Colquitt Regional Medical Center’s Hufstetler Tower is a four-story addition in Moultrie, Georgia, that will lift the rural hospital’s licensed bed count from 99 to 155. Doster Construction is the general contractor and TMP Architects leads design. Construction was reported under way in late September 2026, and earlier hospital plans called for completion by summer 2028.
The tower is named for Teresa and Steve Hufstetler, whose $5 million pledge anchors the Colquitt Regional Medical Foundation’s Reaching New Heights in Healthcare campaign.
Project Scope
The ground floor takes expanded surgical and outpatient services. Three levels of patient space stack above it. The hospital has said the tower adds a new women’s unit and more capacity in surgery, maternal and infant care and critical care, along with upgrades to the Kate Jeter Memorial Garden on campus.
The Noli White Group is handling project management, equipment planning and IT coordination. That’s a sensible hire for a hospital this size, which doesn’t run a large in-house facilities planning staff.
The numbers need care. When the expansion was announced in April 2025, local TV reported a cost of about $150 million, with roughly $10 million to come from donations and $140 million from revenue bonds, plus more than 100 new beds. The hospital’s 2026 materials frame it as 56 additional licensed beds, and they’ve stopped publishing a dollar figure. The jobs count moved too, from more than 300 new employees within five years in 2025 to about 490 new jobs and 35 physicians this year.
The schedule slid a bit. The 2025 plan targeted a January 2026 start, while the June 2026 release said work would begin that summer.
Why It Matters
Rural hospitals are mostly in the news for closing. This one is borrowing to grow, which says something about demand in south Georgia and about the board’s confidence in its payer mix. Doster’s project director Michael Mijares framed it as expanding access for the long haul, and that’s the right lens. Adding surgery and maternity capacity locally keeps patients from driving to Tifton, Albany or Valdosta.
The risk sits on the financing side. A bond-funded tower of this size is a big bet for a 99-bed system, and the fundraising piece is small by comparison. If the 2028 opening holds and the new beds fill, it’s a model other regional hospitals will study.
Project Team & Details
| Owner / Client | Colquitt Regional Medical Center (Colquitt Regional Health System) |
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| Architect | TMP Architects |
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| Consultants | The Noli White Group (project management, equipment planning, IT coordination) |
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| General Contractor | Doster Construction Company |
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| Status | Under Construction |
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| Funding Source | Institutional |
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