The tower will also have a main lobby, and the tower will become the new front entrance to the hospital, Faurot says. All of the rooms in the bed tower will be single patient rooms with "hotel-like" conveniences such as a sleeper sofa for family members, recliner and work station with internet access. Each room will also have patient lifts, Faurot says.
Construction on the tower is expected to begin in spring 2009. A 360-car parking lot is currently under construction. The tower is expected to be complete in the fall of 2011. The hospital will convert to offices 144 rooms in an older portion of the hospital, that had a total of 202 beds, Faurot says. RTKL had previously completed a hospital master plan, in 2006, for the hospital.
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