UPMC Provides First Look At Its 3 New Hospitals

PITTSBURGH, PA - Design plans and other details were unveiled Wednesday for three new speciality hospitals that UPMC plans to build in Pittsburgh in a $2 billion facilities expansion.

The UPMC Heart and Transplant Center, the UPMC Hillman Cancer Hospital and the UPMC Vision and Rehabilitation Hospital will rise on the existing campuses of UPMC's Presbyterian, Shadyside and Mercy hospitals, respectively.

Here are the details:

UPMC Vision and Rehabilitation Hospital at UPMC Mercy:

• Designer: HOK, based in New York and Washington, D.C.

• Groundbreaking: Early spring 2019

• Opening: 2021

• Size: 410,000 square feet, nine stories of clinical and research space.

• Will provide: Accessibility for patients with limited mobility, low vision and no vision; collaborative space for clinicians, researchers, educators and industry partners.

UPMC Heart and Transplant Hospital at UPMC Presbyterian:

• Designer: HGA, based in Minneapolis.

• Groundbreaking: Late summer 2019.

• Opening: 2023

• Size: 900,000 square-foot, 18-story inpatient tower, 620 private rooms.

• Will provide: Digital technologies tol customize patient rooms and improve communication.

UPMC Hillman Cancer Hospital at UPMC Shadyside:

• Designer: NBBJ, based in Seattle

• Groundbreaking: Summer 2019

• Opening: 2023

• Size: 240,000 square-foot, eight-story inpatient tower, 180 private rooms and 160,000 square-foot, four-story outpatient care center.

• Will provide: Unification of oncology diagnostic and treatment services and research advance.

“These hospitals within hospitals will be part of the fabric and landscape of Pittsburgh and assets to our communities well into the future,” Leslie C. Davis, senior vice president of UPMC and executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Health Services Division, said in a statement. “We have a rare opportunity to plan spaces that encourage health, compassion and healing. The firms we selected have risen to the challenge we put forth – to create positive and welcoming environments for the thousands of patients, families and employees who will travel to these facilities for care and for work every day.”

UPMC rival Allegheny Health Network is investing more than $1 billion in new facilities and capital projects in southwestern Pennsylvania, including a new 160-bed hospital, full-service hospital in Pine Township. The expansion will include four smaller neighborhood hospitals in McCandless, Brentwood, Hempfield and Pine.

Vision and Rehabilitation Hospital rendering via HOK; Heart and Transpolant Hospital Rendering via HGA; Hillman Cancer Center Hospital rendering via NBBJ.

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