The $74 million facility will bring all of the university’s outpatient cancer services, both pediatric and adult, under one roof. The university will commence work by early 2011.
The new facility, designed by EwingCole, will encompass 90,000 square feet on three stories. The building will house 27 private infusion areas, four-season rooftop healing gardens, meditation room, family resource centre, multidisciplinary practice locations, private space for genetic, financial and other counseling services, a boutique for patient apparel and other personal products and three linear accelerator rooms. The facility will also include two additional floors to accommodate future expansion.
The Upstate Cancer Center will be located on the site west of Upstate University Hospital that currently houses the University’s Regional Oncology Center (ROC) and a parking lot. The facility will wrap around the ROC, incorporate the Gamma Knife Center and connect to the hospital’s west wing.
The Upstate Cancer Center is expected to be unveiled in September 2013.
