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10/12/12
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Construction is underway on a new $15 mil, 41k sf medical office building at the White Memorial Medical Center (WMMC) campus in Los Angeles. The concrete structure, which includes three stories of medical office space atop a three-level parking garage, is being built by national contracting firm Bernards. SWA Architects is the design builder for the project, which broke ground earlier this year and is expected to be completed in September 2013.
WMMC, which is located at the corner of State St and Cesar E. Chavez Ave in the Boyle Heights neighborhood, just east of downtown Los Angeles, is one of the region’s leading nonprofit hospitals, providing a full range of inpatient, outpatient, emergency and diagnostic services to communities in and near downtown. This project is part of an ongoing hospital expansion program designed to better serve the community’s health needs. WMMC’s Medical Plazas I and II are currently operating at full capacity, which has created a need for additional medical office space.
The project will also create jobs for community residents. WMMC considers job development a crucial part of its role in the community and serves as a training ground for new physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals. The new building will accommodate about 15 additional physician practices, as well as other medical services in a state-of-the-art, sustainable facility.
General contractor Bernards is very experienced with projects of this type, having previously served in this capacity for an $18 mil, 19.3k sf concourse building at White Memorial Medical Center. That project, which was completed in 2010, included the hospital’s main entry, pergola, meditation garden, lobby, chapel, gift shop and waiting areas, as well as a porte cochere (covered vehicle entryway) and an underground tunnel connecting the concourse building with the specialty care tower, north and south buildings.
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