Columbus, Ohio-based retail home store Big Lots has pledged $50 million to support the expansion of a 250,000-square-foot behavioral health treatment and research pavilion at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, according to The Columbus Dispatch.
The hospital announced the $730 million expansion plan in June. Included in the expansion plan are previously announced projects that are currently being built, such as a five-story, $115 million outpatient care center, expected to open next summer, and a six-story, $45 million office building, which opened in June, according to the report.
The Behavioral Health Pavilion, a comprehensive center dedicated to children's and adolescent's mental health, will cost nearly $160 million and house 48 inpatient beds. The center will serve patients who experience mental and behavioral health crises, and it will also provide training for healthcare providers, house research and connect with community resources and programs for children with mental illnesses, according to the report.