New St. Anthony Hospital Takes Shape in Lakewood
Published Jan 06, 2009
The St. Anthony Medical Campus will include an orthopedic hospital, two medical office buildings and a replacement hospital.
When you run out of space, something’s got to give. And for St. Anthony Central Hospital, it’s a matter of out with the old, in with the new.
A $498 million St. Anthony Hospital is under construction in Lakewood and scheduled to be fully operational by late 2011. At that time, the long-existing St. Anthony Central Hospital in Denver will close.
“St. Anthony Central has been around since 1892, but our current campus is landlocked on 16 acres, with no possible room for expansion,” says Todd Folkenberg, the hospital’s vice president of operations and chief business development officer. “We are at the point in our history where we need space for more outpatient programs, as well as office buildings for doctors. ”
Construction officially began in August 2008 on a 48-bed, 180,000-square-foot orthopedic specialty hospital and the first of two medical office buildings; they are slated to open in summer 2010.
Phase 2 of the project will include the 222-bed replacement hospital, including Level I trauma care and a full complement of medical and surgical services, with a scheduled opening in fall 2011.
The overall complex will be known as the St. Anthony Medical Campus.
ACCESSIBLE VIA MASS TRANSIT
The site is a 50-acre tract that the Denver Federal Center sold to the city of Lakewood in 2007. The city then sold the land to St. Anthony’s parent company, Centura Health, for the purpose of constructing the new hospital. The address of the new campus is 11600 West 2nd Place.
“St. Anthony Central Hospital has served the community for the past 115 years, and we are very excited to continue this tradition of service in Lakewood,” says Bob Wallace, administrator of outreach services at St. Anthony Central Hospital. “This move will allow us to provide convenient office space to our 1,200 doctors on the staff. The move, only six miles west of the current location, will enable us to provide expanded outpatient care and allow for growth.”
The Lakewood medical campus will be conveniently located on one of the Regional Transportation District’s light-rail lines, which means modern public transportation will be available for patients, families and staff.
The new St. Anthony Hospital will be Lakewood’s first, but it will inherit a distinguished legacy. St. Anthony Central Hospital was the first hospital in Denver to be accredited by the American College of Surgeons (1921) and to perform open-heart surgery (1960). It also was the first hospital in the nation to develop a civilian helicopter ambulance service, Flight for Life, in 1972.
Story by Kevin Litwin
Current Weather Conditions In Golden, CO (80401)
Clear and Windy, and 34 ° F. For more details?
Click here...
