Tower Fun Facts

¢ 360,000 square feet and eight stories

¢ 241 patient rooms (148 private, 70 semi, 23 ICU)

¢ 301 beds

¢ 300 restrooms

¢ 20,000 cubic yards of concrete were used, weighing approximately 81 million pounds.

¢ The building's cost was around $100 million and was funded with reserve funds, with no debt incurred.

¢ Visitors and patients can still enter Cherokee Street from National or Fremont avenues, but Cherokee will serve the hospital and won’t be a through-street anymore.

¢ A 50-person patient tower occupancy team had monthly planning meetings since February 2007 and switched to weekly meetings in October 2007.

¢ A day before each nursing unit moved, all departments were involved as mock patients were processed through the computer systems and sent to the lab and X-ray departments and discharged to simulate a typical patient experience.

¢ Some of the Italian marble, limestone art and statues from the original hospital were incorporated into the new Patient Tower. Items are located in the lobbies, courtyards and conference center.