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AdventHealth Apopka in Apopka, Fla., recently completed an infusion therapy center, which includes treatment for cancer and autoimmune disorders. The $8 million, 13,489-square-foot project includes 15 infusion treatment bays, three quick-turn infusion bays, and two private isolation infusion rooms with ensuite toilets. A laboratory and 2,400-square-foot compounding pharmacy are also included. The project team includes RS&H , an Orlando, Fla.-based architecture, engineering, and consulting services firm. The post AdventHealth Apopka Completes $8M Infusion Therapy Center In Florida first appeared on HCD Magazine .

International design firm Ware Malcomb (Irvine, Calif.) has promoted Keith Malloy to civil engineering manager in the firm’s Los Angeles office. Malloy will lead the growth and management of the office’s civil engineering team and manage select projects. He joined the firm in 2020 as project manager and has worked on projects in California, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. The post Ware Malcomb Elevates Team Member first appeared on HCD Magazine .

The Healthcare Design Conference + Expo facility tours offer a chance to highlight some of the latest design ideas and community strategies at work in the host city. This year’s event in New Orleans includes three tours from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. Here’s a profile of one of those tours. For tour registration or more on the HCD Conference + Expo, Nov. 4-7 in New Orleans, visit hcdexpo.com. West Jefferson Medical Center-LCMC Health, Marrero, La. In 2017, health system LCMC Health (New Orleans) became the long-term operator for West Jefferson Medical Center (WJMC) in Marrero, La. “West Jeff,” as it’s known to the locals, is both the largest healthcare provider in its immediate location on the West Bank of greater New Orleans and yet one of the smaller, more isolated hospitals within LCMC’s system and region. That summer, LCMC and WJMC leadership led a master-planning effort, which outlined several major projects and phases of a five-year strategic plan. Mastering plan desi

Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in Los Angeles is poised to open the Friese Family Tower in October as part of a campus expansion and modernization project, according to the website la.urbanize.city . The six-story facility adds 190 patient beds to the hospital campus, as well as an expanded emergency department and new imaging facilities. The approximately 223,000-square-foot tower connects to a women’s pavilion through a landscaped garden at the ground floor. Perkins&Will (Los Angeles) served as architect on the project. The post Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center To Open Friese Family Tower In October first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Mercy Health St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, held a grand opening for a new inpatient rehabilitation and therapy department on its campus. The project includes 28 private patient beds, including four airborne infection isolation rooms; a centralized nurses’ station; and dining and gathering spaces. Additionally, the project updated the staff lounges, multipurpose rooms, physical therapy rooms, and simulation space and rehabilitation gym for rehabilitation programs, such as walking on different ground surfaces, cooking, and laundry. The project team includes multidisciplinary design firm Design Collaborative (Fort Wayne, Ind.). The post Mercy Health St. Rita’s Debuts Renovated Rehabilitation Department first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Houston Methodist West Hospital in Katy, Texas, celebrated a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new medical office building (MOB), according to the website coveringkaty.com . The 150,000-square-foot, six-story project houses orthopedics, sports medicine, physical therapy, primary care, and neuroscience services. An adjacent sports field for physical therapy has a basketball net, partial football field, and field goal. The MOB is part of a $65 million expansion project that includes expanded parking for 900 vehicles and added nature spaces with walking trails. The post Houston Methodist West Hospital Opens New MOB In Texas first appeared on HCD Magazine .

I’m sure I’ve quipped on this before, but the wild thing about working in publishing is always having one foot in the present and the other months (if not years) in the future. So as I’m writing this in mid-September, it’s hard to believe that in the time it takes for our October issue to be printed and shipped, the 2023 Healthcare Design Conference + Expo will soon be upon us and this magazine in your hands on-site at the show. At least I hope you’ll join us there. After all, it’s hard to resist the pull of New Orleans, not to mention the chance to catch up with a few thousand industry friends and colleagues. 2023 HCD Forum was a success Right now, I’m feeling the high of just that, as our team recently returned from our HCD Forum in Savannah, Ga. Forum is a much smaller-scale event, with 100 or so invited attendees who are senior-level leaders from firms as well as healthcare organizations. However, over the course of about two and a half days, we tackle a whole lot. Attendees

