The State University of New York Downstate Health Services University Hospital will begin the design phase of its $1.1 billion reconstruction, according to state officials.
Governor Kathy Hochul on Wednesday announced the start of the design phase to modernize facilities at SUNY Downstate, a major central Brooklyn health care center and medical school that the community fought to keep open after the state tried to close it.
The reconstruction project will repair infrastructure, modernize inpatient rooms, expand the emergency department, and create a new hospital annex, including a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center that expands services in cardiology and oncology.
“Every New Yorker deserves access to high-quality health and medical care, and this investment at SUNY Downstate will ensure that Brooklyn will have a world class institution available,” Hochul said in a statement. “I am pleased that investments at SUNY Downstate are moving forward and congratulate all of my colleagues who helped make this possible.”
The investment reflects two concurrent projects. The first project will conduct prioritized renovations to modernize the existing hospital and convert all double occupancy rooms to private rooms with showers, expand the emergency department, and rehabilitate mechanical, electrical, and plumbing infrastructure issues. The second project will construct a new hospital annex, including a state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center specializing in cardiology and oncology.
WJL Architecture & Engineering DPC DBA Ewing Cole will lead the design work on the renovation project for the existing hospital to optimize patient service areas and address hospital infrastructure modernization. Perkins Eastman Architects, DPC will lead the design work on the project to build a new hospital annex specializing in cardiology and oncology.
“SUNY Downstate is a vital institution for Brooklyn," said SUNY Trustee Eric Corngold, Chair of the Academic Medical Centers and Hospitals Committee. "Through the support of Governor Hochul and the passionate advocacy of local officials, we are able to make major renovations and new investments so that SUNY Downstate will continue to serve the community that relies on it for health care and medical training needs.”
Updates on the projects will be publicly available at https://astrongerdownstate.
