Johnathan Gram, left, and Brad Spiewak swing a beam into place, topping off the beam structure for a new hospital in Lone Tree. University of Colorado Health wants the 36,000-square-foot facility to serve patients in the south metro area. (John Leyba, The Denver Post)
University of Colorado Health and the University of Colorado School of Medicine on Wednesday raised the high beam on what will be the new Lone Tree Health Center, the latest in the health system's group of Front Range health facilities.
If a vote Tuesday goes the way polls suggest, the system will soon add Colorado Springs hospitals to the network that now includes University of Colorado Hospital, Poudre Valley Hospital and Medical Center of the Rockies, University Hospital spokesman Dan Weaver said.
The 36,000-square-foot Lone Tree Health Center and adjacent out-patient surgery center are expected to provide many of the same services and specialties offered at University Hospital in Aurora.
Physicians at Lone Tree
Employees signed their names on the last beam for the new hospital being built in Lone Tree. (John Leyba, The Denver Post)
are medical school faculty.Work on the building at 9548 Park Meadows Drive began in May. The health center is expected to open in about three months.
"The city of Lone Tree is an ideal location for us because it offers the best space and the best location in terms of giving a large population convenient access to our providers and services," University Hospital CEO John Harney said in a statement.
The medical center is a few miles from south Sky Ridge Medical Center.
The new center will include 36 exam rooms, three procedure rooms and cardiac ecograph and treadmill stress-test equipment.
University of Colorado Health was formed in January, when a joint operating agreement between Poudre Valley Health System and University Hospital was reached.
On Tuesday, Colorado Springs voters will decide whether to lease Memorial Health System, which includes Memorial North and Central hospitals and some clinics, to the partnership.
Kurtis Lee: 303-954-1655, klee@denverpost.com or twitter.com/kurtisalee
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