St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn., is launching a six-year, $11.5-billion expansion program that involves at least $1.9 billion in new construction and renovation projects. Part of a plan approved in March, the program represents the hospital’s largest strategic investment since its founding in 1962, and will invlude facilities to accelerate research and treatment for children with catastrophic diseases, including work in cancer, blood disorders, and neurological and infectious diseases.
Construction-related elements at the Memphis campus also include completion of Domino’s Village, a six-story, 289,000-sq-ft family housing facility begun last year that will provide 140 units for short- and long-term stays, as well as an underground parking garage and activity spaces.