Northwest Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine owners are bringing their practice together in one building.

The Northwest Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine practice began under the guidance of Dr. Lewis G. Zirkle Jr. in 1976. The practice expanded and in 2012 became a division of Proliance Surgeons LLC.

The Northwest Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine practice is currently spread across the Tri-Cities in three separate facilities, but when its new building opens in March 2017 at 1351 Fowler Street in Richland’s Spaulding Business Park, the organization will be consolidated into one location.

The new, 36,000-sq.-ft. building, designed by Pondera Architecture and Raymond Fox and Associates of Spokane, has “plenty of room for our 11 physicians, eight orthopaedic surgeons, one pain physician and two non-surgical physicians,” said Jack Waters, executive director of Northwest Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine. It has a physical therapy department, three-room outpatient surgery center and 16 orthopaedic treatment suites. “It will be great to have all our resources in one location,” Waters said.

General contractors Leone and Keeble Inc. of Spokane broke ground in December 2015.

“It’s a beautiful location and a great place for people throughout the Tri-Cities and beyond to access,” he said.

Northwest Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine doesn’t own the three locations it’s presently practicing from: 876 Swift Blvd. in Richland, 512 N. Young St. and 3900 S. Zintel St., both in Kennewick.

“As those leases come due we’ll close those clinics and consolidate into the new building,” Waters said.

Northwest Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine draws patients from throughout the Tri-Cities area including Prosser, Hermiston, Connell, the Yakima area, south of Spokane and the Walla Walla-Dayton area.

“Really, anywhere within a 30-minute to 90-minute drive,” Waters said.

The new building, along with the land, cost approximately $12 million. There are no plans to add more professional staff.

The phone number will remain the same, 509-946-1654. Hours are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Visit the website at proliancetricities.com.