City and University Team on $400M Hospital Proposal

WASHINGTON, DC-The Council of the District of Columbia’s Committee on Health is reviewing a plan for a 250-bed hospital to accommodate residents in the southeast section of the district. The proposal calls for a private 250-bed healthcare complex that would be developed as a joint endeavor involving the city and Howard University with both entities sharing the costs. The estimated price tag for the one-million-sf project is $400 million, with $200 million of those funds dedicated solely to construction activity.

The National Capital Medical Center would replace services that once existed at 1900 Massachusetts Ave. SE, the nine-acre site formerly home to DC General Hospital, which shut its doors in 2001. The land sits off the Anacostia River between RFK Stadium and the Congressional Cemetery.