On Wednesday, June 11, Roper St. Francis Healthcare, in partnership with E4H Environments for Health Architecture, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill (SOM), and Barton Malow | Edifice, has officially broken ground on the future Roper Hospital.
The $1.2 billion, 27-acre campus will be centralized around the replacement hospital. Upon full buildout, the 805,000 SF building will include 328 inpatient beds, a 47-bay emergency department, 44 critical care beds, 18 operating rooms, a comprehensive imaging department, and a 12-bay hemodialysis unit.
Spread across two levels of podium, the first level of the hospital will feature spaces designed to welcome patients. In addition, the first level includes state-of-the-art care facilities, including an emergency department, imaging services, and radiation therapy. On the second level, patients and staff will find interventional services such as cath and radiology, surgical suites, the pharmacy, and more. Above the main levels, a nine-story 320-bed tower will house many other services, including Intensive Care, Inpatient Surgical Nursing, Rehabilitation, and Oncology. An eleventh-floor helipad will provide direct access to a trauma elevator to the first floor. Visitor and staff parking garages and a separate medical office building will also support the hospital.
Construction on the project is expected to finish in 2029.
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