HUNTSVILLE – To meet the needs of a population advancing in age and in sheer numbers, Huntsville Hospital is expanding its Madison Street Tower in Huntsville.
The five-story, 154,000-square-foot project will add 120 beds as well as a cardiothoracic intensive care unit, a neuro intensive care unit for neurosurgical and stroke patients, three floors of acute medical space, and an improved emergency department vehicle entrance.
“Expanding the Madison Street Tower will give us the space to meet the advanced health care needs of North Alabama and southern Tennessee for decades to come,” said Jeff Samz, president and CEO of Huntsville Hospital Health System.
Additionally, the project will convert 70 existing patient rooms from double occupancy to single occupancy. When the expansion is complete, the hospital will 931 patient beds, up from 881.
Construction firm Robins & Morton has begun work on the $150 million vertical expansion.
“This project marks another chapter in our longstanding relationship with HH Health System as we work to deliver this important project for our community,” Robins & Morton Division Manager Mitch Coley said. “The hospital’s tower expansion will have a lasting, positive impact for many years ahead.”
The project is scheduled for completion in 2027.
Robins & Morton, which built the Madison Street Tower in 2006, is serving as the general contractor. Chapman Sisson Architects is the architect.
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