A Nashville-based health care company called SpecialtyCare has signed on to have a showroom in a proposed medical trade center, which is planned for the city’s old convention center.

More than 500 hospitals outsource surgical support, neurological monitoring and other clinical services with the company. SpecialtyCare vice president Bill Elliott says in a statement his company will locate a training program at the Nashville Medical Trade Center, with a simulated operating room.

Dallas-based Market Center Management Company has stated a goal of leasing 60 percent of the proposed 1.5 million square-foot medical mart before starting construction. SpecialtyCare represents the sixth signed agreement. Market Center Management needs to start construction soon in order to hit a 2013 opening date.