March 23, 2007

Going up — A brief look at VUMC construction projects

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Medical Research Building IV
Construction start — spring 2004
Expected completion — summer 2007
Cost — $110 million
Features — 364,000-square-foot addition atop Light Hall and Langford Auditorium significantly increases available research space. (photo by Susan Urmy)

VUH Critical Care Tower, Phase II Construction start — project mobilization under way Expected Completion — 2009 Cost — $169 million Features — The 11-story tower would be built atop VUH's Emergency Department, and would add a net of 141 additional acute-care beds as well as several new operating suites. (photo by Susan Urmy)

VUH Critical Care Tower, Phase II
Construction start — project mobilization under way
Expected Completion — 2009
Cost — $169 million
Features — The 11-story tower would be built atop VUH's Emergency Department, and would add a net of 141 additional acute-care beds as well as several new operating suites. (photo by Susan Urmy)

MCN Centralized Vivarium addition Construction start — July 2006 Expected completion — October 2007 Cost — $31 million Features — This five-floor, 57,000-square-foot addition atop the completed Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science will house the centralized vivarium and a gross anatomy lab. (photo by Susan Urmy)

MCN Centralized Vivarium addition
Construction start — July 2006
Expected completion — October 2007
Cost — $31 million
Features — This five-floor, 57,000-square-foot addition atop the completed Vanderbilt Institute of Imaging Science will house the centralized vivarium and a gross anatomy lab. (photo by Susan Urmy)

Parking Garage (former site of Medical Center South) Construction start — summer 2006 Expected completion — fall 2007 Cost — $25.5 million Features — Medical Center South was torn down to make way for the much-needed new garage and a two-level expansion to the existing Clinic Garage (renamed Central Garage last September). (photo by Susan Urmy)

Parking Garage (former site of Medical Center South)
Construction start — summer 2006
Expected completion — fall 2007
Cost — $25.5 million
Features — Medical Center South was torn down to make way for the much-needed new garage and a two-level expansion to the existing Clinic Garage (renamed Central Garage last September). (photo by Susan Urmy)

School of Nursing Annex Construction Start — January Expected completion — Fall 2007 Cost — $2.1 million Features — Renovation of classroom space led to the relocation of some spring semester classes to an offsite location at the Jan and Jim Carell Building in Southeast Nashville. (photo by Susan Urmy)

School of Nursing Annex
Construction Start — January
Expected completion — Fall 2007
Cost — $2.1 million
Features — Renovation of classroom space led to the relocation of some spring semester classes to an offsite location at the Jan and Jim Carell Building in Southeast Nashville. (photo by Susan Urmy)

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Vanderbilt Eye Institute

Construction start — Fall 2006

Expected completion — January 2008

Cost — $11 million

Features — Renovation of 48,778 square feet of space in the South Garage Office Building (former home of the Page-Campbell Heart Institute). When complete, the Vanderbilt Eye Institute will also house the Tennessee Lion's Pediatric Eye Clinic; a refractive laser suite and diagnostics area; an optical retail shop, departmental offices; and 40 subspecialty exam/treatment rooms.

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center Clinic Expansion

Construction start — March 2007

Expected completion — December 2008

Cost — $16.5 to $20 million

Features — Expansion will relocate certain services and will nearly double useable space from 58,000 square feet to 116,000 square feet. Impacted clinics include the Cancer Clinic, Cancer Infusion, Stem Cell Clinic and Thoracic Clinic.