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According to an article published today in Business First, The Ohio State University Medical Center is launching a huge new expansion project, which includes the addition of an 17-story Hospital Building on their main campus. The $1 billion expansion is expected to add over 6,000 direct jobs, an additional 26,000 indirect jobs, and be completed by 2014.
Below is a rendering of the new tower:
Impressive……should help with our national rankings and recruiting efforts. It is becoming a behemoth of a medical center. Between this and the Children’s expansion and Mount Caremel expansion, I’d say our hosptial system is becoming top notch, not that it already wasn’t.
HOK does good work throughout the world. They are also in charge of the new Convention Center hotel (which I’m impatiently waiting for a rendering) I can always count on OSU to get a crane or two in the air.
On a side note, if I were a developer, I’d be building condos and apartments in the viscinity like crazy. Alot of new, highly payed people are going to need some place to sleep at night, or during the day, whatever shift their on.
This is very good news. Glad to see this project is still moving forward
I believe it’s going where Means Hall is currently located. The building has been closed for a couple of months now and is being slowly demolished. I heard they are also taking out one of the parking garages on Cannon in addition to the Means demo. The rumor is the garage is closing for good in November.
The fine folks at the Med Center’s Communications Dept just emailed me the renderings, so I updated the original post to include them.
Nice! I’m not sure, but I think that might be the angle from Spirit of Women park on 10th ave.
The Spirit of Women Park was closed on Monday. They’ve been taking out the trees and such around it for the past few days.
Yeah… the beautiful Spirit of Women Park is gone as of this week. All the trees have been cut down and it is fenced off. Images are at the NECKO Neighborhood site at http://www.necko.org.
The immediate expansion plans also call for the paving of the King Avenue Recreational Fields at King & Cannon, which eliminates the remaining athletic fields along that stretch of the river and for the southern part of the University District.
more paving? awesome!
@futureman: They decided not to demolish the parking garages since they wanted to save some cash. A good idea IMHO.
it’s regrettable they are taking away more green space, but for 6,000 new jobs it’s a good trade.
@Analogue Kid
Many rejoiced at work today to find out their garage wasn’t being demolished. It’s almost like the medical center needs some sort mass transit streetcar along 12th, 10th and 9th heading back over to the commuter lot on Ackerman. One can dream …
I have no idea where those 6,000 new employees are going to park. Even one of the new larger garages on Neil ave only holds 800 cars, plus you have patients and visitors to think about too.
Just heard that the board of trustees at OSU approved this today. So it’s 100% official and moving forward.
As a member of the planning team for ProjectONE I wanted to respond to some of the comments posted.
I am glad to hear all the positivity around the project. It is a milestone for the University and the Medical Center that this has been approved and we are able to continue forward with the expansion.
We are aware of the parking concerns for staff and for patients and visitors. We work closely with a traffic and parking consultant that helps us predict how many parking spaces will need to be available onsite vs. remote for the expansion. One of the variables around the parking plan is an effort being spearheaded by OSU’s Traffic & Parking department to develop a new transportation plan in conjunction with the city. This transportation plan will only enhance the avaiable parking in the Medical District.
At this time the existing parking garages along Cannon Drive will remain and at least one garage will become patient and visitor parking to support the new clinical space. There is a new 1,000 car parking garage on 9th Ave near Neil Ave that is currently open, this should relieve some of the parking stress.
The Spirit of Women’s park along 10th Ave. is being relocated to the long plaza in front of Rhodes Hall (the main Univeristy Hospital entrance). The work for this new park should be starting within the next year. The existing Spirit of Women’s park will be used for the Emergency Department parking that is being displaced by construction and for EMS vehicles to park. This is only temporary during construction and then it will return back into a green space along with the site where Cramblett Hall is today.
The Medical Center and the University are actively working on an urban framework plan which should be completed in the next year. Green space, traffic and access to the University, and housing for faculty and staff as well as students are a main priority.
If you have more questions or comments on the information that has been released to date please email us at projectone@osumc.edu or visit our medical center website at http://www.medicalcenter.osu.edu.
Sarah Mueller
Administrative Director- ProjectONE
OSUMC
I’ll have to look at the OSU transportation plan but specific to the building and staff: are there plans or any discussion for staff bike facilities as other area hospitals have done-namely Children’s, don’t know where Grant is on their project.
What about the park at King Avenue and Cannon?! Is that going to be a new parking lot as well?
I would really like to see better integration with the Olentangy Bike trail. Currently you have to leave the trail around the two dorm towers, it would be nice to see a connector trail in between 12th and 10th ave.
Also, I think some sort of benefit and/or cost saving program for those who decide to bike commute would be beneficial. With the trail so close employees can commute from Grandview, Clintonville, Worthington and Downtown using the trail. It’s an asset that should be promoted!
