"We expect to add capacity at this pace over the next fouryears," Kane Dawson, SVP of operations, tells GlobeSt.com. "Thefull plan also calls for construction of a new guest tower thatwill add 100 guest rooms and resource areas for patients andfamilies. It is projected to cost $20 million." Dawson says thecampus, which is located at 1331 E. Wyoming Ave. in NortheastPhiladelphia, can accommodate the additional building.

During the 2008 opening phase the outpatient area will beexpanded by 3,200 sf to add new exam rooms and treatment spacealong with an in-house PET/CT facility. Sixteen inpatient beds willbe added taking the total to 38. In addition, 40 new guest roomsfor patients and families, along with amenity and resource areasfor them and caregivers will be constructed in the now-vacantfourth and fifth floors of the hospital.

According to a GlobeSt.com report when CTCA acquired theproperty, it invested $44 million in renovations and conversion ofthe 200-bed, 273,800-sf hospital into a specialty facility. In thepast two years, the staff has grown from 154 to 423, and the 2008expansion will add 250 jobs. It opened this location, "because ourpatients requested that we bring our unique model of care to theNortheast region of the US," says John McNeil, president and CEO,in a statement. Approximately 85% of the patients here come fromoutside Philadelphia.