Howard University’s long-planned hospital replacement is getting real. A Gilbane-led team held a trade contractor outreach event on June 10 to start lining up subcontractors for a new $650 million teaching hospital in Washington, D.C., a sign the project is moving from design into procurement.
The new building will go up directly in front of the existing Howard University Hospital on Georgia Avenue NW. Plans call for a roughly 252,000-square-foot, 200-bed facility, with the university targeting its first patients in 2028.
Who’s building it
The work is led by a tri-venture of Gilbane Building Company, D.C.-based Corenic Construction and WKM Solutions. Pairing a national builder with local firms is common on civic projects in the District, both for capacity and for local hiring and contracting goals. The June outreach event is where that broadens out, bringing trade contractors into the room before bid packages go out.
Why it matters for D.C.
Howard’s hospital is the teaching hospital for the nation’s most prominent HBCU medical school, and its replacement has been discussed for years. A modern facility lets Howard train physicians in current clinical settings and shores up care on the city’s east side, where hospital capacity has been a running concern. You can track the project alongside the build on our listing for the new Howard University Hospital. Details reported by NBC Washington.