The Joint Commission (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.) announced a voluntary Sustainable Healthcare Certification (SHC) program for U.S. hospitals, effective Jan. 1, 2024. The SHC program, available to Joint Commission accredited and non-accredited hospitals and critical access hospitals, provides a framework to help organizations begin or expand their sustainability practices and decarbonization efforts. It includes setting priorities and governance for sustainability initiatives, creating baselines to measure three sources of green house gas emissions, and developing an action plan to reduce them. The Joint Commission also has launched an online Sustainable Healthcare Resource Center that includes key strategies, tools, literature, videos, and links to help organizations in their sustainability efforts. Hospitals can begin working toward certification immediately and apply for certification on the program’s formal launch date. More information and a pre-application form is available here

The University of Chicago Medicine (UChicago Medicine) broke ground on a $815 million standalone pavilion for cancer care and research on its Chicago campus. The 575,000-square-foot, seven-story project will include cancer research, new therapy developments, and clinical advancements. It will house 80 inpatient beds (64 medical-surgical and 16 intensive care unit), with family space to accommodate overnight stays; 90 outpatient exam rooms; a breast center; and dedicated imaging, infusion, and clinical trial spaces. The project will also include showers and on-site laundry facilities, inpatient family dining areas, and larger consultation rooms for patients who attend appointments with loved ones. A center for complementary therapies, stress reduction, community education and well-being support is also planned as well shell space for future growth. The project team comprises architect CannonDesign (Chicago) and general contractor Turner Construction (Chicago). The pavilion is s

Photo credit: Beth Coller In this series, Healthcare Design  asks leading healthcare design professionals, firms, and owners to tell us what has their attention and share ideas on the subject. Fabian Kremkus is a team leader in the healthcare, interior design, and civic and cultural disciplines at CO Architects (Los Angeles). Here, he shares his thoughts on using technology to move healthcare toward net zero.   Using modern central-plant technology to move healthcare toward net zero To help address hospitals’ energy consumption and operational carbon, CO Architects and partners such as tk1sc ’s engineering team are leveraging equipment technology to design future healthcare facilities as close to net zero as possible. California is leading the country in all-electric legislation—and some healthcare projects are responding. For example, CO Architects’ current UCI Health-Irvine (UCIH-I) project adjacent to the University of California, Irvine, campus features an all-electric

Maternity care provider Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, La., is planning a new inpatient mental health unit dedicated to pregnant and postpartum women, according to the website wafb.com . The unit will house 10 beds and allow new mothers to spend time with their newborns. The project is slated to open in September 2024. The post Women’s Hospital In Louisiana Plans Mental Health Unit For Pregnant, Postpartum Women first appeared on HCD Magazine .

The new 330-bed Donahue Behavioral Health Hospital is planned to open on the Oklahoma State University campus in Oklahoma City, according to the website kfor.com . The $147 million, 200,000-square-foot project will treat adults and adolescents and include referrals to outpatient services and acute care services. As part of the plan, Griffin Memorial Hospital in Norman, Okla., will close. The project is being funded through the American Rescue Plan Act, which was implemented during the Covid-19 pandemic. The post $147M Donahue Behavioral Health Hospital Planned For Oklahoma City first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Health system Mercy Health (Cincinnati) is expanding its outpatient footprint with two new urgent care centers in Fairfield, Ohio, and Hamilton, Ohio, and two more locations, in Colerain Township and Cincinnati, planned to open by the end of the year, according to local12.com . The facilities include on-site X-ray and lab services and span 2,800 square feet, while the forthcoming Colerain and Cincinnati locations will be larger at 5,000 square feet, according to the website bizjournals.com . Mercy Health said its overall investment in the four locations tops $2.7 million, according to bizjournals.com. The projects bring the health system’s total urgent care centers to seven with plans for additional locations in 2024. The post Mercy Health Expands Footprint With New Urgent Care Centers In Ohio first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Photo Courtesy of Rob Fleming Healthcare facilities are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and contain lifesaving equipment and systems that use large amounts of energy. The energy use intensity of hospitals is one of the highest of all building types, according to Energy Star Portfolio Manager , an energy measurement and tracking tool for commercial buildings. Many healthcare systems have recognized the environmental impact of their buildings and committed to being better environmental stewards, particularly through improved energy use. However, it’s important to place the drive toward energy efficiency in perspective. Hospitals exist to save human lives. When a person is on the operating table, their life hanging in the balance, saving energy is not a concern. Furthermore, the primary goal when designing healthcare facilities is to achieve a range of health-related benefits including patient healing, worker well-being, and staff productivity. To help guide these efforts, FCA

Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Columbus, Ohio) opened a school-based health center at Mount Vernon City Schools in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and a vision center at Reynoldsburg City Schools in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The health center at Mount Vernon High School is designed to provide additional access to primary healthcare services, such as well visits, immunizations, sports physicals, sick care, and asthma and diabetes management for students and their siblings. The Reynoldsburg High School Livingston campus will be the site of central Ohio’s first school-based vision center. The school campus already offers primary care, behavioral health, sports medicine, dental, and chronic condition management services. The post Nationwide Children’s Hospital Opens Two School-based Clinics In Ohio first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Multidisciplinary design firm Cushing Terrell (Billings, Mont.) has added Joe Kane to its healthcare design group as a senior healthcare specialist. Kane will be responsible for business development, client relationship management, and project management. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry to his role, including the last eight years as regional facility director for Saint Alphonsus (Boise, Idaho), a member of Trinity Health (Livonia, Mich.). Among his project work is the recently completed  Neuro, Surgical, Trauma (NeST) ICU . The post Cushing Terrell Expands Healthcare Design Group first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Evelina London Children’s Hospital in London opened the Children’s Day Treatment Centre on its campus. The six-story project houses the Children’s Day Surgery Unit, two operating units, and a specialist clinic. An admissions area, recovery and discharge facilities, and clinical support spaces are also included. The building is rated as BREEAM Excellent. The project team comprises ADP Architecture (architecture; Birmingham, England). The post Children’s Day Treatment Centre Opens At Evelina London Children’s Hospital first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Architecture firm ESa (Nashville, Tenn.) has added new principals to the firm’s healthcare leadership team. They include: Thomas Bauman Misty Chambers Jason Cowan John Falco Meghan Hartwell Craig Holloway Charles Jorgensen Patrick Kilgore Sherry Wessel Mendel Alana Morris Jill Romano Scott Satterfield The post ESa Adds To Healthcare Leadership Team first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Nonprofit Mohawk Valley Health System (Utica, N.Y.) is planning to open the new Wynn Hospital in Utica in October, according to the website beckershospitalreview . The project consolidates Mohawk Valley’s St. Elizabeth (Utica) and St. Luke’s (Utica) hospital campuses into the new facility, which house 373 beds, including eight beds designated for pediatric patients. The 10-story, 702,000-square-foot hospital houses an emergency department (ED) with 47 beds for exam, quick turn, and trauma services, six rooms for behavioral health treatment rooms, and 10 beds for observation. The post Mohawk Valley Health System’s Wynn Hospital To Open In October first appeared on HCD Magazine .

The Healthcare Design Conference + Expo facility tours offer a chance to highlight some of the latest design ideas and community strategies at work in the host city. This year’s event in New Orleans includes three tours from 1-5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4. Here’s a profile of one of those tours. For tour registration or more on the HCD Conference + Expo, Nov. 4-7 in New Orleans, visit hcdexpo.com. Delgado Community College – Ochsner Center for Nursing and Allied Health, New Orleans Delgado Community College’s (New Orleans) new Nursing and Allied Health building is a significant step forward in consolidating healthcare programs and reflecting the institution’s growth and excellence. The project marks the first new campus classroom facility since 2015. Delgado Community College and Ochsner Health see end of paragraph have partnered to train the next generation of nurses and allied health professionals. Planning a campus addition The project brings together all nursing and allied h

Owner, operator, and developer Cullinan Properties (Tampa, Fla.) completed Tampa VA Mental Health Center, a $100 million mental health clinic for veterans in Temple Terrace, Fla. It replaces three outdated mental health clinics both on and off the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital  campus. Situated on 20 acres, the new two-story, 150,000-square-foot facility houses a clinic with 265 consult rooms, 60 inpatient beds, an activities courtyard, full-service kitchen, dining room, and social activities room with access to computer education. The facility also has 800 parking stalls. The project broke ground in late 2021 and is expected to begin welcoming patients in January 2024. The project achieved a two-globe score from the Green Building Initiative’s Green Globes New Construction program, which recognizes a project’s commitment to environmental sustainability and the health and wellness of its occupants. Leo A Daly (Atlanta) provided full design services, including medical plannin

