$44.3-Mil Expansion on Tap for Medical Center

DENVER-The 141-year-old Denver Health Medical Center will undergo a 142,841-sf, $44.3-million expansion.

Construction workers already have begun removing asbestos from a four-story building at 320 W. Eight Ave. that will be demolished. The new four-story facility at what was formerly known as Denver General Hospital will include a 26-bed correctional-care area in the basement, with outpatient rehabilitation services and an orthopedic clinic on the first floor. The second floor calls for a 24-bed medical intensive care unit and ambulatory procedure center and 30-bed medical and surgical patient care units on the third and fourth floors. The San Francisco-based architectural firm of Kaplan McLaughlin Diaz and the Denver firm of Lantz-Boggio Architects are designing the new facility.