Consolidating an array of outpatient services currently housed in multiple spaces on the UConn Health Center campus, the 300,000 square-foot outpatient care centre will include 60,000 square feet for new clinician scientist recruits, a cafe, outdoor terraces, and retail space for a commercial pharmacy and optical shop. The building will be clad in curtain wall and metal panels, and will connect to the new 450,000 square foot, 1,100-space precast concrete parking garage with a pedestrian bridge.
Designed with patient centric facilities, the new outpatient care centre will provide a range of services like diagnostic imaging, endocrinology, gastroenterology, internal medicine, neurology, occupational medicine, physical therapy, radiation oncology, urology, and vascular surgery.
Aspiring for LEED Silver certification, the ambulatory care centre and parking facilities are part of Bioscience Connecticut – a forward-thinking plan championed by Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy and approved by the Connecticut General Assembly in 2011.
Construction on the project commenced in January 2013 and completion is expected in late 2014.
