Huge development news: McLaren Greater Lansing announced Monday evening that they are consolidating their two south Lansing hospitals, which will allow them an even closer partnership with MSU's College of Human Medicine than before.
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McLaren to build $450 million hospital adjacent to Michigan State
By Haley Hansen and RJ Wolcott | Lansing State Journal
December 4, 2017
LANSING — McLaren Greater Lansing will consolidate operations at its two south Lansing facilities into one $450 million hospital on what was once farm land near Michigan State University, the hospital announced Monday.
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The new health care campus will be developed on land acquired from the MSU Foundation in the foundation's University Corporate Research Park between Collins Road and US 127 south of Forest Road.
Work on the project will begin in spring and should be completed by 2021. The new campus will be paid for through bonds, Mee said.
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This is big news for Lansing since MSU's College of Human Medicine had not really invested in its Lansing home and base, opting instead for Grand Rapids. A big reason for this project is to allow for MSU to be able to be able to recruit better, nationally, which it hadn't divided between all of the hospitals in the region. They will still partner with Sparrow and such, but this will become their main campus hospital.
Before anyone says anything, the University Corporate Research Park is at the literal edge of the City of Lansing, which is why the initial design and site plan are so suburban-minded. The technology park is MSU's technology incubator and a SmartZone which allows it tax capture. It includes laboratory, warehouse, light manufacturing and associated office space.
Anyway, what the campus will include:
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Plans are still coming together, but Lansing can expect these operations:
- Acute Care Hospital. A state‐of‐the‐art 240-bed acute care hospital.
- Karmanos Cancer Institute. A new cancer center will provide medical and radiological oncology treatments, as well as access for patients to clinical trials through Karmanos Cancer Institute, a national leader in cancer research and care and one of only two National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive programs in the state.
- Ambulatory Care Center. The office building will provide space for the physicians necessary to support hospital operations in addition to other independent practices from the community. The office building will allow also for the consolidation of a number of services into a single location, improving efficiency.
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The building is planned for 9-stories.
This also allows for McClaren to compete more directly with Lansing-based Sparrow Hospital near downtown Lansing, and give the region two, large consolidate health campuses.