Westchester Medical Center is set to receive a $195 million tax-exempt bond to complete a 163,000 patient care center on its sprawling commercial campus in Valhalla, New York. Known as the Patient Care Tower, the five-story building will have 128 ICU patient beds and facilities for trauma care, neurosciences, cardiology, and general surgery.
The bond was approved by Westchester County’s Local Development Corporation (LDC) earlier this month. The LDC estimates that the project will generate more than $3.5 million for the country over the next 30 years. This includes sales tax revenue and bond proceeds.
The project is also expected to create more than 770 construction jobs and 127 permanent positions.
“The LDC has a clear vision for the future of Westchester County, and we’re happy that vision includes projects such as the Patient Care Tower,” said Michael D. Israel, president and chief executive officer, Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth). “The Patient Care Tower on the Westchester Medical Center campus will be the Hudson Valley’s hub of critical care medicine as it will bring together critical care and medical-surgical specialties in one location, enabling Westchester Medical Center to convert to all private inpatient rooms across the rest of the campus.”
Renderings of the building show a cleaved structure with a dramatic cantilever that frames the main entryway and outdoor plaza. Above the first floor, the building’s façade will feature reflective glass panels and ornamental steel transoms.
Construction is expected to last approximately 24 months.
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I wouldn’t describe the Westchester Medical Center’s Valhalla campus as “commercial”.
Who owns the Westchester Medical Center? Government? A non-profit?