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$385M Tower to Benefit ‘Generations’ of Toledo’s Citizens By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT

Lathrop Turner is building a $385 million, 13-story, L-shaped 302-bed patient care tower — Generations of Care Tower — on the campus of ProMedica Toledo Hospital. In addition, the Toledo Children’s Hospital, a project that broke ground on April 4, 2016 and will be completed in July 2019, with occupation expected by the end of the year. The tower was designed by the HKS Inc., an architectural firm based in Dallas, Texas. The new tower will eventually replace an 86-year-old Legacy Tower, and is expected to create nearly 1,000 construction jobs. According to ProMedica, the new patient care tower will feature larger, all private patient rooms innovatively designed to increase caregiver access and time with patients; user-friendly technology to help patients stay informed about their diagnosis and care plan as well as improve patient safety; and care collaboration spaces that allow doctors, nurses and clinical staff to discuss patient care plans. It also will have additional intensive care unit beds to care for patients with complex medical needs. Its design incorporates environmentally-friendly building principles such as glass curtain walls for plentiful natural light, energy conserving mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems and long-lasting terra-cotta masonry panels. Arturo Polizzi, metro region acute care president of ProMedica, said the replacement tower is the most significant project in ProMedica’s history and represents the organization’s commitment to

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Lathrop Turner is building a $385 million, 13-story, L-shaped 302-bed patient care tower — Generations of Care Tower — on the campus of ProMedica Toledo Hospital.

caring for future generations in northwest Ohio. “We’ve been planning this since 2004 when we started the construction on our Renaissance Tower, which opened in early 2008,” said Polizzi. “We worked closely with consultants to determine what our community would need 10, 20, 30 years from now so we can build a facility that is efficient for what you need now but flexible for what you need in the future.” During the planning process,

ProMedica leaders visited numerous hospitals for design and functionality inspiration. These facilities included the Cleveland Clinic, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and St. Joseph Mercy Oakland. The tower, which has lower level with a kitchen, cafeteria, and other support services, will have several floors of shell space for future growth. It is connected to a one-level underground garage. While work on the tower began in the spring of 2016, site prep

work started in January with the demolition of several houses and the relocation of roads and utilities. “We are now erecting the third floor and the fourth floor sequence of steel,” said Craig Zander, Lathrop-Turner’s project executive. “The structural steel will top out in late November and the building will be enclosed in second quarter of 2018. Then we’ll have 18 months of interior fit out of the building interiors with mechanical, electrical, plumbing systems and interiors along with the new park-

ing garage and surface lots.” Demolishing the homes went smoothly and part of the relocated ProMedica Parkway was placed above their foundations. “This provided the room for the new tower,” said Zander. “The campus is expanding to the east and the main thoroughfare needed to be relocated to the east to allow for the expansion. The construction is standard, but it’s pretty intense. We’ve got the one particular discipline — the structural consee TOWER page 4


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