The Children’s Tower at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. (Photo courtesy of VCU Health)
Two of the region’s competing health systems marked the completion of projects on opposite sides of the river in recent days.
VCU Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week for a $420 million addition to its Children’s Hospital in downtown Richmond. Bon Secours similarly marked the completion of a $3 million Manchester clinic for uninsured people in late March.
Children’s Tower
The Children’s Tower addition to the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU adds 500,000 square feet to the downtown hospital. The new, 16-story facility for pediatric inpatient, trauma and emergency care is slated to open to patients at the end of April.
Those services are currently situated in the nearby Main Hospital at 1250 E. Marshall St. VCU Health spokeswoman Kate Marino said that planning is still underway for the use of the soon-to-be-freed space.
The Children’s Tower has 72 beds, 24 of which are intensive care, and 48 acute care beds. The emergency department has 21 rooms. Four levels of the addition are shell space set aside for future growth of the facility, Marino said.
VCU Health will have a total of 900 full-time equivalents working in both the Children’s Tower and adjoined Children’s Pavilion, according to Marino. She said hiring is underway for 276 new positions created as part of the tower project.
VCU Health broke ground on the project in June 2019 and held a topping off ceremony in May 2021. The Children’s Pavilion opened in 2016 at 1000 E. Broad St.
DPR handled construction on the tower project. JLL provided project management services and HKS Architects handled design.
VCU Health’s revenues and reserves cover most of the project cost, though $100 million is slated to be covered by a fundraising campaign that’s collected about $66 million to date, according to Marino.
Bon Secours Manchester clinic
Bon Secours held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in late March for its new $3 million clinic for uninsured patients. (Photo courtesy Bon Secours)
Over in Manchester, the new Bon Secours clinic for uninsured people is slated to open to patients today (Monday) at 2301 Everett St.
The appointment-only clinic has eight exam rooms and an on-site lab. It’s open to adults and children and offers primary care, chronic disease management, women’s health services, immunizations and behavioral health services, according to a Bon Secours news release.
The clinic resides in a two-story, 8,000-square-foot leased space at the headquarters of social services nonprofit CARITAS. The facility is also the new headquarters of the Care-A-Van program, a Bon Secours mobile medical service, according to Bon Secours spokeswoman Jenna Green.
Care-A-Van’s two mobile clinics will continue to operate and provide same-day acute care services, vaccines and immunizations at local churches. The new clinic has been set up within two miles of three of Care-A-Van’s highest-volume sites.
Care-A-Van launched in 1994. Bon Secours says the program provided services to more than 14,000 people in 2022.
The clinic – called the Community Health Clinic, Manchester, at the Center for Healthy Living – is planned to be open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The majority of the costs associated with the project were covered by a $2 million donation.
The clinic’s project team was general contractor L.F. Jennings, architecture firm ENV, construction engineers CMTA and civil engineer Draper Aden Associates. Bon Secours broke ground on the project last year.
The Children’s Tower at the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. (Photo courtesy of VCU Health)
Two of the region’s competing health systems marked the completion of projects on opposite sides of the river in recent days.
VCU Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week for a $420 million addition to its Children’s Hospital in downtown Richmond. Bon Secours similarly marked the completion of a $3 million Manchester clinic for uninsured people in late March.
Children’s Tower
The Children’s Tower addition to the Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU adds 500,000 square feet to the downtown hospital. The new, 16-story facility for pediatric inpatient, trauma and emergency care is slated to open to patients at the end of April.
Those services are currently situated in the nearby Main Hospital at 1250 E. Marshall St. VCU Health spokeswoman Kate Marino said that planning is still underway for the use of the soon-to-be-freed space.
The Children’s Tower has 72 beds, 24 of which are intensive care, and 48 acute care beds. The emergency department has 21 rooms. Four levels of the addition are shell space set aside for future growth of the facility, Marino said.
VCU Health will have a total of 900 full-time equivalents working in both the Children’s Tower and adjoined Children’s Pavilion, according to Marino. She said hiring is underway for 276 new positions created as part of the tower project.
VCU Health broke ground on the project in June 2019 and held a topping off ceremony in May 2021. The Children’s Pavilion opened in 2016 at 1000 E. Broad St.
DPR handled construction on the tower project. JLL provided project management services and HKS Architects handled design.
VCU Health’s revenues and reserves cover most of the project cost, though $100 million is slated to be covered by a fundraising campaign that’s collected about $66 million to date, according to Marino.
Bon Secours Manchester clinic
Bon Secours held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in late March for its new $3 million clinic for uninsured patients. (Photo courtesy Bon Secours)
Over in Manchester, the new Bon Secours clinic for uninsured people is slated to open to patients today (Monday) at 2301 Everett St.
The appointment-only clinic has eight exam rooms and an on-site lab. It’s open to adults and children and offers primary care, chronic disease management, women’s health services, immunizations and behavioral health services, according to a Bon Secours news release.
The clinic resides in a two-story, 8,000-square-foot leased space at the headquarters of social services nonprofit CARITAS. The facility is also the new headquarters of the Care-A-Van program, a Bon Secours mobile medical service, according to Bon Secours spokeswoman Jenna Green.
Care-A-Van’s two mobile clinics will continue to operate and provide same-day acute care services, vaccines and immunizations at local churches. The new clinic has been set up within two miles of three of Care-A-Van’s highest-volume sites.
Care-A-Van launched in 1994. Bon Secours says the program provided services to more than 14,000 people in 2022.
The clinic – called the Community Health Clinic, Manchester, at the Center for Healthy Living – is planned to be open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The majority of the costs associated with the project were covered by a $2 million donation.
The clinic’s project team was general contractor L.F. Jennings, architecture firm ENV, construction engineers CMTA and civil engineer Draper Aden Associates. Bon Secours broke ground on the project last year.