Swedish breaks ground on new ER and outpatient building in Ballard

Swedish Medical Center held a ceremonial ground-breaking ceremony today of a new Emergency Department and Outpatient Center in Ballard.

The 90,000 square-foot, five-story facility, which will be located on Tallman Ave. N.W. near Market Street, is scheduled to be open in the fall of 2010.

The building will house:

• A new, expanded emergency department
• An expanded medical imaging center
• A primary-care clinic and offices
• Office space for an array of specialty physicians

Among the services to be offered are:

• General surgery
• Childbirth care
• Addiction recovery
• Outpatient rehabilitation therapy
• Outpatient cancer care
• Outpatient Medical imaging, including mammography

Swedish is working jointly on the project and will share ownership with Minneapolis-based Frauenshuh HealthCare Real Estate Solutions (www.frauenshuh.com).

Callison (www.callison.com) is the architecture firm and Mortensen Construction (www.mortenson.com) is the general contractor on the project.

[Picture Credit: Rendering provided by Callison]

For more information:

• Visit the Swedish/Ballard Web site: www.swedish.org/ballard
• Or email your questions to:  ballardproject@swedish.org

Tags: Ballard, Swedish Medical Center

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