Why is Parkview building the new Parkview Regional Medical Center?
In 2003, the Parkview Hospital Board of Directors decided to build a new regional medical center at I-69 and Dupont Road. The hospital’s location is suited to improve access to healthcare for people living throughout northeast Indiana and the tri-state region. The new facility will include key services, including cancer, heart, women’s and children’s and trauma services.
Several factors led the board to this decision. Parkview Hospital at State Street and Randallia Drive is more than 50 years old. The cost of renovating that facility would outweigh the benefits of doing so. Many of the rooms are semi-private rooms and the location is land-locked and difficult to get to for regional patients and guests.
Combining the aging facility with the anticipated increase in demand for treatment of chronic diseases among the aging baby-boomer population, the board decided to build the new Parkview Regional Medical Center. Services that require sophisticated levels of technology and expertise will move from Parkview Hospital to the new medical center when it opens in 2012.
Will Parkview Hospital at State Street and Randallia Drive remain?
Yes. Parkview Hospital will remain in the same location with two facilities: a 64-bed Parkview Randallia Hospital and the 100-bed Parkview Behavioral Health hospital on Beacon Street.
Parkview Randallia Hospital will include a full-service 24/7 ER with board-certified emergency physicians, helipad, outpatient services (including imaging and lab), obstetrics and surgery suites. Also on campus will be the Carew Medical Park, which includes the Parkview Eye Institute. It is anticipated that the patient tower, built in the mid-1950s, and parking garage will be razed for easier access for patients and visitors.
What is the construction timeline?
2003 – The Parkview Hospital Board decides to build the new facility
2007 – Parkview Hospital leaders and co-workers determined the clinical and business models and completed space planning
2008 – The Parkview Women’s & Children’s Hospital opens in January
2008 – The Parkview Outpatient Center and The Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center open in April
2008 – Groundbreaking for the PRMC takes place on September 30
2011 – Construction will be complete by December 31
2012 – Grand opening
What environmentally friendly or “green” building designs have been incorporated into the new hospital design?
Parkview is pursuing sustainability within our budgetary constraints. Read more.
Are local contractors being used for construction?
Yes. Every effort is being made to use regional vendors for construction and supplies. Parkview selected Weigand Construction Co. for its local experience and Pepper Construction Co. of Indiana, a division of Chicago-based Pepper Construction Group, for its big project expertise.
How will the new hospital affect the local economy?
The Parkview Regional Medical Center is the largest construction project in the region since the General Motors truck plant was built in Allen County in the mid-1980s. Parkview’s investment of $536 million in one of the most difficult economic times in several decades is creating work for hundreds of construction laborers. During peak construction activity in 2010 and 2011, 800 workers are expected to be on-site on any given day.