Mercy Medical Center is planning to construct a $400 million inpatient tower complex in downtown Baltimore. The 18-story, 672,000-sf tower is scheduled to break ground in spring of 2008 with completion by fall 2010. Accommodating 32 beds in private rooms per floor; the tower will also house 15 state-of-the-art operating rooms. Construction will occur in phases; phase one will include the relocation of services such as maternal child health, radiology, and space for growth at a cost of $292 million. Future phases will result in a complete outfitting of all floors at a cost of over $100 million.
To complement the tower, a 1,300-space, stand-alone parking facility is already under construction and is expected to reach completion by August of 2007. The tower will be connected to the new parking garage and to the existing medical center by a series of bridges and tunnels to facilitate public, staff and materials transportation. Architectural firm Ellerbe Becket will provide exterior and interior design, engineering, equipment planning and construction administration services. The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, based in Baltimore, will provide construction services for the project. Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP will provide civil engineering consultation.
