After 18 months of planning, Swedish recently broke ground on a new freestanding emergency department and ambulatory care center in Redmond. Excavation began April 12, and the facility is scheduled to be complete by the end of 2010. The site is located at 18100 Union Hill Road.
A community groundbreaking ceremony will be held later this spring.
The Redmond facility will be able to immediately treat patients suffering from severe lacerations or burns, broken bones, sports injuries, allergic reactions, food poisoning, work-related injuries and many other medical emergencies. Swedish estimates that the emergency department alone will see more than 20,000 patient visits each year.
Plans call for 86,000 square feet of built space on three floors, with the emergency department and a full-service medical imaging center occupying the first level. Swedish will lease 55,000-square-feet of space for clinical programs – including the emergency department with 18 exam rooms, advanced diagnostic imaging (including X-ray, ultrasound, CT scan and MRI), on-site laboratory services, as well as offices for primary- and specialty-care providers. The emergency department will be open and staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The new building will be managed and owned by Hammes Company, a third-party development partner. Hammes will invest roughly $25.5 million in the structure and surrounding parking areas. Panattoni Construction is the general contractor, and Mahlum Architects designed the facility.
