Boston University Medical Center, Boston University, and the city of Boston celebrated the topping off of the eight-story BioSquare 3 in Boston in September 2004. Being the third lab and research facility on the 14-acre campus, the 160,000-sf building is 60 percent pre-leased to Boston University and Boston University Medical Center. Completion is expected in fall 2005.
Carolinas HealthCare System broke ground in September 2004 on the $85-million Levine Children's Hospital at the Carolinas Medical Center complex in Charlotte, N.C. Additionally, Carolinas is planning a $5-million expansion of the complex that will connect the children's hopital, the ICU Tower, and the existing facility on the site. Constructed in tandem with the children's hospital, the 22,000-sf addition will expand the pharmacy and cafeteria and is slated for completion in 2007.
California Pacific Medical Center opened its $22-million Kanbar Cardiac Center in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 2004. Housing therapies including angiograms, treadmill tests, stress echo tests, cardiac catheterization, and EKGs, the 12,000-sf facility consolidates two prior cardiac catheterization labs and provides space for a new electrophysiology lab.
The U.S. Veterans Affairs Department has awarded a $450,000 contract to architectural firm NBBJ to design a $95 million VA Clinic in Columbus, Ohio. Ground will be broken in early 2005 on the 295,000-sf facility, which will replace the Chalmers P. Wylie VA Outpatient Clinic.
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital is preparing to begin construction on a $5.9-million Outpatient Services Center/Medical Office Building in Ridgecrest, Calif. Project contractor McCarthy will build a new 25,935-sf, two-level facility sited next to the existing hospital. The first floor will house outpatient services, ancillary space including a lobby and reception area, administrative offices, a staff lounge, and other support functions. The second floor will be shelled out for future occupancy of physician medical office space.
Wichita Clinic broke ground on August 26, 2004 on a 120,000-sf day surgery center and medical office complex at Founders' Circle in Wichita, Kan. Designed by architectural firm Wilson Darnell Mann , the $26-million facility will house an 8,000-sf digital imaging center and provide services in pain management, orthopedics, ear, nose, and throat, physical therapy, opthalmology, and general surgery. The general contractor for the project is Hutton Construction. Construction is expected to reach completion in fall of 2005.
John Muir/Mt. Diablo Health System plans to consolidate the two-hospital system’s cardiac care in a new Cardiovascular Center of Excellence by 2009. The center will be constructed adjacent to the existing 254-bed Mt. Diablo Medical Center in Concord , Calif., as part of a broader $110 million upgrade. John Muir/Mt. Diablo Health System is planning upgrades to both locations totaling over $400 million that will include modernization of patient rooms and access, seismic retrofitting, and enhancements to clinical areas of excellence.
Cape Fear Valley Health System has awarded Skanska USA Building Inc. the construction management services assignment to build an addition to the Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville , N.C. The 300,000-sf, $90 million project consists of a patient care tower including an emergency department; inpatient imaging; a heart and vascular center; a 24-bed critical care unit; a 48-bed medical surgical unit; and mechanical support. Also included will be a parking deck for 500 cars and 50,000 sf of renovations to the existing hospital.
Centene Corp., a provider of managed care programs services, is planning to open a 50,000-sf processing facility on 25 acres in Great Falls , Mont. The first stage of the project describes the completion of an 8,000-sf temporary facility in November 2004 with the permanent structure scheduled to open in July 2005. The initial cost of the project is estimated at $7 million.
Children's Mercy Hospital South in Overland Park, Kan. has completed an expansion that quadrupled the hospital's size from 47,580 sf to 189,000 sf. Increasing bed count from 17 to 50, the project also expanded the urgent care center, radiology, and lab space and added two inpatient units. The cost of the project, which began in July 2002, was over $30 million.
Mercy Hospital opened its new $40 million heart center in Coon Rapids, Minn., in August 2004. Adding three floors to the hospital, the project created 24 new inpatient rooms and 14 short-stay rooms. The expansion also accommodates a women's cardiovascular center, a sleep disorders center, a vascular center, catheterization labs, emergency services, and pediatric rehabilitation services. Construction began on the heart center in January of 2003. Mercy Hospital is owned by Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals and Clinics.
Twelve Oaks Medical Center broke ground in August 2004 on a $14 million expansion of its River Oaks Hospital campus. Project contractor D.E. Harvey Builders of Houston will construct a new ambulatory care center on the first level and six new operating rooms on the second level. Completion is expected in 14 months. Twelve Oaks recently completed a $13 million renovation at the River Oaks campus: the eighth floor of its patient tower was renovated and dedicated to spinal care.
SSM St. Joseph Hospital will open a 36,000-sf medical facility at The Legends in Eureka , Mo., in spring of 2005. The $5-million project will house an urgent care center, an imaging center, offices for primary care and specialty physicians, rehabilitation, and laboratory services. An ambulatory surgery center will be constructed in the future.
Emory University School of Medicine has selected The S/L/A/M Collaborative to provide architectural, engineering, and interior design services for the renovation and expansion of the Anatomy and Physiology buildings in Atlanta. Slated for completion in year-end 2007, the $37 million project involves comprehensive renovation and adaptive reuse of two historic buildings; programming, design, and construction of 100,000-sf of new space; and demolition of an outdated connector building.
St. Josesph Medical Center will construct a new 60,000-sf facility in Towson, Md. The building, which will be the fourth on St. Joseph's campus, will house a cancer center and physician offices. Project contractor DASCO Cos. will initiate construction in December 2004; completion is slated for fall 2005. Designed by Cochran, Stephenson & Donkervoet of Baltimore, the facility will be linked by a covered walkway to an adjacent parking garage.
