In the first phase of the project, the construction of a hospital tower with 240 beds and a supply system that can be seen on the right would include. (Images with the kind permission of VCU Health)))
The VCU Health observes an important addition to its campus of the city center of Medical Center with a new hospital tower that would be equipped with hundreds of beds.
The health system recently issued an application for proposal advertising for the project, which would ultimately increase 16 floors at a location on the corner of East Leigh and North 12th Street.
The facility is intended as a two-phase project, which finally has 576 beds in a high-rise medical building.
The location of the new hospital tower on the MCV campus.
According to the RFP materials, eight floors with a total of 240 beds and 10 operating theaters with a total of 240 beds and 10 operating rooms would be equipped in the first phase.
The phase would also include a three -story pension plant, which is to be built in the Leigh Street next to the VCU nursing school. The system would deliver the new hospital heating and cooling and be built on a slope, with a roof that matches the grade with the Leigh Street.
The second phase would include a multi-storey addition to the new hospital building and bring it into the expected final height of 16 floors above the class with a further 336 beds in accordance with the RFP documents.
The new facility would have bridge connections with several floors of the intensive care hospital in 1213 E. Clay St.
In order to make space for the project, VCU Health intends to tear off the health science library in the 509 N. 12th St., the adjacent Strauss Research Building and a visitor parking deck of the 13th Street with 800 rooms. According to the RFP, these facilities are to be resettled. The Richmond Academy of Medicine building in the 12th and Clay Street would remain.
The existing conditions of the locations planned for the “New Hospital Turm and Supply Systems for the new hospital tower and the supply companies are outlined in blue.
The advertising materials say that the parking deck intended for the demolition would be completed in December 2026. The nearby Dendeck structure would exist and there could be a pedestrian bridge that connects it to the upcoming hospital facility.
VCU Health published the architecture and engineer -rfp for the project in July. The deadline for the reaction ends on Wednesday and the contract is expected to be awarded in November. An RFP for project management services was issued in June and the deadline for the reaction was in mid -July. This contract is expected to be awarded in November.
This rendering shows phase 1 of the project on the left. On the right, the tower looks after phase 2.
In a prepared explanation, VCU Health said that the project was in the early steps and that the health system's patients are intended to improve access.
“While we are still in the planning phase, these efforts reflect our broader commitment to increasing access and the better services of the people of Commonwealth through thoughtful and long-term investments in the health of our communities,” said spokeswoman Danielle Pierce in an email.
Pierce did not comment on when the demolition on the project page is expected to begin. RFP materials applies that the project will start building in the 2028 financial year.
VCU is also planning to build a new tooth school on the site, which is currently inhabited by the Larrick Student Center in the 900 Turpin St. VCU Health, to open a new intensive care unit for newborns in his children's hospital in the 1000 E. Broad St. next year. In the middle of impending investments in the MCV campus, the VCU Health is also early in the opening of a hospital in Chesterfield County.