Inpatient Projects: More Inpatient Project News
■ Officials with a future 100-bed replacement hospital in Braselton, Ga., recently celebrated the “topping out” of construction, otherwise described as the placement of the final steel beam of the framework. The new hospital,
Inpatient Projects: OSHPD approves $300M care center
State agency approves Washington Hospital’s plan for 250,000 s.f. facility in Fremont, Calif. By John B. Mugford This fall, Washington Hospital in Freemont, Calif., aims to start construction on its long-planned, $300 million Morris Hyman Critical Care Pavilion and a seven-story, 680-space parking garage. The plan recently received the approval of the California Office […]
Inpatient Projects: New owner, Duke/LifePoint, plans $290M replacement for Marquette General
MARQUETTE, Mich. – When Duke/LifePoint (DLP) Healthcare LLC announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) partnership in early 2011, it outlined a strategy for acquiring, helping operate and investing capital into smaller, perhaps standalone and/or struggling community or regional hospitals. So far, the partnership of Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System Inc. and Brentwood, […]
Inpatient Projects: Landlocked, Colo., rehab hospital starts $90M expansion, renovation
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – A $90 million expansion and renovation is underway on the tight confines of Craig Hospital’s landlocked campus in Englewood, a Denver suburb. The hospital focuses on the rehabilitation and research of patients with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI). The 60-month project calls for adding
Inpatient Projects: UNC Hospitals tops off future $200 million Hillsborough facility
HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – In July, Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care opened the first phase of its new Hillsborough hospital campus: the 60,000 square foot Hillsborough Medical Office Building. Specialties housed in the new facility include dermatology, gastrointestinal medicine, OB/GYN, urogynecology and urology, along with a skin cancer center.
Inpatient Projects:More Inpatient Project News
■ Construction is underway on a $315 million expansion of Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital, which recently displayed architectural drawings and shared details of the project at a public town hall meeting. The expansion includes
Inpatient Projects: $2B hospital plans gain OK in S.F.
Scaled-down, 274-bed Cathedral Hill facility planned; St. Luke’s to be rebuilt By Dan Emerson After five months of negotiations that led to a long-awaited compromise, California Pacific Medical Center recently gained city approval to go ahead with its planned $2 billion Cathedral Hill hospital and a related rebuild of St. Luke’s Hospital. Opposition by some […]
Inpatient Projects: 30-year-old Aspen, Colo., hospital gets city approval for final phases of expansion
ASPEN, Colo. – After several public meetings, Aspen Valley Hospital recently gained City Council approval for the final two phases of its expansion, which includes a two-story addition, an expanded basement, a new service road, a new entryway and an emergency room. These third and fourth phases of the hospital’s expansion would add 83,000 square […]
Inpatient Projects: Victory Healthcare breaks ground for 25-bed surgical hospital in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Texas – The Woodlands, Texas-based Victory Healthcare recently broke ground on an 85,000 square foot hospital and a 50,000 square foot MOB in Fort Worth. The future Victory Medical Center is being built on a 6.5-acre site at the corner of South Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
Inpatient Projects: Fort Bliss to get $648 million, 1.1 million square foot replacement medical center
EL PASO, Texas – Construction is set to begin on the $648 million, 630,000 square foot William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Fort Bliss. The project will include a seven-story hospital, two clinic buildings, an administrative building, a biosafety-equipped, clinical investigation building, laboratories, and a central utility plant.
Inpatient Projects: Ground broken for New Sibley Memorial in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Construction began July 1 on what is being called the New Sibley Memorial Hospital. Essentially, the hospital campus is being rebuilt, with the recent groundbreaking marking the start of construction on a 469,000 square foot, 200-bed facility on the campus in northwest Washington. The hospital, owned by Johns Hopkins Medicine, will include […]
Inpatient Projects: $242M children’s hospital planned
Alleviating overcrowding a primary goal of building facility in Fort Myers, Fla. By John B. Mugford When beds periodically become scarce at the children’s hospital inside HealthPark Medical Center in Fort Myers, Fla., pediatric patients are sometimes diverted to hospitals in other cities. On occasion, the destinations include Tampa or Miami.
Inpatient Projects: Virginia Commonwealth University proposes a new children’s hospital in Norfolk
RICHMOND, Va. – Even though major details have yet to be worked out, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System recently announced that it has proposed a new freestanding children’s hospital for the Richmond area. The proposal comes on the heels of a request by the university’s authority board to look into the building of a […]
Inpatient Projects: Arizona hospital joins RegionalCare; plans underway for replacement
SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. – Now that Sierra Vista Regional Health Center has joined Nashville, Tenn.-based RegionalCare Hospital Partners Inc., officials say planning has begun in earnest for a new 100-bed replacement hospital in this city of about 50,000 people in the far southeast corner of Arizona. The Sierra Vista-based health center recently signed on to […]
Companies & People: Brasfield & Gorrie wins contract for large project at Medical City in Dallas
DALLAS – Birmingham, Ala.-based construction firm Brasfield & Gorrie was recently awarded the contract for a vertical expansion and renovation project at the 530-bed Medical City Hospital in Dallas. The project would consist of building