Novant Health plans to bring $169-million tower expansion to hospital near Charlotte
Novant Health is building a $169 million tower at its Matthews Medical Center, the hospital system announced Friday.
The expansion will add 150,000 square feet to the Novant Health Matthews Medical Center, adding 20 acute beds and renovating another 50,000 square feet of existing space.
The new tower will include seven operating rooms, three endoscopy rooms, a post-anesthesia care unit and an ambulatory care unit.
The construction project is expected to break ground early next year, according to Novant. The first clinical space in the new tower will open in the summer of 2024, starting with a 24-bed medical-surgical nursing unit.
All construction on the tower is expected to finish by the summer of 2025.
Other hospital expansions
The newly announced project in Matthews is the latest in several rounds of expansions for both of Charlotte’s major hospital systems, Novant Health and Atrium Health.
In October, Novant announced it had broken ground on a new children’s emergency department in Huntersville, a $2.4 million project made possible with contributions from NASCAR driver Martin Truex Jr.
Also in October, competitor Atrium Health announced it had received a $30 millon donation that would help create a 150,000-square-foot specialized hospital at the new Atrium Health Carolinas Rehabilitation facility, including an outdoor therapy garden and an aquatic therapy program.
In September, Atrium announced plans to add a floor to its acute care hospital in Cabarrus County, a $46.6 million project scheduled to start construction in March 2023.
Atrium is also developing plans for its $1.5 billion “innovation district,” a corridor of research facilities, residential buildings and retail shops surrounding its future medical school in midtown Charlotte.
Most recently, the hospital system received approval from Mecklenburg County and the city for its request for $75 million in tax reimbursement and capital funds for infrastructure work for the innovation district.
This story was originally published December 17, 2021 at 11:00 AM.
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