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Master Facilities Plan
Our 2012 Master Facilities plan will provide unrivalled pediatric facilities, allowing us to lead the country in providing the best health outcomes, and improving the health of the entire community.
When completed, our plan will:
- Add 2.1 million square feet of clinical and research space, an energy plant, parking garages and new green space to the existing 3.2 million square feet
- Add additional hospital and research jobs
- Generate a projected $1.3 billion in new regional economic activity
Below is a map of our Master Facilities Plan. Click on the links below the map to learn more about our six key areas of growth.
New Main Hospital
The centerpiece of Nationwide Children's master facilities expansion will be a new main hospital, opening in 2012, which will create the second largest pediatric hospital and research center in the U.S. [more...]
The 12-story hospital, attached to the current facility, will encompass 750,000 square feet and overlook a new six acre park-like green space adjacent to Livingston Park.
Currently, Nationwide Children’s accommodates almost 933,000 patient visits each year. By 2012 that number will grow to nearly one million. As a result, the new building will have an estimated capacity of 460 beds, all with enhanced modifications for patients and their families.
Watch our video outlining plans for Nationwide Children's new main hospital building.
Other features include:
- A new Hematology/Oncology/Blood and Marrow Transplant unit
- A “performance space" which will include a theater with advanced audio-visual equipment and seating to accommodate wheelchairs and beds
- Family lounges on every floor, indoor and outdoor dining spaces and on-demand room service for patients
- Doubling the size of the Emergency Department facility, including increased support for Ohio’s first Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center
- A floor dedicated to pediatric intensive care, cardiac intensive care and transplant
6-Acre Green Space/Family Gardens
The proposed new “front lawn” to Nationwide Children’s Hospital will add about six acres of green space to the campus. [more...]
Besides enhancing the patient/family experience, this space will help absorb rainfall and manage water run-off more effectively than concrete and asphalt. It also helps the area stay cooler in the summer.
The green space will complement Livingston Park, which is owned by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. It will be open to the community and will have park benches, serene gardens, walking paths, and wide bikeways.
Clinical Research
At 97,850 square feet, the new clinical research building is home to Nationwide Children’s Surgery Center, as well as a Center for Digestive Disorders and GI Procedures and Clinical Psychology. [more...]
Two floors are dedicated to research, including space for the Center for Biobehavioral Health, the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice and the Battell Center for Mathematical Medicine.
West Research Campus
Nationwide Children’s goal is to expand our campus westward, while fitting within the desired character of the community. [more...]
A third, new research facility will add 225,000 square feet of space.
Livingston Avenue Employee Garage
The Livingston Avenue Garage has 1,530 parking space for staff, opening up other parking for patients and families. [more...]
Opening with the new inpatient tower, the inpatient visitor garage will be located under the expanded greenspace and will provide 420 parking spaces connected via tunnel to the new tower.
Central Energy Plan
To power our expanding campus, Nationwide Children's Hospital is building a new environmentally friendly “green” Central Energy Plant. [more...]
Meeting all disaster preparedness requirements, the 50,000 square foot power plant will provide heating, cooling, electricity and back-up generators to the entire campus. It’s located next to the current power plant and is in the final stages of completion.
Nationwide Children's Hospital
700 Children's Drive Columbus, Ohio 43205 614.722.2000
700 Children's Drive Columbus, Ohio 43205 614.722.2000