New Hanover Regional Medical Center officials could build up to 100,000 square feet of medical office and hospitality space on 8.24 acres of property along Physicians Drive. 

The project is being designed by the Wilmington-based division of LS3P Associates and engineered by McKim & Creed, which also operates a division in the Port City.

New Hanover Regional spokeswoman Erin Balzotti said no definite timeline has been set for construction on the proposed medical complex. She said project officials were  working with city development staff on details related to the complex’s undertaking.     

Balzotti said the medical office, which might house cardiology services, would be completed in phases.

The first phase would include construction of a three-story, 60,000-square-foot medical building. The second phase, which would be built pending demand, would consist of a roughly 20,000-square-foot building on the site.

A new 26,000-square foot hospitality house, which typically houses patients’ families while a member is receiving treatment, is also planned for the medical office campus.

Balzotti said the new facility would replace the existing hospitality structure on Medical Center Drive, but officials would not release what phase its construction would encompass.