Emory University has received $261.5 million from the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation to fund expansion and renovation of its healthcare and research operations. A $240-million modernization of the outpatient care facilities at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center will enable the implementation of a patient-centered treatment model supported by translational research.
Dartmouth College is planning to construct the C. Everett Koop Medical Science Complex on its Hanover, N.H., campus. The $140 million, 283,085-gsf facility is expected to begin construction in late summer of 2007 and reach initial occupancy in fall of 2009. Designed to foster interaction and collaboration, the Koop Complex will bring together research, patient care, clinical, and academic programs.
St. John's Mercy Heart Hospital opened the doors of its new $140 million cardiovascular facility in Creve Coeur, Mo., in late fall of 2006. The 96-bed, 350,000-sf hospital combines all heart-related services under one roof. Universal patient rooms are fully equipped to handle intensive care patients and are designed to comfortably accommodate overnight stays for family members. The project architect was Christner, Inc. of St. Louis with Northstar Management Co. as program manager.
Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center opened the 558,000-sf Mortimer B. Zuckerman Research Center in New York in September of 2006. The 23-story, 400-ft high facility was designed by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership.
Anderson Hospital broke ground on Sept. 29, 2006 on the 20,000-sf Comprehensive Cancer Care Center in Maryville, Ill. The $4.6 million outpatient center will include physician oncology services for both chemotherapy and radiation oncology, sub-specialty physician services, a patient resource center and library, support services including social workers and dietitians who specialize in working with oncology patients, as well as a retail space dedicated to the needs of cancer patients. In addition, the Center will include a comprehensive Breast Care Center.
Adventist Health is planning a $60-million expansion and renovation of its 242-bed St. Helena Hospital in California's Napa Valley. The first $30-million phase of the project will include development of a 25,000-sf Outpatient Services Pavilion, comprised of a 12,500-sf cancer center and an 11,000-sf expanded outpatient surgery center. The Family Birth Center will be relocated and expanded from 3,400 sf to 6,800 sf. A cardiovascular and peripheral vascular lab will also be constructed.
Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center will open a new $24-million research center on its ten-acre Torrey Pines campus in San Diego on November 9, 2006. The 90,000-sf research facility will contain 71,000 sf of dedicated science research space, 54 benches, equipment rooms, and a conference center. Designed by Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker, the research center was constructed by Rudolph & Sletten with Kavanagh Associates as project manager.
Baptist Hospital East has selected the architectural team of Ellerbe Becket and LMH Architects (Laughlin Millea Hillman) to design its new Eastpoint Campus Ambulatory Care Center in Louisville, Ky. The six-story, 185,000-sf facility is slated to begin construction in late spring of 2007 with completion tentatively scheduled for spring of 2009. The first floor will house an outpatient ambulatory surgery center.
Orange Regional Medical Center is planning to break ground on a 606,000-sf, $372-million hospital facility in November of 2007. The seven-story, 374-bed building will be located on a 61-acre vacant site in Wallkill, N.Y., and is expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2011. The new hospital will enable Orange Regional Medical Center to consolidate two existing facilities in Middletown and Goshen.
The University of Michigan has selected Gilbane Building Company as construction manager for its new 10-story, 215,000-sf academic medical center dedicated to ophthalmology and Type 1 diabetes. Partners include Cambridge architects Stubbins Associates and Clark Construction. The approximate completion date for the $78-million expansion is June 2009. The first three floors are devoted to clinics, the fourth to surgery, and floors five through eight are dedicated to research.
UCSF Medical Center is planning to construct a $1.3-billion hospital campus at its Mission Bay campus in San Francisco. Preliminary planning for a mixed-use, 289-bed hospital at the site is currently under way. The facility will include a 183-bed Children's Hospital, a 36-bed women's facility, and a 70-bed cancer center. The $1.3-billion project cost does not include a planned faculty office building, parking, and additional medical research facilities. The children's hospital and the cancer center will replace facilities at the Parnassus Heights and Mt.
Columbia University Medical Center in New York has received an award from the National Institutes of Health of $54 million over five years to establish the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research. Columbia is one of twelve academic medical centers in the U.S. to receive this Clinical and Translational Science Award. This funding will support construction that will enable Columbia to expand dedicated clinical/translational research space by 40 percent to a total of 35,000 sf.
Johns Hopkins University Medical School broke ground in September 2006 on a $45-million, 100,000-sf academic facility. The four-story East Baltimore building will include a 360-seat lecture hall, classrooms, laboratories, offices, and study areas. The facility, which will feature digital microscopes and technologies, will be named for $20-million donor Michael Armstrong when it opens in 2009.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center opened its new 85,000-sf outpatient cancer treatment center in Basking Ridge, N.J., in September of 2006. Designed by EwingCole of Philadelphia, the $72.5-million facility is sited on 26 acres of wooded land in the Mountain View Corporate Center and features the latest concepts in therapeutic design including extensive use of windows and natural light. The building houses approximately 100 employees and can accommodate 200 patient visits per day. The center could expand in the future to 162,000 sf.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center broke ground on a $74-million research tower on its Omaha campus on August 8, 2006. Known as the Research Center of Excellence II (RCEII), the 10-level. 252,179-gsf facility is nearly identical to the Durham Research Tower and will house 98 state-of-the-art laboratories, lab support, and investigator offices. The two research towers will be connected with a covered parkway.
