Vanderbilt University Medical Center officials announced major job openings and a more than $500 million patient tower expansion that will add 180 patient beds by October 2025.
The health care system is hiring thousands of doctors, nurses, technicians and others to staff the new tower, according to a news release.
The tower will span 470,000 square feet and contain 15 levels, the largest facility expansion in the medical center’s history. The building also will include radiology services and a large lobby and will be located off 21st Avenue, across from Peabody College’s Wyatt lawn.
The project also will add 44,000 square feet of operating room space in the adjacent Medical Center East. More patients will need more parking, so the university is adding 600 spaces on three floors to the central garage.
A two-story bridge will connect the new tower to the existing Vanderbilt Clinic on the third and fourth levels.
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