Philadelphia's planning commission has approved the
University of Pennsylvania Health System's plans for a new hospital building
designed by Foster + Partners that would take the place of the university's
Penn Tower structure once its demolition is complete.
The commission voted last week to permit changes to the
University of Pennsylvania master plan needed for construction of the building
at 300 S. 33rd St., which will serve as a patient-intake hub for surrounding
medical facilities.
The roughly 343-foot-high, 1.1 million-square-foot New
Patient Pavilion will include about 500 inpatient rooms, 50 operating rooms,
and an emergency section, as well as a 650-space underground parking garage,
Martin Gregorski, director of the commission's planning division, said in a
presentation.
Planners anticipate linking the new tower with Penn's
existing hospital building complex and with the Perelman Center for Advanced
Medicine, Gregorski said. The proposals also will require action by City
Council, he said.
Penn spokeswoman Susan Phillips declined to share
additional details about the plans - which she characterized as being in their
early stages - ahead of their approval by city and university officials.
Source: Philly.com
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