Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) expects to open the $850-million Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in late summer or early fall of 2007. Replacing the existing medical center, the facility will house Women's Services, Diagnosis, and Treatment, Resnick Neuropsychiatric, and Mattel Children's Hospitals. Features of the 1,050,000-sf building include seismic construction technology enabling the facility to withstand an 8.4 magnitude earthquake, and the use of natural light. The facility will include 520 beds in private rooms, 70 pre- and post-recovery spaces, 23 operating suites, and private rooms capable of conversion to intensive care units as needed.
