Inpatient Projects: University Hospital Sky Tower opens
$787 million, 1 million square foot, 420-room space added to San Antonio hospital By Connie M. McCaffrey University Health System has just opened the new $787 million, 10-story, 1 million square foot, 420-room Sky Tower at 4502 Medical Drive in the South Texas Medical Center in San Antonio. The new University Hospital tower completes […]
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HealthOne, the parent company of Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colo., plans to invest $50 million to expand and renovate Swedish Medical’s stroke and neuroscience center. The project will include adding 65,000 square feet of space, renovating 28,000 square feet and increasing the number of beds to 39 for the neuroscience program. It also will […]
Inpatient Projects: Carolinas Healthcare to determine next steps after adverse court ruling
CHARLOTTE, S.C. – Charlotte-based Carolinas Healthcare System recently lost a bid to build a new hospital in Fort Mill, S.C. after an administrative law judge awarded the project to Piedmont Medical Center, which is based in Rock Hill, S.C. The issue of which health system should build the Fort Mill hospital has been appealed in […]
Inpatient Projects: San Francisco booming with $20 billion in hospital construction
SAN FRANCISCO – The San Francisco Business Times reports that in the next six years, the San Francisco Bay area will be home to at least 14 new hospitals with an estimated total cost of at least $20 billion. These include: Sutter Health’s $2.1 billion California Pacific Medical Center at Geary Street and Van Ness […]
Inpatient Projects: $400M UF Shands plan moves ahead
System taps Skanska USA Building for $225 million of pre-construction services By Connie M. McCaffrey The planned $400 million, 521,000 square foot addition to the University of Florida (UF) Shands Cardiovascular Neuroscience Hospital in Gainesville, Fla., took a big step toward reality recently. Skanska USA Building announced April 7 that it has signed a contract […]
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Tribal leaders from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians recently broke ground on a 150,000 square foot, $75 million Cherokee Indian Hospital in Cherokee, N.C. The hospital, which is expected to be completed in early 2016, will include 20 inpatient beds, integrated care outpatient services, lab, pharmacy, complementary therapies, physical therapy and other services.
Inpatient Projects: Akron Children’s Hospital expansion two weeks ahead of schedule
AKRON, Ohio – CBRE Healthcare, a commercial real estate services and investment firm, and Akron Children’s Hospital recently held a topping out ceremony for a seven-story, 368,735 square foot expansion of the campus, near Locust and Exchange Streets in Akron. Hospital officials said in a news release that despite inclement winter weather, the $200 million […]
Inpatient Projects: Construction of Sanford’s huge new North Dakota hospital is on time, on budget
FARGO, N.D. – Officials of Sanford Fargo Medical Center say construction on the seventh largest hospital project now underway in the country is still on time and on budget. The hospital also is one of the top 10 healthcare projects in the United States and one of the largest non-industrial construction projects in North and […]
Inpatient Projects: Baylor Health Care System hospital almost complete, will open on schedule
WAXAHACHIE, Texas – Officials from Baylor Health Care System recently hosted a tour of the Baylor Scott and White Medical Center in Waxahachie to let the public see the progress on the hospital’s construction. The $175.5 million, 299,000 square foot facility is about 60 percent complete and is on track to open this December.
Inpatient Projects: NorthBay announces big upgrades
Healthcare system will invest $200 million on Solano County, Calif., facilities By Connie M. McCaffrey NorthBay Healthcare , an independent Fairfield, Calif.-based health system, announced that in addition to its newly opened $20 million Green Valley Health Plaza in Fairfield, it plans to begin major construction on its two hospital campuses in Fairfield and Vacaville, […]
Inpatient Projects: Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia plans $80 million facilities expansion in Fargo, N.D.
FARGO, N.D. – Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health announced that it is planning $80 million in additions to its medical facilities in Fargo during the next three years. The biggest expansion is a 105,000 square foot, $50 million addition to its 105-bed Fargo South Tower.
Inpatient Projects: Medical University Hospital Authority plans new facility in Charleston, S.C.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Medical University Hospital Authority recently reviewed potential architectural and engineering firms that are bidding to help build the new $250 million to $300 million Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Children’s Hospital and Women’s Pavilion. The new facility, which will be built on the former Charleston Memorial Hospital campus at 171 […]
Inpatient Projects: Northwestern Lake Forest files plans for $378 million replacement hospital
LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital, a wholly owned entity of Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, has applied for a permit to build a $378 million, 470,000 square foot replacement hospital on its current campus at 660 N. Westmoreland Road in Lake Forest. The hospital recently won state approval to design the new hospital […]
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NortonHealthcare announced that despite inclement winter weather, renovations on Norton Suburban Hospital’s East Tower on Dutchman’s Lane in Louisville, Ky., are expected to be completed this summer. Louisville-based Norton is investing $51 million to add three stories on top of its current two-story ED. The health system also will spend about $38.7 million on other […]
Inpatient Projects: Ventura County approves bonds for $307 million medical center expansion
VENTURA, Calif. – The Ventura County Board of Supervisors last month approved the largest bond issue in the county’s history, with the bulk of the $360 million in bond proceeds earmarked for a $307 million addition to Ventura County Medical Center. The three-story, 232,000 square foot, 120-bed facility is slated for completion in 2017. The […]
