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Health Alliance Opens West Chester Medical Center
Health Alliance opened the $116 million West Chester Medical Center in July of 2009 in West Chester Township, Ohio. Construction began on the 385,000-sf, 162-bed facility in July of 2006. Comprised of a five-story acute care hospital and a medical office complex, the project was designed by RTKL and built by Mortenson-Messer Healthcare Construction. The project team also included MEP engineer Fosdick & Hilmer and landscape architect Vivian Llambi & Associates.
Saratoga Hospital Opens Emergency Center
Saratoga Hospital opened the $30 million, 33,000-sf Alfred Z. Solomon Emergency Center in Saratoga Springs in July of 2009. The renovated and expanded two-story ER features 36 private treatment rooms, an imaging suite, and new nursing stations. A second phase of construction is ongoing and will include a new lobby, waiting room, and observation unit. The Alfred Z. Solomon Emergency Center will accommodate 50,000 patient visits annually.
Henry Ford Hospital Open ICU Expansion
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit opened a $32 million expansion of its intensive care unit in July of 2009. Housing 156 beds, the two-story addition is located on top of the hospital’s west pavilion. The expansion features 80 private rooms, surgical suites, and cardiothoracic intensive care facilities.
Sutter Healthcare Breaks Ground on Eden Medical Center
Sutter Healthcare officially broke ground on the $320 million Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, Calif., in July of 2009. Housing 130 private inpatient beds, the 230,000-sf, seven-story hospital will include emergency, trauma, neuroscience, and maternity facilities. A 34-bed universal care unit will provide acute care, lab services, pre- and post-surgery care, radiation therapy, and cardiology services. An adjacent 80,000-sf, four-story medical office building will also be constructed at the site.
Pfizer Develops Ringaskiddy R&D Laboratory
Pfizer will invest €11 million to construct the Kilo Technology Laboratory in Ringaskiddy, Ireland. The dedicated R&D laboratory will be located in the existing Process Development Centre on Pfizer’s County Cork campus. Housing 100 employees, the facility will support the creation of new manufacturing technologies.