The following hospital expansion or renovation plans were among the largest announced or completed in 2010 and covered by Becker’s Hospital Review.
1. Scripps Health in California Begins $2B, 25-Year Rebuilding Plan
In November, Scripps Health in San Diego announced a $2 billion plan to rebuild its La Jolla, Calif., campus over the next 25 years to meet seismic regulations. According to California seismic laws, hospitals must be able to withstand a major earthquake by 2013, or the state will prohibit the hospital from providing acute-care services. By 2030, hospitals must withstand an earthquake and continue to function.
2. Seattle City Council Approves $1B Expansion of Children's Hospital
In April, the Seattle City Council approved a $1 billion, 1.22 million-square-foot expansion of Seattle Children's Hospital, which would add 350 beds over 20 years. The hospital scaled back its original plans by 20 percent, and construction is expected to begin in early 2011.
3. $800M Expansion Begins at Duke University Health System
Late this month, construction began on major expansion projects, costing more than $800 million, at Duke University Health System in Durham, N.C. The developments include a fully integrated cancer center, a new hospital tower and a learning center for Duke’s School of Medicine. The projects will boost hospital beds by 20 percent, increase the campus by an additional million square feet and create thousands of temporary and permanent jobs with what is already Durham’s largest employer.
4. Mass General Hospital Plans $579M Building
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston raised $1 billion as part of its $1.5 billion fundraising campaign, which will support a new $579 million 10-story glass and steel tower scheduled to open summer 2011. The 10-story Lunder Building will increase the number of hospital beds by nearly 20 percent, add 19 operating rooms and include a state-of-the-art, spacious emergency department.
5. Henry Ford Health System Plans $500M Expansion of Flagship Campus
In April, Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System announced plans to invest $500 million in an expansion of its flagship campus in Detroit. The entire project, which would include a 300-acre residential, retail and business development near the campus, will total $1 billion, $500 million of which would be raised by outside developers.
6. University of Colorado Hospital Announces $400M Expansion
In May, University of Colorado Hospital announced a $400 million expansion project for its Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. The construction will begin in early 2011.
7. Indianapolis's Clarian Health Unveils Plans for $375M Expansion to Methodist Hospital
In April, Indianapolis-based Clarian Health unveiled plans for a $375 million patient tower that would add 175-200 beds to Methodist Hospital in downtown Indianapolis. The expansion would allow all of the hospital's rooms to be private and is expected to be completed in 2015.
8. Mayo Clinic to Build $370M Proton Beam Therapy Facilities for Cancer Care
In November, Mayo Clinic announced plans to build proton beam therapy facilities at its Rochester, Minn., and Scottsdale, Ariz., cancer center sites, a combined $370 million project. Each facility will offer four treatment rooms for pencil beam scanning, an advanced technology that uses narrower beams than traditional proton beams. Few proton therapy centers in the country offer pencil beam scanning exclusively.
9. California's Sequoia Hospital to Expand Through $240M Project
Sequoia Hospital, in Redwood City, Calif., began an expansion in April. The hospital's parent, Catholic Healthcare West, plans to add a 148,000-square foot addition to the existing hospital. Once completed, the revamped hospital will have private rooms, an expanded ER, upgraded technology and a healing garden. The $240 million construction project, expected to be completed by the end of 2012, will also include retrofitting to meet California's state seismic requirements, set to take effect in 2013.
10. Houston's Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Completes $240M Expansion
In May, Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston announced the completion of a $240 million, 473,000-square-foot expansion. The expansion, centered on the building of the hospital's new North Pavilion, doubled the size of the facility. Methodist Willowbrook now has 241 beds, with the capacity to grow to 349 beds. The new pavilion features specialty centers, an imaging center, operating rooms, patient rooms and intensive care units.
