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News: Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital

  • In the News: Columbus skyline changing with four tallest new buildings in more than 20 years

    mckivergan.1@osu.edu | March 14, 2024
    As highlighted by The Columbus Dispatch, the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital is one of four buildings being built in Columbus that are at least 24 stories high. The four are the first new buildings in Columbus that are at least 24 stories high since 2001.The story mentions the inpatient tower’s impressive build at 26 stories and 410 feet high. It includes enough steel to construct two Ei...
    A view of the exterior of the inpatient tower from a drone.

  • City of Ohio State Podcast Season 3 Episode 1: Campus Construction

    mckivergan.1@osu.edu | March 1, 2024
    As another outpatient care center gets approved for construction and new academic and research projects break ground, we kick off season 3 of the City of Ohio State Podcast with Kristin Poldemann, the associate vice president of Facilities Design and Construction to talk about current projects across campus. ...
    Kristin Poldemann

  • Slideshow: Inpatient Hospital

    mckivergan.1@osu.edu | February 27, 2024
    Construction on the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital is more than 75% complete as crews are preparing for first building turnover in October ahead of an eventual 2026 opening. The 1.9 million-square-foot inpatient tower is the largest single facilities project ever undertaken at Ohio State with up to 820 beds in private-room settings to elevate patient-centered care, safety and train...
    A view of a worker installing flooring.

  • In the News: A look inside Ohio State's inpatient hospital tower

    hedman.11@osu.edu | February 22, 2024
    The Columbus Dispatch recently toured the Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital construction site. The $1.9 billion hospital is 75% through its construction phase, project manager Ragan Fallang told the outlet. It is expected to open in the spring of 2026.The outlet cites that the new tower is built with enough steel to erect two Eiffel Towers and quoted Dr. Andrew Thomas, chief clinical offic...
    A view of the exterior of the inpatient tower from a drone.

  • In the News: Wolfe Foundation gives $50 million toward hospital hopsital

    hedman.11@osu.edu | February 20, 2024
    The Robert F. Wolfe and Edgar T. Wolfe Foundation has made a $50 million commitment to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s Inpatient Hospital project, set to open in 2026. This is among the largest gifts ever made to the medical center.In recognition, the inpatient tower will have two named spaces: the John F. Wolfe Lobby and the Wolfe Foundation Crossroads, pending approval by the ...
    A view of the exterior of the inpatient tower from a drone.

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