Construction crews shuffle between floors at the Cleveland Clinic’s new Neurological Institute (Harrison Whittaker). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.
Work continues at Neurological Institute and Innovation District
The Cleveland Clinic is pushing closer to completion on a collection of new facilities across three different buildings. On Carnegie Avenue between East 89th and 90th streets, the 1-million-square-foot Neurological Institute has topped out with façade work nearly complete.
Meanwhile, two medical research buildings at Cedar Avenue and East 100th Street have reached a similar stage of construction at the Cleveland Innovation District.
Looking south on East 90th Street, construction staging has been set up in front of the Neurological Institute. When complete, the space will be occupied by a new driveway and covered drop-off area (Harrison Whittaker).
The Neurological Institute’s 14 stories rise 243 feet, making it the Clinic’s tallest building. With 1 million square feet of floor area, it is also their largest. And at $1.1 billion, it is the Clinic’s most expensive.
The Neuro building was designed by Hopkins Architects of London and Stantec, Inc. of Edmonton. It is being built by Turner Construction.
Looking east on Carnegie Avenue, the Neurological Institute towers over other Clinic buildings (Harrison Whittaker).
Outpatient facilities, a core component of the project from the beginning, will span four floors on the lower half of the building. Another four floors on the top half will host inpatient facilities—the addition of which required the size of the new building to be scaled up massively. Between them, one floor will be used for surgery.
In addition to construction-related jobs, the Neurological Institute could potentially add more than 2,000 workers across a variety of positions.
At Carnegie Avenue and East 90th Street, sidewalks and sections of street have been closed for construction of the Neurological Institute (Harrison Whittaker).
At the southern edge of the Clinic’s campus, the Innovation District is adding two medical research buildings which topped out this summer.
The larger, eastern building will host several research labs, including the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Global Center for Pathogen & Human Health Research. The western building will be used for specialty research facilities and core services.
A skywalk connects two new medical research buildings across East 100th Street (Harrison Whittaker).
The Cleveland Innovation District, a public-private initiative aimed at adding thousands of research jobs, is funded by the Cleveland Clinic, the Ohio Development Services Agency, and JobsOhio—as well as philanthropic donors.
Next door, the Clinic recently opened 45,000 square feet of remodeled lab space at the Lerner Research Institute.
At the northeast corner of Cedar Avenue and East 100th Street, a medical research building will be home to the Global Center for Pathogen and Human Health Research (Harrison Whittaker).
The eastern and western research buildings at the Innovation District will add 170,000 and 120,000 square feet of space, respectively.
The buildings were designed by Cleveland Clinic Buildings + Design, with help from HOK Architects and Vanderweil Engineers. Construction is being managed by Gilbane Building.
The western Innovation District building will host specialty research facilities and core services (Harrison Whittaker).
These additions follow other Cleveland Clinic construction projects such as the 150,000 square foot Cole Eye Institute expansion which opened earlier this year.
Keep an eye on NEOtrans’ Progress Pics feature for new construction updates each week.
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