Wisconsin Hospital Project Set to Break Ground

LA CROSSE, Wis. — Gundersen Lutheran Hospital will begin construction on its new 400,000-square-foot hospital building on the South Side of La Crosse in early January, officials announced. The new building and renovation of the existing structures is reputed to be one of the largest healthcare construction projects in the region slated to begin next year.
 
The project will be built in phases over eight years but the first phase will be completed in 2014.

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Wisconsin Children’s Hospital Expands to Meet Demand

MILWAUKEE — A new $168 million tower was built in front of the existing Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin facility opened in April in an effort to accommodate a spike in patient visits.

Hospital officials speeded up expansion plans when the facility reached record capacity two years ago. The new 12-story, 425,000-square-foot patient tower was planned in response to a 13.3 percent patient volume increase at the 236-bed hospital during the last five years.

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