Officials at Trammell Crow Company and Princeton HealthCare System broke ground at the new Medical Arts Pavilion at the site of the new hospital campus in Plainsboro.
The groundbreaking ceremony was held on February 3 at the site off Plainsboro Road, where the 140,00-square-foot medical office building is being constructed. The building will be physically connected to the new University Medical Center of Princeton and is expected to be completed in May, 2012.
The project is owned by Partners Health Trust, a joint venture of Trammell Crow Company and a public pension fund advised by Bentall Kennedy, as well as physician tenants.
Jeffrey Goggins, senior managing director with Trammell Crow Company, said the new facility will be an integral part of the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro and the overall healthcare campus. “The building will have a combination of diagnostics, imaging, surgery center, and physician offices,” he said. “It will be a tremendous resource for area residents who need outpatient care or want to have a same-day surgical procedure close to home.”
“In addition, we are following Princeton HealthCare System’s lead and developing a sustainable building that will create a better environment for our physician tenants and visitors to the building along with reducing environmental impacts and operating costs,” Goggins added.
The new five-story Medical Arts Pavilion is deigned to be fully integrated into the hospital with physical connections at four locations, including the hospital’s main north entry, emergency department, and operating suites.
According to a press release, PHCS will have a significant presence in the building, where it will operate an ambulatory surgical center, diagnostic radiology, a sleep center, and other medical functions. The remaining space will be available for private physicians’ offices.
