AnMed Breaks Ground for Piedmont Facility

Observer Reports

AnMed Health broke ground for its new facility in Piedmont on Tuesday, which will include an emergent care area in one of the fastest growing areas of Anderson County.

In a news release, AnMed suggested the new building is aimed at meeting the increased demand for health care and the needs of a growing population thanks to an investment of more than $35 million.

“This new facility is coming to the right place at exactly the right time,” said Anderson County Administrator Rusty Burns. “We have seen tremendous population growth in recent time in Powdersville and northeastern Anderson County, and I have no doubt that AnMed Piedmont is going to save lives. Plus, the availability of AnMed primary care, physical therapy and laboratory services within a short drive will be welcomed by the many thousands of residents in the community.”

Primary care and specialty physician offices, physical therapy, and laboratory and imaging services that include X-ray, CT and ultrasound will join the emergency department 40,000 square-feet structure at AnMed Piedmont.

“This facility will make South Carolina better,” said AnMed CEO William Kenley. “It will plant emergency care right in the heart of the I-85 corridor. It will bring other needed services much closer to people’s homes. It will make it so much easier for so many to be healthier. Better starts here.”

More than 50 high-paying jobs are projected to be created by the facility when AnMed Piedmont opens in early 2025.  

“As a native son of Piedmont, I am so excited to see AnMed come to northern Anderson County,” said Anderson County Council member Jimmy Davis. “We are experiencing explosive growth here, and we could not ask for a better partner to further the growth of health, safety and welfare of our community.”

Additionally, AnMed and Anderson County are exploring the development of an EMS substation and an Anderson County Sheriff’s Office substation on the AnMed Piedmont campus. The substations could include living quarters and an ambulance garage for EMS, office facilities and a base of operations for the Sheriff’s Office, and they’d further enhance public safety.