Children’s Health and UT Southwestern Medical Center broke ground on a $5 billion pediatric health campus to replace the existing Children’s Medical Center Dallas. The new campus will encompass more than 4.7 million square feet of construction, including a new pediatric hospital as its centerpiece. The new Dallas pediatric campus will be located on the corner of Harry Hines Boulevard and Paul Bass Way, across from UTSW’s William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital.

Children’s Health and UT Southwestern announced the new campus in February. Officials expect to complete construction on the campus in six or seven years. The new campus will include:

• 552 beds
• Two helicopter pads
• A Level 1 pediatric trauma center
• 90 emergency department exam rooms
• 24 observation rooms
• A fetal care center
• 96 outpatient exam rooms

Children’s Health is also planning to open a new 395,000-square-foot patient tower at its Plano Medical Center later in 2024.

Children’s Health operates several medical centers and specialty care centers throughout communities around Dallas-Fort Worth, including Frisco, Grapevine, Plano and Prosper.

Skender broke ground recently on a new 75,000-square-foot outpatient center for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. Lurie Children’s Outpatient, Primary Care and Infusion Center will be located at 1895 Arbor Glen Blvd, Schaumburg, Illinois.

The project team includes HKS as the architect, Skender as the general contractor, IMEG Corp. as the structural and mechanical engineers, and V3 Companies as the civil engineers.

The new outpatient center will expand Lurie Children’s footprint in the northwest suburbs and serve as a replacement for the smaller locations at Arlington Heights, Hoffman Estates and Huntley. The project includes 40 exam and treatment rooms, and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2025.

“The opportunity to bring critical healthcare services to the youngest and most vulnerable patients makes us extremely proud,” said Brian Kane, vice president at Skender. “It’s another example of how healthcare that is closer to home can change lives.”

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