MedExpress planning urgent-care clinics in Longmont, Fort Collins

LONGMONT — MedExpress Urgent Care is planning a return to Colorado, four years after it sold its six clinics in the state and two years after it was acquired by UnitedHealth Group.

Based in Morgantown, W.Va., MedExpress Urgent Care has plans to open clinics in Longmont, Fort Collins and south Denver in Glendale, providing walk-in treatment for illnesses and injuries, wellness exams and employer health services.

The company has submitted plans to the city of Longmont to convert a former bank building into an urgent-care clinic. The 5,000-square foot building at the southwest corner of U.S. Highway 287 and Ken Pratt Boulevard previously housed First National Denver, and prior to that, Mile High Bank. The property, at 601 S. Main St., is owned by regional real estate mogul Stephen Tebo. Kevin Nelson with Tebo Properties said MedExpress will lease the building.

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MedExpress also is planning to open an urgent-care clinic in Fort Collins at 110 Boardwalk Drive, the site at the northeast corner of South College Avenue and Boardwalk that previously housed a 4,200-square-foot Ruby Tuesday restaurant. Confluent Development LLC, a Denver-based real estate development and investment firm, purchased the property in May for $1.5 million, according to public records.

A spokesperson for Confluent Development said the company is working with MedExpress to renovate the former Ruby Tuesday  building into an urgent-care center that meets MedExpress’ design standards. Upon completion of the project, MedExpress will lease the property from Confluent Development.

Optum, a division of health-insurance giant UnitedHealth Group, acquired MedExpress Urgent Care in 2015, two years after Concentra purchased the MedExpress clinics in Denver, Highlands Ranch, Lakewood, Northglenn, Parker and Aurora.