Strong Signs of Health For Medical Facilities
- January
- 15
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The commercial and residential real estate construction boom in New York City in the last several years is being mirrored by a record-setting expansion in the city’s health care sector, with billions of dollars pouring into the construction of new hospital and research facilities around the region.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, one of the world’s most comprehensive health facilities, is composed of two renowned medical centers, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center on the Upper East Side.
In November, Columbia Presbyterian held a topping out ceremony for the $242 million, state-of-the-art Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center. The 142,000-square-foot building is situated at 165th Street and Riverside Drive on a former vacant parcel just south of the present Milstein Hospital building. The new building will connect to the second floor of the original building, which houses the present invasive cardiology suite. The heart hospital will include 20 new intensive care unit beds, eight new operating rooms, a 200-seat auditorium, and other facilities. Expected to open its doors in 2010, it was made possible through a $50 million gift from the Vivian and Seymour Milstein family.
Last year the Federal Housing Administration issued a commitment to ensure a $278 million supplemental loan for NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to finance a $489 million expansion of its Emergency Department and the construction of a cardiovascular treatment center, an Advanced Therapeutic Services Center, and a cogeneration plant.
Last January, the official opening was held for the Weill Greenberg Center, a new 13-story ambulatory care and medical education building at 70th Street and York Avenue. The 330,000-square-foot building houses clinical care and research facilities and contains the Clinical Skills Center.
Later this year, the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center will complete the construction of its new six-story building, which will house operating rooms, a relocated blood bank, and new interventional neuroradiology labs, making the hospital one of the primary referral centers for stroke patients.
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