LOUISIANA Ventas Inc., a real estate investment trust, has announced that its subsidiary, Lillibridge Healthcare Services Inc., plans to build a medical office building on the campus of the new Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge. Lillibridge will serve as developer, architect and construction manager. The project comprises a four-story tower and a five-story tower, with a shared atrium lobby, totaling 250,000 sq ft. The building will house a breast center, a maternal-fetal medicine center, infrastructure for an ambulatory surgery center and retail space.The estimated construction cost is $40 million. Lillibridge Healthcare Services Inc., 200 W. Madison St., Chicago, 60606.
NEW JERSEY / PENNSYLVANIA The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is planning to replace the Scudder Falls Bridge. The current bridge is 1,740 ft long and 60 ft wide and carries four lanes of I-95 across the Delaware River. The new bridge will be widened to between 130 and 140 ft; also, it will have six through-travel lanes and three auxiliary lanes to handle traffic coming on and off the bridge at the interchanges. The replacement bridge also will have two inside shoulders wide enough to handle proposed regional bus-rapid transit service. Construction is expected to begin in 2011 and last three to four years. The estimated construction cost is $310 million. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, 2492 River Rd., New Hope, Pa. 18938.