The Georgia Department of Community Health has approved plans for a $603 million expansion of Piedmont Atlanta Hospital, including a 16-story tower.
The project, the largest healthcare expansion approved in Georgia history according to the Atlanta Business Journal, will add 870,305 square feet to the hospital. The tower, named the Marcus Tower after a $75 million grant from the Marcus Foundation, will contain 408 patient beds, 10 operating rooms, eight cardiac catheterization labs and four electrophysiology labs.
“This is an important step in building a better Piedmont Atlanta campus and expanding our ability to deliver the best healthcare in Georgia," said Matt Gove, Piedmont Atlanta Hospital's chief consumer officer. "We are appreciative of the approval and excited about moving this project forward."
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