Healthcare

Texas Tech Health Sciences Center opened the 152,000-sf Physicians Medical Pavilion in Lubbock, Texas in December of 2007. The $36 million patient care and research building features 162 exam rooms and 15 procedure rooms and houses family and community medicine, internal medicine, ophthalmology, pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology, orthopedic surgery, and surgery clinics. The project, which created additional space for research in the existing Health Sciences Center, involved 25,000-sf of renovation in that facility. 

Bahrain will begin construction in 2008 on the $1.6 billion Health Island. Covering 1.25-sm, the project will be built on an island of reclaimed land near Muharraq in the Gulf. Lead by the Ithmaar Development Company, the project will include leading-edge facilities for diagnostics, alternative medicine, nutrition and diabetes, aesthetic surgery, and sports medicine. Completion is expected in three to five years.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital dedicated the $134 million Chili's Care Center in Memphis in November of 2007. The seven-story, 340,000-sf facility houses an MRI and the only cyclotron dedicated to childhood cancer research. The facility features expanded programs for diagnostic imaging and bone marrow transplants; research laboratories; the department of radiation oncology; and the brain tumor program. The fourth floor of the building is unoccupied to accommodate future growth. Complete occupancy is slated for spring of 2008.

Purdue University completed the 26,000-sf LakeView Technology Center in Purdue Research Park in West Lafayette, Ind. in late October of 2007. The facility houses the 7,800-sf InnerVision West magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) center with a 3-Tesla scanner for research and patient care. 8,300-sf of space at the LakeView Technology Center is occupied by tenant Simulex, Inc; the building also houses a 5,500-sf restaurant and a 1,500-sf coffee shop. An additional 10,000-sf of office or laboratory space for second-stage technology companies is available.

The National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Research Resources has awarded the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center a $34-million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) to establish the North and Central Texas Clinical and Translational Science Initiative (NCTCTSI).

The NIH’s National Center for Research Resources has awarded a $33.8 million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) to the University of Iowa (UI) to establish the UI Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. The five-year grant will support collaborative translational research with all eleven of the University of Iowa’s colleges and approximately 40 centers and institutes, as well as Iowa State University and the University of Arizona.

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has awarded Turner Construction the $235 million contract for the second phase of the Colket Translational Research Building. The eleven-story, 423,000-sf tower will house four floors of laboratories, three floors of office space, two mechanical floors, and a support floor. The exterior enclosure, building structure, vertical transportation, and mechanical systems can be modified to support future expansion. Phased occupancy begins in 2009.

St. Joseph Hospital has completed construction of its Patient Care Center in Orange, Calif. Adding 248,000 sf to the existing hospital campus, the $203 million project was built by general contractor McCarthy of Newport Beach. The facility is part of a master plan that includes the refurbishment of the original hospital as well as a new cancer center that McCarthy is currently building.

West Georgia Health System in LaGrange broke ground on the 130,000-sf South Tower expansion in October of 2007. The $65 million, four-story project is slated for completion in 2009. Designed to accommodate vertical expansion, the facility could provide up to 192 beds in the future. The tower will house private patient rooms, a 24-bed intensive care unit, emergency department, labor and delivery center, and cardiovascular center.

Peking University Health Science Center, located in Beijing, China, entered into a strategic partnership with Duke Medicine in September of 2007. Enabling the integration of healthcare delivery, the seven-year agreement will bring Duke University administrators, faculty, and researchers to Beijing to develop concepts for systems and services integration to enhance operational efficiency.

Henry Ford Hospital opened the $5 million Center for Simulation, Education and Research in Detroit in early fall of 2007. The 12,000-sf facility houses two simulation operating theaters (including a $1.6 million robot system), six clinical rooms, a 30-station minimally invasive procedure lab, and two classrooms. The mannequin and computer-rich spaces are reconfigurable for training in surgery, labor and delivery, intensive care, and emergency procedures.

Skanska USA Building Inc. has formed a partnership with U.S. HealthRealty LLC to develop healthcare real estate in the United States. The new entity will be called Skanska HealthRealty and will offer pre-development and development services, capital financing, and owner and asset management. Skanska HealthRealty will be based out of Skanska’s Nashville, Tennessee, office.

The Johns Hopkins University has received a $100-million Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) from the National Center for Research Resources to establish The Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (ICTR). The five-year award will support patient-centered biomedical research throughout The Johns Hopkins University, including the schools of Medicine, Engineering, Nursing and Public Health.

Florida Children’s Hospital began construction in September of 2007 on the first Disney-themed and branded pediatric hospital in Orlando. Funded in part by a $10-million donation from The Walt Disney Co., the $35-million, 200-bed facility is slated for completion in 2010. The seven-story building will replace the existing Florida Children's Hospital on the site.

The NIH’s National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) has selected Weill Cornell Medical College to establish the Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) in New York. The CTSC, a biomedical research collaboration between partnering institutions, will foster translational research on patient treatment and preventive interventions.