Read about other hospital expansion or renovation projects from 2010:
-Mercy General Hospital in California Spending $170M on Construction
-Cleveland Clinic’s Hillcrest Hospital Opens $163M Expansion
-Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital in Texas Begins $104M Expansion
1. Scripps Health in California Begins $2B, 25-Year Rebuilding Plan
In November, Scripps Health in San Diego announced a $2 billion plan to rebuild its La Jolla, Calif., campus over the next 25 years to meet seismic regulations. According to California seismic laws, hospitals must be able to withstand a major earthquake by 2013, or the state will prohibit the hospital from providing acute-care services. By 2030, hospitals must withstand an earthquake and continue to function.
2. Seattle City Council Approves $1B Expansion of Children's Hospital
In April, the Seattle City Council approved a $1 billion, 1.22 million-square-foot expansion of Seattle Children's Hospital, which would add 350 beds over 20 years. The hospital scaled back its original plans by 20 percent, and construction is expected to begin in early 2011.
3. $800M Expansion Begins at Duke University Health System
Late this month, construction began on major expansion projects, costing more than $800 million, at Duke University Health System in Durham, N.C. The developments include a fully integrated cancer center, a new hospital tower and a learning center for Duke’s School of Medicine. The projects will boost hospital beds by 20 percent, increase the campus by an additional million square feet and create thousands of temporary and permanent jobs with what is already Durham’s largest employer.
4. Mass General Hospital Plans $579M Building
Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston raised $1 billion as part of its $1.5 billion fundraising campaign, which will support a new $579 million 10-story glass and steel tower scheduled to open summer 2011. The 10-story Lunder Building will increase the number of hospital beds by nearly 20 percent, add 19 operating rooms and include a state-of-the-art, spacious emergency department.
5. Henry Ford Health System Plans $500M Expansion of Flagship Campus
In April, Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System announced plans to invest $500 million in an expansion of its flagship campus in Detroit. The entire project, which would include a 300-acre residential, retail and business development near the campus, will total $1 billion, $500 million of which would be raised by outside developers.
6. University of Colorado Hospital Announces $400M Expansion
In May, University of Colorado Hospital announced a $400 million expansion project for its Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. The construction will begin in early 2011.
7. Indianapolis's Clarian Health Unveils Plans for $375M Expansion to Methodist Hospital
In April, Indianapolis-based Clarian Health unveiled plans for a $375 million patient tower that would add 175-200 beds to Methodist Hospital in downtown Indianapolis. The expansion would allow all of the hospital's rooms to be private and is expected to be completed in 2015.
8. Mayo Clinic to Build $370M Proton Beam Therapy Facilities for Cancer Care
In November, Mayo Clinic announced plans to build proton beam therapy facilities at its Rochester, Minn., and Scottsdale, Ariz., cancer center sites, a combined $370 million project. Each facility will offer four treatment rooms for pencil beam scanning, an advanced technology that uses narrower beams than traditional proton beams. Few proton therapy centers in the country offer pencil beam scanning exclusively.
9. California's Sequoia Hospital to Expand Through $240M Project
Sequoia Hospital, in Redwood City, Calif., began an expansion in April. The hospital's parent, Catholic Healthcare West, plans to add a 148,000-square foot addition to the existing hospital. Once completed, the revamped hospital will have private rooms, an expanded ER, upgraded technology and a healing garden. The $240 million construction project, expected to be completed by the end of 2012, will also include retrofitting to meet California's state seismic requirements, set to take effect in 2013.
10. Houston's Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Completes $240M Expansion
In May, Methodist Willowbrook Hospital in Houston announced the completion of a $240 million, 473,000-square-foot expansion. The expansion, centered on the building of the hospital's new North Pavilion, doubled the size of the facility. Methodist Willowbrook now has 241 beds, with the capacity to grow to 349 beds. The new pavilion features specialty centers, an imaging center, operating rooms, patient rooms and intensive care units.
Read about other hospital expansion or renovation projects from 2010:
-Mercy General Hospital in California Spending $170M on Construction
-Cleveland Clinic’s Hillcrest Hospital Opens $163M Expansion
-Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Hospital in Texas Begins $104M Expansion