Banner Estrella Medical Center | Phoenix, Arizona

“To transform the healthcare experience” was the vision of Banner Health’s new facility, Banner Estrella Medical Center. The 452,000-sq.-ft. facility, located on a 50-acre site, included the ground-up construction of a new full-service, acute care, 172-bed hospital with additional space to add 36 beds for a total of 200 beds that offer emergency, inpatient, diagnostic, obstetric, and cardiac services including open-heart surgery. Completed November 2004, the aggressive schedule required an innovative, collaborative approach to the hospital building process by finishing the core and shell six to seven months prior to interior design and building out the rest of the hospital. The master plan of the hospital allows for the expansion of two additional patient towers to meet the growing demands of the West Valley.