Real, New York Aiming to create a community-based therapy environment and celebrate mental health as a pillar of wellness, Real , an on-demand, monthly membership mental wellness startup, opened its New York flagship in June 2022. Designed by BHDM (New York), the clinic experience starts with patients being welcomed by a concierge and led to a lounge-style waiting area with stylish furnishings and artwork by American visual artist Neicy Frey. Therapy rooms feature soft lighting, wallpaper, residential-style furnishings, and artwork, including custom graphics by illustrator Clara Schicketanz and portrait artwork by Marilu Nordenflycht. The clinic also offers a post-session experience, which includes a “tissue box” room with a cozy chair, and a primp room, where patients can refresh before leaving the building. The post Real, New York: Photo Tour first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Saint Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit, Mo., is planning a $52 million campus expansion, according to the website kansascity.com . The project will relocate the Women’s Health East Campus to the main campus in Lee’s Summit; add three new operating rooms (ORs); and expand services with the addition of ear, nose, and throat care. Additionally, existing programs will be expanded such as general surgery, oncology, orthopedics, OB-GYN, and vascular and thoracic services. The expansion project is slated for completion in 2024. The post St. Luke’s East Hospital To Expand Campus In Missouri first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Rush Memorial Hospital in Rushville, Ind., broke ground on Milroy Clinic in Milroy, Ind. The 4,000-square-foot facility will house exam rooms, a nurses’ station, lobby and main entrance, lab rooms, and staff break room. The project team comprises multidisciplinary design firm Design Collaborative (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and general contractor Harmon Construction (Indianapolis). Completion is slated for early summer 2024. The post Rush Memorial Hospital Breaks Ground On Milroy Clinic In Indiana first appeared on HCD Magazine .

The MetroHealth System, Cleveland Founded in 1837, The MetroHealth System is a safety-net provider operating five hospitals, four emergency departments, and 20 health centers in and around Cleveland. It serves more than 300,000 patients and employs more than 8,000 doctors, nurses, and other staff members. MetroHealth is also an academic medical center in partnership with Case Western Reserve University’s School of Medicine and home to a Level 1 trauma center as well as Ohio’s only adult and pediatric trauma and burn center. In October 2022, MetroHealth completed its replacement acute care hospital, The Glick Center. (For an in-depth profile on the project, read here .) The project serves as the anchor to a $1 billion investment by the organization into its main campus and the surrounding community, an economically challenged, highly diverse area on Cleveland’s west side. In fact, it set into motion a series of initiatives designed to support MetroHealth’s burgeoning mission to g

Having outgrown an ambulatory care facility with inadequate ceiling heights and disorganized layouts, Penn Medicine sought to build a new ambulatory care center designed for regeneration of both human health and the site; sustainability and enhancing the experience of patients, visitors, and staff were primary goals. The new facility in Radnor, Pa., provides comprehensive cancer care, including radiation oncology services and chemotherapy, as well as primary care, heart and vascular, orthopedic and neuroscience care. The clinical program includes six operating rooms and four endoscopy suites, along with full laboratory services. Sustainability and enhancing the experience of patients, visitors, and staff were critical concerns, and the facility is designed for regeneration of both the site and human health. Patients enter a light-filled lobby featuring a warm palette, and interior materials address functionality, durability and infection control concerns, and visually communicate tra

New products and services that support healthcare environments and design will be showcased at the Healthcare Design Conference + Expo, in New Orleans, Nov. 4-7. Here’s a preview of some of the offerings that will be on display for three days of the show. For the full exhibitor list and floor plan go to hcdexpo.com . The post 2023 HCD Expo Products first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Damian Huneycutt, healthcare client leader, principal, DLR Group (Charlotte, N.C.) When DLR Group signed on to provide architectural design services for the Atrium Health Pineville Phase III bed tower project, the owner presented the firm with a unique requirement: to deliver at least 25 percent of the project via prefabrication . Damian Huneycutt immediately stepped in to lead the effort. That started with working directly with a committee of project team partners to identify the prefabricated design elements that would be integrated, including bathroom pods and patient room headwalls and footwalls. But the layers of prefabrication went much deeper and covered exterior wall panels, multitrade corridor MEP racks, air-handling units, demountable partitions, modular nurses’ stations, in-wall rough ins, and electrical panels. To ensure successful delivery of the prefabricated components, Huneycutt visited the manufacturing facilities during the design and construction process and s

