Bridging to Briarwood

Woman’s Hospital has been proudly bursting at the seams for some time, but now it’s clear that in the next few years the lack of space and functionality at our beloved campus threatens our ability to provide the experience you expect and the care our growing community needs.

Our vision is to create a state-of-the-art facility approximately 5 miles from our current campus. The new campus will be located on the corner of Airline Highway and Pecue Lane. Our goal is to create a new campus that will be aesthetically pleasing, technologically advanced, and focused on an exceptional patient experience. Woman's Hospital has also begun planning how the remaining property at the Briarwood site might be used.

In January, Woman's Hospital announced that construction of its new facility at the corner of Airline Highway and Pecue Lane would be suspended until Woman's obtained permanent financing for the project. Woman's Hospital's financial advisors report that more favorable conditions in the financial market indicate that it may be time to move forward with financing the project and restarting construction.   Subcontractors are being asked to refresh their pricing due to changed market conditions and the modified scope of the project. 
 
Since Woman's served as a perinatal surge hospital in hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Ike and Gustav, surge capacity was part of the original design of the new hospital.  As part of its efforts to reduce the cost of the new hospital, some elements of perinatal surge capacity have been removed (most notable are neonatal and adult bed capacity).  Since emergency preparedness is a public health function, Woman’s continues to work closely with the local, state and national public health agencies to address surge capacity issues.
 
This repricing information will be used to make a decision about the timing for issuance of permanent financing.