Columbus Monthly recently featured Ohio State's Innovation District in its health care special edition. The publication interviewed Jay Kasey, Ohio State’s senior vice president of Administration and Planning, and Grace Wang, Ohio State’s executive vice president for Research, Innovation and Knowledge.
“Calling these initial buildings anchors is probably too significant a term,” Kasey told Columbus Monthly. “Eventually there will be larger corporate entities moving in that...
The inpatient hospital project reached a major milestone in January. Concrete was recently poured on level 22 of the north and south elevator cores of facility, making it the tallest building on all of the Ohio State campuses. The north and south elevator towers will eventually reach level 25 which will be used for mechanical and support spaces. Level 24 will be the final patient care floor.
The center, or middle, elevator core, will contain a total of eight staff elevators and a total of twelve public elevators. This core will eventually top out at level 27, and it...
Mechanical and electrical plumbing system installation continues at Dodd Parking Garage, which is now 70% complete. Teams have poured concrete on six of seven levels of the facility, located on the corner of Medical Center and Old Cannon drives. The project will create parking spots for 1,100 vehicles.
Additional construction activities include:
Pouring concrete on the elevator machine roof. Masonry work in stairwell lobbies. Installation reinforcement through level six. Completion of concrete slab placement on level five.
The Dodd Parking Garage, located within walking distance of the Wexner Medical Center, is expected to open in June. View...
In January, Columbus Dispatch shared a story that highlighted ten development projects, including Ohio State’s Innovation District and the Inpatient Hospital, that could transform Columbus in the years to come.
New drone images and site photos highlight the transformation of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care Dublin site, located just south of State Route 33. The project is 75% complete and on schedule to open September 2022. The new facility will include ambulatory surgery, endoscopy, primary care, specialty medical and surgical clinics and related support spaces.
Precast panel installation work was recently completed on the ambulatory surgery center (ASC). Heating has been turned on inside the medical office building (MOB) just in time for the cold temperatures.
Columbus Business First shared news this week that Ohio State's incentive is projected at $47 million over the next 25 years for the 12,000 high-paying jobs it expects to create in its Innovation District.
It replaces the previous biggest-ever jobs incentive, also for the university.
Breathtaking new aerials showcase significant progress on the Wexner Medical Center inpatient hospital. The photos are courtesy of construction manager Walsh/Turner (joint venture).
It’s a race to the sky, with north and south elevator core concrete rising past level 18. The center, or middle, elevator core and stairwell B, is the largest and tallest of the cores, encompassing twenty elevators and extending to the helipad to an elevation of 410 feet above grade.
Back on the ground, all concrete elevated slab pours are now complete. Steel erection began on August 30 and the facility will use 15,000 tons...
Ohio State's University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) recently released an updated video to highlight the construction progress of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Research Complex.
Ohio State is moving one step closer to its sustainability goals with the creation of the Energy Advancement and Innovation Center in the university's Innovation District.
"It will be a hub for Ohio State researchers, local entrepeneurs, industy experts to work together on the next generatiion of smart systems, renewable energy and sustainability solutions," Larzelere said.
Antoinette Pusateri, MD, a current fellow at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, performs her poem "To The Builders," which she wrote in celebration of the medical center's new inpatient hospital tower on its Columbus campus.
Video of 'To The Builders': In celebration of new inpatient hospital construction | Ohio State Medical Center
