Healthcare

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is planning to build the $294 million Center for Innovative Science. The 350,000-sf facility will house 375 researchers and support staff. The project includes renovation of an existing 150,000-sf building and 200,000 sf of new construction. The Center for Innovative Science will accommodate research on personalized medicine, the biology of cancer and aging, and genetic and environmental factors that contribute to disease. Occupancy is expected in late 2014.

Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System is planning to build a $127 million basic science research center and vivarium in Palo Alto, Calif. Construction will begin in 2013 and reach completion within two years. The 143,000-sf facility will house flexible, open wet labs to promote researcher interaction and collaboration. A 31,500-sf animal research vivarium will be located in the basement. 

Kaiser Permanente will open a $550 million hospital in Ontario, Calif., on November 1, 2011. The five-story, 386,000-sf facility includes a 36-bed emergency department, two patient towers, and an attached medical office building. Construction began on the 224-bed hospital in 2008; the duration of construction was 40 months. 

St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center opened the $120 million Critical Care Building in October of 2011 in Paterson, N.J. The four-story facility includes:

· 88 treatment areas in separate pediatric, geriatric, and adult emergency departments, including trauma, fast-track, triage rooms, and treatment bays

· 12 advanced systems-integrated operating theaters, pre-operative and post-operative areas, and a dedicated surgical waiting area

Presbyterian Health Care opened the $109 million Rust Medical Center in October of 2011 in Rio Rancho, N.M. The facility houses an intensive care unit, an emergency department, and 68 private patient rooms. The duration of construction was 18 months.

The University of Michigan will open the $754 million C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital in Ann Arbor in November of 2011. The 1.1 million-sf building features entirely private rooms and 32 adult bone marrow transplant beds. The hospital comprises a 12-story inpatient wing and a 9-story outpatient wing. The facility provides 348 beds, 16 operating rooms, and two interventional radiology rooms. The duration of construction was five years. 

The University of Texas Health Science Center dedicated the $150 million South Texas Research Facility in San Antonio in October of 2011. Designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects to promote translational research and interdisciplinary collaboration, the three-story building houses open labs for up to 20 teams of investigators, each with eight members. The facility also provides research offices, a tissue culture, a core imaging suite, and a bioinformatics lab.

Northwestern Memorial Hospital will begin construction in 2012 on a $334 million medical office building in Chicago. The 25-story facility will house the Musculoskeletal Institute on four floors, outpatient surgery on two floors, and a floor dedicated to imaging and diagnostic equipment. Physician offices will be located on eight floors. The project will include a 575-car parking garage. Completion is expected by 2014.

San Antonio Community Hospital is initiating a $158 million expansion in Upland, Calif. The project includes construction of a four-story, 179,000-sf patient tower. The addition will provide 12 ICU beds, 80 inpatient beds in private rooms, and a 58,000-sf Emergency Department with 52 treatment beds. Completion is expected in April of 2013.

Commonwealth Medical College dedicated the $115 million Medical Science Building in October of 2011. Located in Scranton, Pa., the four-story, 183,000-sf facility comprises two wings, one housing research space and the other for academic instruction. The building features 35 medical research labs, 24 small-group teaching rooms, a 250-seat auditorium, lecture halls, simulation suites for medical training, and a gross anatomy lab with 21 air changes per hour. Construction began on the project in February of 2009.

The University of British Columbia broke ground on the $68.8 million Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health in October of 2011. Located at UBC Hospital in Vancouver, the six-story translational facility will support advanced neuroscience research, teaching, and clinical care. The center will include a collaboration atrium called the Synapse Garden and a repository for DNA and brain tissue. The Centre for Brain Health is being created in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute.

The Jackson Laboratory is planning to build a $1.1 billion animal research facility on the University of Connecticut Health Center's Farmington campus. The first phase of the project will include a 173,000-sf facility housing laboratory and vivarium space. The public-private partnership will support biomedical research for the creation of personalized medicine solutions. Construction will begin in early 2013 with completion expected in late 2014. The completed Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine will eventually total 250,000 sf.

Winthrop University Hospital will build a $65 million research facility in Mineola, N.Y. The four-story, 95,000-sf facility will provide space for clinical trials as well as housing laboratories for the study of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. Construction is expected to begin in spring of 2012 with completion expected in 2014.

The Mayo Clinic will partner with Arizona State University to build a $266 million medical school in Scottsdale. Mayo Medical School-Arizona is expected to open in 2014. The project will support advanced medical education including programs in osteopathy and biomedical informatics. 

Saint Francis Hospital will build a $200 million addition to its existing facilities in Tulsa, Okla. The project includes construction of an eight-story, 500,000-sf inpatient tower as well as a trauma and emergency center with 85 beds.