Rendering of the planned facade of the new Riddle Hospital Patient Pavilion building.

MEDIA, PA—The Main Line Health Board of Governors and Middletown Township have granted approval for the planned $327-million Riddle Hospital campus modernization project here.

The modernization of Riddle Hospital, part of Main Line Health, includes the development of a new five-story, approximately 230,000-square-foot Patient Pavilion building. Riddle Hospital is a not-for-profit, acute-care hospital with 204 inpatient beds and 23 Transitional Care Center beds.

The new building will include: a new main entry; radiology and pre-admission testing suite; 10 replacement operating rooms in a state-of-the-art surgical suite; a comprehensive maternity care area with 16 post-partum rooms, five labor and delivery suites and two C-section suites; a hospital pharmacy and kitchen and 76 private patient rooms.

The plan at the suburban Philadelphia hospital also includes renovations to existing care units and support areas, including the creation of a 13-bed intensive care unit.

"One of our strategic imperatives at Main Line Health is to reinvest in the facilities and technology needed to advance the health of all those in the communities we serve," says Jack Lynch, FACHE, president and CEO, Main Line Health. "This campus modernization project reinforces our commitment to serve as stewards of health and wellness by ensuring Riddle Hospital is positioned to provide high-quality, human care well into the future."

The campus modernization project marks the most significant facility improvement in its nearly 60-year legacy and one of the largest capital investments in Main Line Health history.

Early sitework and utility work is planned to begin in early 2020 and groundbreaking for the new patient pavilion and other Hospital renovations will begin this summer. The first phase of the project is expected to be complete by the summer of 2023, with other renovations and project activity lasting through the summer of 2024, hospital officials note. During the entire construction process, Riddle Hospital will remain open and ready to serve our community.

An international architecture, engineering and planning firm, CRTKL, is designing the patient pavilion and existing department renovations, and P. Agnes, Inc. will be managing the building construction. Stantec Consulting Services, Inc. is serving as the overall project manager.

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$327M Campus Modernization on Tap at Riddle Hospital

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