There is a federal program that was just passed within the last year. Word is that OSU can’t/isn’t opting into it due to other transportation benefits they offer-ie. COTA.
futureman Says: I think some sort of benefit and/or cost saving program for those who decide to bike commute would be beneficial.
I though bike commuting was a benefit and cost saving program in itself?
From the Dispatch:
The full press release:
Ohio State Trustees Affirm $1 billion ProjectONE Medical Center Plan
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Architecture and construction plans for ProjectONE, an expansion project for The Ohio State University that will significantly advance the Medical Center’s education and research programs and improve patient care, were approved today (9/18) by The Ohio State University Board of Trustees.
This is one of the largest job-generating initiatives in Ohio’s history. It is projected to create as many as 10,000 new full-time jobs and more than 5,000 construction jobs. ProjectONE will provide the community with $1.7 billion in annual economic impact by 2015, which is in addition to the more than $4 billion in economic impact generated annually by the university.
The $1 billion investment will transform Ohio State University Medical Center’s central campus and will include a centralized single tower design that will house a new Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, along with a new critical care building and integrated spaces for research, education and patient care. This expansion sets Ohio State apart as a national leader in innovative health care, by supporting new, high-quality, patient-centric, personalized medicine, which has the potential to make health care more affordable and accessible for everyone.
Over the course of the project, 10,000 full-time jobs will be created including 6,000 full-time jobs at the Medical Center, which is already a leading central Ohio employer. More than 4,000 indirect, full-time jobs will be generated throughout the region from spending by Ohio State, its faculty, staff and visitors. An additional 5,000 construction jobs also will be created. ProjectONE will infuse $1.7 billion into the central Ohio economy for essential services, such as schools, police, fire, EMS and other services.
Based on the current project cost estimate of $1 billion, Ohio State will issue bonds for $925 million and will seek private donations and public partnership investments for the balance.
“This is precisely the right moment to leverage the strength and momentum of Ohio State’s Medical Center for the benefit of Ohio and our patients,” said university President E. Gordon Gee. “The new configuration and technologically advanced facilities will ease collaborations among researchers, physicians, and patients, reshaping hands-on care and making possible transformational discoveries, therapies, and treatments.â€Â
ProjectONE will create a unique, calming setting for compassionate care delivery focused around a patient’s recovery and wellness. Private rooms will be bathed in abundant natural light with visual and physical access to green space, both of which are proven to have a positive impact on patient healing. Patient rooms in the critical care floors will have an apartment setting built for families that travel to the Medical Center from around the region. A grand concourse and aesthetically pleasing landscape will link hospitals, clinics, laboratories, classrooms, administrative offices and garages.
The new tower, which will be located off Cannon Drive at the 12th Avenue intersection, will include 276 beds in the new James Cancer Hospital and 144 beds in the new critical care building. The clinical expansion plan has been reviewed by Medical Center leadership and staff, patients and their families and industry leaders, with the single tower design recommended by all groups.
“The Medical Center’s inclusion on US News & World Report’s Honor Roll validates that we have one of the best hospitals in the nation, right here in Columbus,†said Dr. Steven G. Gabbe, CEO of the Medical Center. “We have reached capacity in the James Cancer Hospital and in University Hospital critical care beds, and we must make a significant investment to continue to provide excellent patient care and create new knowledge through translational research.â€Â
Cancer continues to touch more Ohio families each year. Inpatient admissions at The James are expected to grow by 21 percent during the next ten years. Nationally ranked and the largest cancer care facility between New York and Chicago, The James’ expansion is critical to those seeking the latest advancements in diagnosis and treatment. ProjectONE will allow the Medical Center to serve 310,000 additional patients annually through the expansion.
In addition, the new facilities are a must if the Medical Center is to continue to attract and retain leading doctors and scientists as well as to compete for research funding from the National Institutes of Health and other sources. ProjectONE’s state-of-the-art facilities will give scientists, researchers and clinicians the environment they need to collaborate and solve critical and complex health-related issues impacting our nation.
“ProjectONE is not only an investment in the Medical Center, but also an investment in our future – improving health and financial wellbeing for our families and their children, our state, our nation and the global community,†Gabbe said. “This investment will begin paying dividends almost immediately by creating jobs we need to jump-start Ohio’s economic recovery and continue long into the future.â€Â
Ohio State is committed to “green construction†for ProjectONE, which means using sustainable materials and technologies in the construction of the building. Products that are recycled and recyclable use of natural light and other environmentally responsible elements will be used to reduce the university’s carbon imprint.
“Without the Medical Center’s commitment to the community, millions of uninsured and underinsured Ohioans would not receive the care they so vitally need,†said Gabbe. “Last year, uncompensated care accounted for a major portion of the $144 million in direct benefits the Medical Center provided to the central Ohio community, and ProjectONE will allow Ohio State to continue its mission.â€Â
OSU is developing a formidable little skyline all it’s own.