UAMS Approved for $85M NWA Building; Site to be Determined

by Paul Gatling (pgatling@nwabj.com)

In March, the University of Arkansas System board of trustees approved an $85 million project in Northwest Arkansas proposed by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).

A 185,000-square-foot orthopedic and sports medicine facility will be built at a location to be determined. Marlon Blackwell Architects and DSC Architects will lead the building’s design. Nabholz Construction will be the general contractor. UAMS’ goal is to open the facility by 2023.

Chancellor Cam Patterson said UAMS plans to issue bonds to cover the cost, a change in course from a funding partnership proposed this past fall. In October, the board authorized UAMS to negotiate the terms of a letter of intent to pursue a new building lease agreement with commercial real estate development firm Cushman & Wakefield/Sage Partners in Rogers.

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UAMS Chancellor Cam Patterson. (Photo by Evan Lewis/UAMS).

UAMS Breaks Ground on New $85 Million Surgical Hospital

by Talk Business & Politics staff (staff2@talkbusiness.net)

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences broke ground Monday (April 12) in Little Rock on construction of an $85 million surgical hospital, which is expected to be complete by spring 2023.

The project is being paid for by a bond issue approved this year by the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees.

With four floors providing more than 158,000 square feet in space, the hospital will be an extension of the UAMS Medical Center. It will contain:

· 24 private patient rooms for overnight observation and inpatient stays.
· 12 examination rooms for Orthopaedic Trauma, Orthopaedic Oncology, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
· 12 operating rooms in its surgical center.
· Eight examination rooms and two procedure suites for use by the Pain Management team.
· Faculty and administrative offices for the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
· Department of Orthopaedic Surgery resident educational space.

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