Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers recently announced plans to partner with the Rudin family on the development of the new St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan. The new facility, which will serve the West Side and Downtown, will be built using green technologies.

Plans call for the new facility to be built on the site of the O'Toole Building on the west side of Seventh Avenue, the current location of St. Vincent's physician offices and outpatient health center. When the new facility is complete, the hospital will vacate its current buildings on the east side of Seventh Avenue, which the Rudin family will develop primarily for residential use.

The new hospital will incorporate green technologies that emphasize conservation of energy, water and other natural resources to reduce carbon emissions. Patient records, diagnostic test results and radiological images will be kept electronically.