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Winthrop: Perkins Eastman Building home to numerous businesses expanding 'Shop and Dine' approach A new 1-million-square- foot outpatient pavilion recently opened in the heart of Northwestern Medicine's downtown medical campus, in Chicago, Illinois, home to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The new 25-story outpa- tient building is home to an outpatient surgery center, physician of ces and the Center for Comprehensive Orthopaedic and Spine Care. In addition to patient care services, the building ex- pands Northwestern Medi- cine's "Shop and Dine" selec- tions by including eateries and a Walgreen's drugstore. Outpatient Pavilion Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Ill. CONTRACTOR Lend Lease Corp. & Pepper Construction Group ( joint venture) ARCHITECT Cannon Design ORMC North Tower Blends Art, Medicine The new 245-bed, 10-story, 345,000-square foot Orlando Regional Medical Center north tower is designed to enhance the quality of care, reinforce safety for patients and caregivers and heighten patient satisfaction. Brasfi eld & Gorrie served as the general contractor for the project. The architectural fi rm was HKS. It features all private rooms, centralized registration, in-room computers to enable caregivers to chart at patients' bedsides, safety "redlines" integrated into acute care rooms to identify isolation bound- aries and a host of concierge-style amenities nestled in a building that refl ects the natural beauty of Florida — blending medicine and art for a unique healing environment. The tower is part of the hospital's redesign and renovation project. The project includes an expanded emergency department, cardiovas- cular service areas, operating suites and other ancillary services located inside the ORMC south tower. The south tower expansion is expected to be complete in the spring. Construction Final at Prebys Cardiovascular Institute Construction of the new Prebys Cardiovascular Institute was recently completed. The facility is San Diego, California's largest and most advanced hospital dedicated to heart care. McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. served as general contractor of the hospital. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. served as the construction management fi rm on behalf of Scripps Health. HOK Architects was the project architect. The 383,000-square-foot building is located on the campus of Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla. Rising completed & upcoming New 1M-Square-Foot Outpatient Pavilion Opens in Downtown Chicago Projects seven stories, the exterior is a combination of glass windows, bricks and steel — all designed to complement and blend with the architecture of the existing hospital. New Research Building to Address Diabetes, Related Health Issues Winthrop-University Hospital recently hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration to mark the grand opening of the new Research and Academic Center in Mineola, New York. Designed by Perkins Eastman, the 95,000- square-foot translational research and academic facility will foster research in the treatment and preven- tion of pediatric and adult diabetes in collaboration with patient care and community education. The fi ve-fl oor center was designed to enable information to move between the research, caregiver, education and commu- nity outreach environments. To encourage this interaction, open, fl exible laboratories connect to the clinical research and pa- tient care environments through communal spaces. Key features of the design include: > Intuitive building layout intended to engage community and encourage the use of stairs to promote exercise among visitors > Building angled of the street grid so as to enhance visual connectivity to the village and Winthrop-University Hospi- tal, as well as for the building's maximum solar ef ciency > Green roof and water re- tention and treatment system > Basement-level research support space and below- grade parking 10 Medical Construction & Design | M A RCH /A PR IL 2015 | MCDM AG.COM