Focused on the patient/family experience and integration with the existing hospital campus, the Ballinger-designed Reading HealthPlex turns the site and program challenges into opportunities for connectivity, enhanced green space, and advanced medical care. This new building in Reading, Pa., which represents the next phase of Tower Health’s long-range master plan for the Reading Hospital campus, consolidates campus-wide surgical services, expands emergency medicine, and adds 150 new private patient rooms to the urban institution. A significant portion of the surgical program is situated below-grade, satisfying the clinical need to co-locate surgical services on a single level and enabling more efficient patient and staff flows. A five-story patient tower rises from this landscaped plinth and connects to existing adjacent buildings, completing a major public circulation axis that extends across the campus. The new patient rooms contained within the tower are equipped with sophistica

Henry Ford Health (Detroit) announced plans for two new projects in Detroit: the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the Nick Gilbert Neurofibromatosis Research Institute. Expected to open in 2029, the 125,000-square-foot Shirley Ryan AbilityLab will have 72 beds for inpatient rehabilitation for those recovering from stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and other conditions. The new facility, which will be managed by the Chicago-based Shirley Ryan AbilityLab , will occupy three floors of a new patient tower planned at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. The project is expected to cost $179 million, with $60 million coming from Henry Ford Health and $119 million funded by the Gilbert Family Foundation (GFF; Detroit). Additionally, the Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences partnership is planning to open the Nick Gilbert Neurofibromatosis Research Institute. The facility will focus on research to advance care for neurofibromatosis and increasing acce

Eating disorders are serious and complex mental health conditions that require a comprehensive care approach to treat potentially life-threatening medical complications caused by malnourishment, disordered eating behaviors such as purging and restrictive eating, and co-occurring psychological issues such as anxiety and depression. Two of the most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, characterized by an abnormally low body weight resulting from starvation and overexercise, and bulimia nervosa characterized by overeating followed by purging to lose weight. Because severe malnutrition impacts nearly every organ of the body, eating disorders—particularly anorexia nervosa—have a high mortality rate compared with other mental health disorders. Growing need for eating disorder treatment Since the pandemic, visit volumes for eating disorders account for the highest increase among all behavioral health conditions, according to Trilliant Health’s analysis of national payer claims. A

The Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute has been completed in Orlando, Fla. The 375,000 square-foot project was completed in two phases. The first phase delivered a six-story building with a medical office pavilion housing 12 operating rooms (ORs), 62-exam room clinic, and walk-in orthopedic care along with physical therapy services. Phase 2 included a seven-story orthopedic hospital with 10 ORs, 75 smart inpatient rooms, and a bioskills lab. The project team comprises architecture firm Page Southerland Page Inc. (Orlando) and general contractor Skanska (New York). The post Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute Completed In Florida first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Architectural, engineering, and design consulting firm Progressive AE (Grand Rapids, Mich.) has promoted senior design architect Jonathan Clark to regional practice leader for health and wellness in the Great Lakes region. He will be responsible for collaborating on projects across the organization, driving business development, providing project oversight, and team development. During his past 16 years with the firm, Clark has been focused on health and wellness and senior living projects. The post Progressive AE Names New Health and Wellness Practice LeaderProgressive AE Names New Health and Wellness Practice Leader first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Jeri Brittin, PhD, director, social and behavioral sciences, HDR (Boise, Idaho) With a background in interior design and mathematics as well as doctoral training in health promotion and disease prevention research, Jeri Brittin leads a transdisciplinary team of social and behavioral scientists at HDR . Their work informs planning and design decision-making to promote desirable behavioral and health-related outcomes among populations of people in buildings, organizations, and communities. Within the healthcare sector specifically, Brittin supports healthcare design research with a high degree of scientific integrity that asks clear questions, presents methodologies and findings transparently, uses appropriate analysis, produces actionable insights, and provides a credible foundation for further work in the field. For example, her team developed the HDR CARE (Clinical Affordance Related to the Environment) Scale, which identifies connections between design factors and behavior, in

