The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia broke ground in early summer of 2006 on a $400-million translational research building on the former Philadelphia Civic Center site. The eight-story, 558,000-sf facility will house four new laboratory floors, administration and conference space, two-story lobby, and a cafeteria. An additional four stories below grade will accommodate infrastructure and laboratory support space. The building represents the first phase of the Children's Hospital South Campus Research Complex sited on approximately 8 acres of land directly across from the Hospital's current clinical and research location footprint.
Future South Campus site plans include a utility plant to support the entire Children's Hospital campus and an ambulatory building with outpatient care, day medicine, day surgery, imaging, and underground parking. The South Campus is expected to cost $845 million for total facility development and may eventually comprise over one million square feet. The project team for the new research campus includes architectural firm Ballinger; MEP engineering firm Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers; structural engineering firm LeMessurier Consultants; civil engineering firm Pennoni Associates; laboratory planner GPR Planners Collaborative; and construction manager Turner Construction.
