Inpatient Projects: Banner moves forward in Tucson Health system plans $400 million, 240-bed patient tower at U. of Arizona hospital

Health system plans $400 million, 240-bed patient tower at U. of Arizona hospital

By John B. Mugford

Phoenix-based Banner Health is moving forward with plans for a new 11-story, 336-patient room, 689,000 square foot tower at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, Ariz., replacing a 40-year-old section of the existing hospital. (Rendering courtesy of Banner Health)

Phoenix-based Banner Health is moving forward with plans for a new 11-story, 336-patient room, 689,000 square foot tower at Banner-University Medical Center Tucson, Ariz., replacing a 40-year-old section of the existing hospital. (Rendering courtesy of Banner Health)

As Phoenix-based Banner Health was in the process of making its $1 billion acquisition of the University of Arizona (UA) Health Network, the system noted that it was planning to rebuild the academic medical center’s main hospital in Tucson in a multi-year project.

It looks as if Banner, which closed on the transaction in January 2015, has nailed down those plans and is moving forward with what will be a

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