Healthcare real estate developer Prime Healthcare Properties (Huntsville Ala.) is planning a new Class A medical office park, according to the website thv11.com . Situated on 9 acres, the $46 million project will be divided into two phases. Phase one will comprise a single-story, 15,000-square-foot building and a two-story, 28,000-square-foot building. Phase two will be a three-story, 72,000-square-foot building. Construction is scheduled to start by the end of this year and be completed by third quarter of 2024. The post Prime Healthcare Properties To Build $46M Medical Office Park first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Acadia Healthcare (Franklin, Tenn.) and Geisinger (Danville, Pa.) held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast in Moosic, Pa., according to the website hconews.com . The 72,910-square-foot facility houses 96 patient beds divided among four units, as well as outdoor courtyards. The project team includes Stengel Hill Architecture (architect; Louisville, Ky.), Warfel Construction Company (construction; East Petersburg, Pa.), Crunk Engineering (civil engineer; Franklin), Skyhook Structural Engineering P.C (structural engineer; Brentwood, Tenn.), and CMTA (consulting engineer; Louisville).   The post Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Northeast Opens In Pennsylvania first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Zhipeng Lu, PhD, associate director, Center for Health Systems & Design, and Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas) Zhipeng Lu led the first-year Master of Architecture healthcare design studio at Texas A&M University , where he’s known for his advocacy of evidence-based design as well as offering students opportunities to collaborate with users, firms, hospitals, and health systems. Together, these efforts prepare students for real-world experiences and teach them the skills necessary to manage projects. Meanwhile, his large-scale undergraduate course engages students from various majors in health environment design and research, thereby amplifying the impact of healthcare design education. Over the past year at Texas A&M, Lu’s contributions include his launch of a course in design for aging, in which students obtain invaluable hands-on experience via classes held at long-term care communities, allowing direct

BJC HealthCare (St. Louis) is planning to add a 30,000-square-foot medical office building (MOB) to its Parkland Health Center campus in Farmington, Mo., according to the website ksdk.com . Situated on 7 acres adjacent to Parkland’s acute-care hospital, the new MOB will house primary care services. It is slated for completion in November 2024. The post BJC Healthcare To Expand Parkland Health Center In Missouri first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego broke ground on a 500,000-square-foot intensive care unit (ICU) and emergency services pavilion as part of a master plan to expand its campus. The seven-story, $1 billion project will house 140 ICU beds and four operating rooms, double the size of the emergency department from 46 rooms to 86, and expand treatment space for behavioral health services. A café, kitchen, and rooftop helipad are also planned. The project will include demolishing part of an existing 1950s structure to make way for the new pavilion. Construction costs will be funded by a $200 million pledge from Ernest and Evelyn Rady. The post Rady Children’s Breaks Ground on $1B Expansion In San Diego first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Architecture and interior design firm Abramson Architects (Los Angeles) acquired Moon Mayoras Architects (MMA; San Diego). The merger integrates MMA’s healthcare design experience with Abramson Architects’ hospitality-driven experience and patient-centered design. As part of the deal, MMA’s San Diego office will remain open, joining Abramson Architects’ existing headquarters in Los Angeles’ West Adams neighborhood. The post Abramson Architects Acquires Moon Mayoras Architects first appeared on HCD Magazine .

Natalie Miovski Hagerty, senior director, facilities planning, design and integration, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia) Since joining the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) in 2015, Natalie Miovski Hagerty has been at the center of the organization’s significant expansion efforts. Much of that work has been co-leading CHOP’s 10-year, 2 million-plus-square-foot, $3 billion capital program to create state-of-the-art hospital, outpatient, academic, and research facilities. Balancing a variety of responsibilities from project logistics to big-picture planning, she looks for opportunities to drive innovation and push boundaries in all aspects of her role. For example, in response to shifting workplace needs , Hagerty led an enterprise-wide space optimization effort in 2021 that reduced leasable space by approximately 200,000 square feet and created CHOP Commons, a non-dedicated workspace. In January 2022, she helped unveil the new King of Prussia Middleman Pa