 1995, no longer best serves the needs of Group Health members and staff.

Group Health will continue to have administrative staff operate out of their other leased buildings in Tukwila, Seattle and throughout the state.

-from a press release