Mayo Clinic Hospital begins $17 million in Construction Projects

Friday, June 07, 2002

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 7, 2002 - Mayo Clinic Scottsdale has announced $17 million in new construction projects at its Mayo Clinic Hospital site in northeast Phoenix.

A variety of expansion and construction projects are now underway at Mayo Clinic Hospital, including:

• Hospital Bed Expansion - $4.9 million project to add 24 beds to shelled space on the fifth floor of the existing 181-bed Mayo Clinic Hospital in northeast Phoenix. Expected to open 12 beds in late 2002 and the remaining 12 beds in early 2003.
• Transplant Center Expansion - Expansion and remodeling of existing space on the hospital's fifth floor to include five new exam rooms and two interview rooms for the Mayo Clinic Transplant Program. To be completed in late 2002. Cost figures are being finalized.
• Radiology Expansion - A 9,000 square foot, $1.6 million expansion of the Mayo Clinic Hospital Radiology Department. Estimated completion in the third quarter, 2003.
• Administrative Services Building - 39,000 square foot, $5.4 million building to consolidate administrative services functions. Estimated completion is third quarter, 2003.
• Data Center - 11,350 square foot, $4.88 million Data Center. Estimated completion is third quarter of 2003.

Mayo Clinic is a private group practice of medicine dedicated to providing diagnosis and treatment of patient illnesses through a systematic focus on individual patient needs. As a leading academic medical center in the Southwest, Mayo Clinic Scottsdale focuses on providing specialty and surgical care in more than 66 disciplines at its outpatient facility in north Scottsdale and at Mayo Clinic Hospital. The hospital is located at 56th Street and Mayo Boulevard (north of Bell Road) in northeast Phoenix, and provides inpatient care to support the medical and surgical specialties of the Clinic, which is located at 134th Street and Shea Boulevard in Scottsdale

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