AMBULATORY CARE BUILDING

Location:  Tioga Street and Germantown Avenue        

Gross Square Feet:  128,000 square feet

Number of Stories:  7 levels including, basement and sub-basement    

Project Completion:  Winter 2004

Estimated Project Cost:   $42 million

Project Description:  

Temple University Hospital plans to construct a new ambulatory care building to house expanding clinical services for oncology, emergency care and outpatient surgical procedures. The building is currently designed with oncology services in the basement and sub-basement including a physician exam and consultation suite and new cancer radiation therapy equipment. The first floor will connect to the existing hospital outpatient building and allow radiology and emergency services much needed expansion space. The second floor of the new building will be designed to increase the accommodations for outpatient same day surgical procedures. The structure and engineering systems can accommodate vertical expansion of the building in the future.