Type: Medical, academic
Size: 330,000 square feet
Cost: $160.5 million
General contractor: McGough Construction
Architects: Cannon Design, Studio 5
Details: A ceremonial groundbreaking late last month marked the kickoff of construction on the University of Minnesota's new, $160.5 million Ambulatory Care Center, shortly after the Board of Regents approved its lease agreements and other legalities at its Dec. 12 meeting.
The project, a joint venture between the U, the University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview Health Services, is being touted as a state-of-the-art melding of patient care and academic research through innovative design features.
Design work on the facility, on a block of university-owned land close to the Huron Boulevard exit on the north side of Interstate 94, began in 2012. It will house a surgery center and many specialty clinics, replacing a patchwork of overcrowded and outdated campus facilities anchored by the Phillips Wangensteen Building.
