Published 1:33 pm Wednesday, October 23, 2024 By Rita Lebleu The Imperial Pointe master plan was announced in 2016. On Tuesday, the Lake Charles Kiwanis Club heard the latest on the development off Nelson Road, right down to the coffee brand to be served on campus. The 75-acre, infrastructure-ready, pre-programmed campus started with 18 acres.
“We really started about 2006, and what happened was that, in conjunction with the Eye Clinic, The Center for Orthopedics, which at that time was a small group, was looking for a site to have an ambulatory surgery center, medical office building and an outpatient imaging center,” Dr. John Noble told the group. Noble is the managing partner of Imperial Pointe, a retired orthopedic surgeon, real estate developer and entrepreneur with a passion for solving health care-related problems.
“We were seeing our colleagues develop physician-owned hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers and imaging centers around the country,” Noble said. In college, Noble worked for the managing partner of the Eye Clinic, and they became close friends. “Dr.
Lacoste and I decided to develop an ambulatory surgery center together, known as the Imperial Surgery Center, and it was the main economic driver of the campus.” Christus Ochsner is 51 percent owner of the center, and the name has changed to reflect that. Noble said the transaction was motivated by changes in the insurance industry.
The financial crisis in 2008 made it possible for Imperial Pointe.
