Trinity Health Ann Arbor’s emergency department will undergo a $60 million renovation and expansion, with construction of the new space to be completed in late 2028.
The health system said the $60.5 million project includes renovating the 44,600 square feet of the emergency department and adjacent dialysis area as well as adding 13,100 square feet to meet the community’s growing needs, according to a Nov. 10 release.
Work is expected to start this month. The Ann Arbor hospital, a Level 1 trauma center, is to remain fully operational during construction.
Alonzo Lewis, president of Trinity Health Ann Arbor, Livingston, Oakland and Livonia, said feedback from patients, colleagues and the communities they serve “has been clear — upgrade our Emergency Department to ensure an appropriate care environment to match the increasing complexity and evolving needs of those that entrust us with their care.”
The project will increase the number of private rooms and stretcher bays to eliminate hallway chairs and stretchers in an effort to handle overcrowding; create private spaces for patients and health care providers, and improve spaces for family members.
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More staff areas will be in the design, promoting a more efficient workflow, better resource allocation and enhanced safety for staff, according to the release. The new space will have advanced technology and an additional CT scanner to offer timely imaging directly into the emergency department.
The project is funded through capital investment money from Trinity Health’s national system office, Trinity Health Ann Arbor and donor support.
The health system previously announced a new $48 million emergency department at Trinity Health Oakland’s campus along Woodward Avenue in Pontiac. That new space is to be completed in 2027.
That project will double the size of the current emergency department and have larger patient rooms; a behavioral health unit; dedicated space for pediatric-focused care; a new ambulance entrance; an enhanced lobby, and new and more trauma bays, according to a prior release.
It said that hospital’s emergency department treats 57,000 emergency room visits and 5,0000 observation visits each year. Funds for the project are coming through contributions from community donors who, according to a January release, had covered nearly half the cost.
The health system said demand for emergency services continues to grow, with the projects designed to accommodate patient volumes and the rising complexity of care. Trinity Health Michigan has 10 hospitals and two medical groups; 2,410 beds, and more than 26,000 full-time employees serving 29 counties.
The health care system is among several to announce major renovations or expansions at sites in the metro Detroit region.
There is a new $2.2 billion expansion project underway at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. That project is to be completed in 2029, cover 1.2 million square feet and include a 20-story patient tower and new emergency department that would be double the size of the existing one.
Corewell Health announced Oct. 28 that it is building a new 132,000-square-foot patient tower at Corewell Health Beaumont Troy Hospital to add 94 beds to meet the growing needs of the region, including Oakland and Macomb counties, by 2030. According to a release, 72% of the rooms will be private, up from the current 40%, and there will be a parking deck with a connecting pedestrian bridge.
In August, University of Michigan Health leaders broke ground on the health system’s approximately $250 million outpatient services and surgical center that is being built on the site of the old Kmart world headquarters in Troy. The four-story, 224,000-square-foot complex is to open in 2027.
Also, Michigan Medicine scheduled an open house on Nov. 12 for its new 12-floor D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion in Ann Arbor, which is to have 20 operating rooms; three interventional radiology suites; 40 intensive care unit beds, and 264 in-patient beds, according to its website. It said the project is a $920 million investment.
Staff writer JC Reindl contributed to this report.
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