Inpatient Projects: NorthShore awaits council approval for $74.4 million Highland Park expansion
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. — A renovation project at NorthShore Highland Park Hospital could soon be underway in the north suburbs of Chicago. NorthShore, which operates four hospitals in the area, is awaiting an approval from the Highland Park City Council before beginning construction.
Inpatient Projects: West Virginia hospital breaks ground with the help of $31.8M USDA loan
MADISON, W.Va. – Boone Memorial Hospital CEO Tommy Mullins finally got the groundbreaking ceremony he wanted. After 12 years of waiting and planning, construction has officially started on the hospital’s new replacement facility in Madison, a rural town about 25 miles south of Charleston, W.V.
Inpatient Projects: Covenant Health announces a $40 million expansion in Plainview, Texas
PLAINVIEW, Texas — Covenant Health has announced a $40 million expansion and remodeling project for its campus in Plainview, a small Texas town about 75 miles south of Amarillo. The project will revamp every aspect of the hospital by expanding the operating rooms, remodeling the patient rooms, and creating new office space. It is expected […]
Inpatient Projects: UF Health set to build new $125 million hospital in Northside Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — After an extended legal battle, UF Health has been given final approval to build its planned $125 million hospital in an area known as Northside Jacksonville. The plan for the new hospital was initially approved by the state in 2012, but construction was delayed when Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, part of HCA Holdings […]
Inpatient Projects: Congressman proposes build-lease option to fund new VA hospital in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. — Plans for a new hospital for the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System have been delayed temporarily by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Inpatient Projects: More Inpatient Projects News
■ Officials at York, Neb.-based General Hospital recently announced that they are beginning the first phase of a $17 million, multi-year construction and renovation project. The first phase includes 21,000 square feet of new construction and 13,000 square feet of renovations to expand and relocate the Rehabilitation Services Department and Specialty Clinic and construct additional […]
Inpatient Projects: Kaiser opens new flagship hospital
New $1.3 billion Oakland Medical Center replaces system’s original facility By John B. Mugford For more than 70 years, the Kaiser Permanente healthcare system and insurance provider has been delivering care at its longtime flagship hospital at Broadway and MacArthur Boulevard, just blocks outside of downtown Oakland, Calif. Even though the old Oakland Medical Center […]
Inpatient Projects: Hospital plans $300M replacement
St. Elizabeth’s to relocate to 114-acre campus in O’Fallon, Ill., east of St. Louis By John B. Mugford After 60 years of operating a hospital in the heart of Belleville, Ill., just outside of St. Louis, officials with St. Elizabeth’s Hospital and Hospital Sisters Health System recently announced plans for a replacement facility they say […]
Inpatient Projects: Baptist enters new turf in Arkansas, breaking ground on $130M hospital
CONWAY, Ark. – Even though officials with the only existing hospital in Conway contend that there is no need for more inpatient beds in the city, Little Rock, Ark.-based Baptist Health recently broke ground for a new acute care facility on the outskirts of town. Baptist Health officials were joined by Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe, […]
Inpatient Projects: Ovieda, Fla., to get its first hospital, which is to be built at site of FED
OVIEDO, Fla. – A fairly common strategy being employed by health systems looking to enter new markets involves developing new freestanding emergency departments (FEDs) in anticipation of someday building new hospitals at the same sites. Central Florida Regional Hospital in Sanford, Fla., which is part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Holdings Inc. (NYSE: HCA), is using […]
Inpatient Projects: Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, to get $42 million, three-story inpatient expansion
DUBUQUE, Iowa – Officials with UnityPoint Health–Finley Hospital recently announced plans for an expansion designed to consolidate and enhance the hospital’s heart care, surgery and emergency capabilities. The proposed 70,000 square foot, three-story expansion would be constructed on the northwest side of the hospital, near Grandview Avenue in the heart of Dubuque, a city that […]
Inpatient Projects: Bend, Ore., hospital to start $22 million renovation of 5-story tower in the fall
BEND, Ore. – St. Charles Health System officials recently announced that they expect to start a $22 million renovation at St. Charles Bend this fall, remodeling most of the hospital’s five-story patient and nursing areas. Funding for the project would come from $75 million in bond sales that the hospital secured earlier this year in […]
Inpatient Projects: Stamford (Conn.) Hospital starts work on $450 million replacement facility
STAMFORD, Conn. – Construction of the new replacement $450 million, 600,000 square foot Stamford Hospital — the largest construction project in the hospital’s 117-year history — is underway.
Inpatient Projects: Dispute between VA and contractor adds to delay of Colorado project
AURORA, Colo. – A project aimed at helping veterans garner healthcare services in the Denver area recently had its day in federal court. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital construction project in Aurora has been plagued with delays because of design changes, cost overruns and a heated dispute with construction company Kiewet-Turner.
Inpatient Projects: St. Vincent’s to add beds as demand increases at Jacksonville hospital
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The parent company of St. Vincent’s Medical Center of Clay County has agreed to provide the initial seed capital required for a $24 million renovation of the hospital, according to a story in the Jacksonville Business Journal.