Healthcare

University of Chicago Medicine broke ground in October of 2015 on the $61 million Center for Advanced Care at Orland Park. The four-story, 108,000-sf ambulatory healthcare facility will provide 80 exam rooms and will offer cardiology, orthopedics, gastroenterology, pediatrics, women’s health, and radiation oncology services. The general contractor for the project is Bowa Construction. Occupancy is expected in 2016.

University of Kansas Hospital is building the $370 million Cambridge North Tower in Kansas City. The 13-story, 558,570-sf facility will provide 124 inpatient rooms, as well as accommodating 11 surgical suites, imaging, and clinical space for medical specialties. Construction began on the tower in March of 2015 and occupancy of the first phase is expected in early 2018.

Sacred Heart University broke ground in September of 2015 on the $45 million Center of Healthcare Education in Bridgeport, Conn.

The College of St. Scholastica broke ground on the 45,000-sf Health Science Pavilion in August of 2015 in Duluth, Minn. Located on a three-acre site in the BlueStone business park, the $17.1 million project will provide labs and classrooms for occupational therapy, physical therapy, and physician assistant programs. The pavilion was designed by HGA of Minneapolis and will feature an interdisciplinary health clinic to support experiential learning. The general contractor is McGough Construction of St. Paul.

Texas Childrens' Hospital is building a $360 million pediatric health center in The Woodlands, Texas. The 548,000-sf facility will provide 74 outpatient rooms, 30 acute care beds, a 24-room emergency center, five radiology rooms, and four surgical suites. The hospital's flexible design will allow the project to open with 30 acute care beds, with the option of housing up to 200 additional beds in the future. Occupancy is expected in 2017.

SUNY Upstate Medical Center began construction in June of 2015 on the second phase of the Central New York Biotech Accelerator (CNYBAC) in Syracuse, N.Y. Designed by The S/L/A/M Collaborative, the project includes the build out of the second and third floors of the facility to house the Upstate Medical Innovation and Novel Discovery Center (MIND) and the Molecular Pathology Next Generation Sequencing Lab.

Baylor Scott & White opened its Marble Falls Medical Center in August of 2015. The 188,000-sf acute care hospital will provide primary care, general surgery, and a comprehensive array of medical specialties. The 46-bed medical center houses an eight-bed intensive care unit, two operating suites, and a birthing center. The project was designed for ease of expansion to enable the build-out of two additional operating suites, four ICU beds, and 30 medical-surgical beds at a later date.

OhioHealth opened its $300 million Neuroscience Center in Columbus in July of 2015. Located on the campus of Riverside Methodist Hospital, the 10-story, 409,000-sf tower provides 224 private inpatient rooms, 11 procedure rooms, and a radiation therapy suite. Clinical space supports a dynamic collaboration between the disciplines of neuroscience, heart and vascular care, and oncology.

The University of Missouri School of Medicine broke ground in July of 2015 on the $42.5 Patient-Centered Care Learning Center in Columbia. The 97,000-sf facility will provide simulation training suites, an anatomy learning center, an auditorium, classrooms, offices, conference rooms, and 30,400 sf of Patient-Based Learning (PBL) labs. The project is designed by BNIM of Kansas City and is being built by J.E. Dunn Construction Group. Occupancy is expected in 2017.

Valley Health System began construction on Henderson Hospital in July of 2015. The 245,000-sf project is part of the Union Village medical complex, a $1.2 billion mixed-use development in Henderson, Nev. The acute care hospital will provide emergency services, advanced imaging, surgery, and maternity care. The general contractor for the project is Turner Construction. Occupancy is expected in October of 2016.

The University of Queensland opened the $100 million Oral Health Centre in Brisbane in July of 2015. Located next to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Herston, the seven-story, 48,400-sf facility provides dental clinics, lecture and seminar rooms, simulation training labs, two surgical suites, biomedical research space, and a Physical Containment Level 2 (PC2) biosafety lab. The project features demonstration chairs equipped with integrated recording and streaming technologies for the documentation of procedures.

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center broke ground in June of 2015 on a $22 million ambulatory care facility in Upper Arlington. The five-story, 100,000-sf facility will provide comprehensive outpatient services including primary care, surgery, imaging, women's health, cardiology, dermatology, rheumatology, endocrinology, and gastroenterology. Occupancy is expected in August of 2016.

Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi is building a $300 million replacement facility in Oxford, Miss. Designed by Earl Swensson Associates and built by Robins & Morton, the five-story, 589,000-sf hospital will provide a complete range of medical and surgical services. Ground was broken for the 217-bed facility in November of 2014 and occupancy is expected in November of 2017. A2H provided site development, civil engineering design, and landscape architecture for the project.

Loma Linda University Health is building a health care and education center in San Bernardino, Calif. Created in partnership with San Manuel Gateway College, the 150,000-sf facility will accommodate certificate programs in nursing, medical and dental assisting, phlebotomy, and insurance coding. The project will include a multi-specialty clinic operated by Social Action Community Health System and is funded in part by a $10 million donation from the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. Occupancy is expected in spring of 2016.

Banner-University Medical Center is planning to begin construction in early 2016 on a $400 million inpatient tower in Tucson. Designed by Shepley Bulfinch and GLHN Architects and Engineers, the 11-story, 689,000-sf facility will initially provide 240 private patient rooms, with two floors of shell space to accommodate 96 additional beds as needed. The project will also include 22 operating rooms, advanced imaging suites, and public areas.