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The 372,000 square foot facility that houses the Swedish Orthopedic Institute
in Seattle is connected to the main hospital on the system’s First Hill campus
via a pedestrian bridge on the third floor. The 372,000 square foot building
opened in the summer of 2008.
Photo courtesy of NBBJ

Project Study: Ortho center keeps pace with boomers

SEATTLE’S SWEDISH SYSTEM BUILT A BIG ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE TO MEET DEMAND By John Mugford There’s no mystery about what drove the building of a large, heavily glass-encased facility on the First Hill campus of Swedish Medical Center in Seattle: demand for orthopedic surgery and services, mostly from baby boomers. From 1996 to 2006, orthopedic demand […]