Palo Alto Medical Foundation is constructing a $23 million breast cancer center in Palo Alto, Calif. The two-story, 20,000-sf facility is slated for completion in late 2010. Ground was broken on the project in fall of 2009. The center will house outpatient care, imaging, and office space.
Mercy Memorial Hospital broke ground on the Monroe Cancer Center in March of 2010. Created in partnership with ProMedica Health System of Toledo and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center of Detroit, the 10,000-sf facility will be a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center offering integrated medical and radiation oncology services. The project team includes architect Hobb and Black Associates of Ann Arbor and construction manager Contracting Resources of Brighton, Mich.
Portneuf Medical Center is building a $220 million hospital in Pocatello, Idaho. Slated for completion in summer of 2010, the 385,000-sf facility will feature an emergency room with trauma suites, 15 operating rooms, a helipad, and private inpatient rooms. The general contractor for the project is Layton Construction.
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health was awarded nearly $15 million in stimulus funding in March of 2010 to renovate laboratories at its main campus in Baltimore. The project will created updated labs in the 45-year old Hume Wing. Construction will begin in late summer of 2011.
The Royal College of Surgeons is planning to construct a new campus in Dublin. Located on the former site of Belcamp College, the project would include a 39,000-sm medical school and a six-story, 64,000-sm hospital with 320 inpatient beds. Consolidating clinical training, research, and patient care, the campus may also include a 90-bed nursing home, a hotel, and a business incubator.
The $23 million Arizona State Forensic Hospital is under construction in Phoenix. The 104,000-sf facility will provide 80 inpatient beds and is slated for completion in September of 2011. The facility was designed by Cannon Design and Jacobs Engineering Group and is being built by Gilbane Building Co. The forensic hospital will house testing areas, isolation rooms, a security center, and dining facilities for patients who are charged with criminal behavior but are too mentally ill to stand trial.
Wishard Hospital began site work in early spring of 2010 for a 1.2 million-sf replacement hospital in Indianapolis. The estimated construction cost of the project is $754 million. The 11-story facility will provide 315 inpatient beds, 18 operating rooms, four interventional labs, and 12 labor and delivery rooms. The emergency department will house 90 treatment beds and a 20-bed clinical decision unit. Completion is expected in late 2013.
Kishwaukee Community Hospital is building a $15.8 million cancer center in DeKalb, Ill. The 26,500-sf building will provide consolidated cancer services in a single location, including medical oncology, radiation therapy, infusion therapy, hematology, and PET/CT scanners for diagnostic imaging. Completion is expected by year-end 2010.
Piedmont Health will begin construction in May of 2010 on a $94 million replacement hospital in Newnan, Ga. The nine-story, 362,500-sf facility will provide 136 beds, eight operating rooms, and an emergency department. LEED Silver sustainable design certification will be sought for the project. The architect of record is Perkins+Will with KBR Building Group as the general contractor. Completion is expected in early 2012.
Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center is building the $260 million Patient Care Pavilion in Kearney Mesa, Calif. Ground was broken on the project in December of 2007. Designed by Anshen + Allen of San Francisco, the 279,000-sf facility will provide 72 private patient rooms, 84 medical-surgical beds, 16 operating rooms, a neonatal ICU, and a cancer center. LEED sustainable design certification will be sought for the facility.
Albany Medical Center is planning to expand research laboratories at its medical college in Albany, N.Y. Supported by $9.1 million in stimulus funding from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Research Resources and $910,000 from the New York State Innovation Economy Matching Grant Program, the project includes the addition of two floors of research labs (totaling 20,272 nsf) to a three-story building currently under construction.
Kaiser Permanente opened its new $500 million medical center in Vallejo, Calif., in March of 2010. Construction began on the five-story, 458,000-sf facility in 2005. The 248-bed hospital meets state seismic regulations and houses an emergency department, radiology, diagnostic imaging, a 24-bed ICU, 10 operating rooms, a rehabilitation center, and surgical suites. The medical center uses wireless connectivity for ease of access to electronic medical records. The sustainably-designed facility features abundant natural light, low-VOC finishes, and a heat recovery system.
The University of Michigan Health System opened the $132 million Brehm Tower in Ann Arbor in March of 2010. Part of the W.K. Kellogg Eye Center Complex, the 230,000-sf facility houses seven eye care clinics, surgical suites, and laboratories for ophthalmology and diabetes research. The eight-story facility was designed by TSA of Cambridge, Mass., and features an open lab layout and abundant natural lighting.
CentraState Healthcare System is partnering with ProCure Treatment Centers and Princeton Radiation Oncology to build a $160 million proton therapy cancer center in Somerset, N.J. The 60,000-sf facility will house four treatment rooms. A formal groundbreaking is scheduled for April of 2010 with occupancy slated for March of 2012.
University Hospitals Case Medical Center is building the 375,000-sf Cancer Hospital in Cleveland. Ground was broken for the $250 million project in August of 2007 with occupancy expected in spring of 2011. The free-standing facility will consolidate cancer services (including diagnosis, treatment, surgery, oncology care, and radiation therapy) in a single location. The Cancer Hospital will provide 120 inpatient beds.
