Straub Medical Heart begins development on new well being care campus

Jan. 27—Development started Thursday on Straub Medical Heart’s new “well being care campus of the longer term” in Honolulu, beginning with the demolition of a two-story constructing at 801 S. Resort St.

Hawaii Pacific Well being, Straub’s mother or father firm, stated over the following few months, contractors will demolish three extra buildings alongside the block between Kealamakai Avenue and Ward Avenue to clear the way in which for the medical middle’s new 760,000-square-foot campus.

“We’re excited to start the brand new yr with the beginning of this visionary venture,” stated Dave Underriner, Straub CEO, in a information launch. “Our new well being care campus will embody the newest know-how, elevated effectivity and versatile areas so whole households can obtain the very best high quality care in a single place, simply as Dr. George Straub envisioned when he opened his clinic on King Avenue greater than 100 years in the past.”

The multi-year venture, when accomplished, is anticipated to be triple the dimensions of the present facility.

Along with a bigger emergency division, the campus will supply a brand new parking storage with extra stalls and an expanded affected person drop-off space, bigger affected person rooms, extra inexperienced areas, and extra photo voltaic panels. The historic Strode constructing — on-site since 1933 — will likely be stored and also will be renovated.

Straub stated the present development is not going to have an effect on sufferers coming to the medical middle or site visitors within the space.

Extra particulars in regards to the multi-phase venture can be found at Straub’s web site.