The Gift
The $25 million gift to the Health Sciences Center is in addition to previous gifts to its affiliated University of Colorado Hospital. The Anschutz Foundation has been a visionary philanthropic partner for more than a decade. Their contributions total $91 million -- $30 million for its hospital's inpatient center, $25 million for its outpatient center, $10 million for its addiction treatment center, and this recent investment – dating back to January 2000. An additional $1 million has supported research and programs at the Health Sciences Center .
The latest gift of $25 million, will partially fund the completion of Research Complex 2, a major research facility on the campus, which will open in 2008. The remainder will support the program in Integrative Medicine and marketing and branding efforts for the new campus.
The Vision
The Anschutz Medical Campus is poised to become one of the top teaching, research and clinical facilities in the world. Home to many medical “firsts” including the first successful liver transplant, the study and development of a vaccine to prevent shingles, and identification of the first gene that carries a risk for schizophrenia, CU's Health Sciences Center is on an exciting trajectory to continue the tradition of excellence and innovation. The faculty housed at the Anschutz Medical Campus are working to unlock the fundamental mechanisms of adult and children's diabetes, obesity, alcoholism, cancer (breast, kidney, prostate, lung and skin), heart disease, emphysema, and organ transplants, among others. The visionary gifts of the Anschutz family will play a transformational role in healthcare for generations to come in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.
By the end of 2010, the entire Health Sciences Center will be on the Anschutz Medical Campus. The unprecedented move is estimated to cost $1.385 billion and will result in a substantial increase in available space.
The History
In 1995, when Fitzsimons was officially put on the Base Realignment and Closure list, officials from Health Sciences Center , University of Colorado Hospital and the City of Aurora presented an innovative proposal to the Department of Defense in Washington , D.C. The proposal emphasized the benefits of reusing the decommissioned base to build — from the ground up — a world-class, academic health center, including state-of-the-art healthcare facilities. In addition, the campus will be directly adjacent to the Colorado Bioscience Park Aurora, providing opportunities to take university research discoveries into the stream of commerce at an accelerated rate, through affiliation with the biotech companies located in the 160-acre research park.
This bold new step created the largest redevelopment of an academic medical complex in the country.
Buildings included in Anschutz Medical Campus:
Research Complex 1 – Education 1A
620,000 gross square feet
Cost: $217.4 million
Project completed: June 2004
Research Complex 1 includes two biomedical research towers. The facilities include wet and dry research laboratories, core laboratories, lab support space, research and program offices, conference rooms, a central vivarium, auditorium, institutional space and building support space.
Research Complex 2
506,000 gross square feet
Cost: $205.8 million
Projected completion: June 2008
As the second major research complex, RC2 provides additional space for the research enterprise of the HSC.
Historic Building 500
Historic Building 500, formerly the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center hospital, currently houses administrative offices for the Health Sciences Center and University of Colorado Hospital . The building also houses a VA clinic on the second floor.
Library
113,005 gross square feet
Cost: $35 million
Projected completion: July 2007
The new Library at the Anschutz Medical Campus serves a vitally important role as a repository of biomedical knowledge and a gateway to electronic healthcare information for the state and region.
Academic Office West
208,000 gross square feet
Cost: $42 million
Projected completion: August 2007
Academic Office West houses offices, meeting rooms, and support spaces for UCD faculty and staff.
Education Facility 1 B
115,251 gross square feet
Cost: $32.6 million
Projected completion: August 2007
Education Facility I consists of two buildings. Education Facility 1B includes space for multipurpose classrooms, lecture halls, specialized instructional and computer laboratories, student community space, program space for the Center for Studies in Clinical Performance, and skills laboratories for program in nursing, physical therapy, and pharmacy. The 115,251 gsf facility will be located to the east of Building 500 in the education zone of the Anschutz Medical Campus, and it will allow the Physical Therapy, PharmD, and School of Nursing undergraduate programs to relocate to the Anschutz Medical Campus.
Education Facility II/Education Bridge/Academic Office East
275,376 gross square feet
Cost: $75.7 million
Projected completion: August 2007
This facility combines the space envisioned for the Education II, Education Bridge , and Academic Offices East. It is two structures, connected by the education bridge, providing educational space on the lower floors and faculty offices on the upper floors.
Lazzara Center for Oral/Facial Health
87,500 gross square feet
Cost: $26.5 million
Project completed: August 2005
The Lazzara Center for Oral/Facial Health provides clinical education space for the CU School of Dentistry . Clinical functions include general dentistry, endodontics, orthodontics, periodontics, surgery, radiology, and specialized areas for pediatric care, geriatric care, and special needs care.
Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building
45,396 gross square feet
Cost: $13.3 million
Project completed: August 2002
The NCNHB houses the Division of American Indian and Alaska Native Programs , the Programs for Public Psychiatry, and the UCD TeleHealth/TeleEducation program .
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes
Phase I and II
108,500 gross square feet, including 61,700 finished and 46,800 shell space
Cost: $26.4 million
Project completed: March 2005
Phase III
46,800 gross square feet
Cost: $6.4 million
Project completed: October 2006
The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes houses research and patient care for children and adults with Type 1 diabetes.
Fulginiti Pavilion for Ethics and Humanities
19,475 gross square feet
Cost: $5.4 million
Projected completion: June 2007
The Fulginiti Pavilion for Ethics and Humanities will provide exhibit, meeting, seminar, and program office space.
Healthy Smiles Clinic
8,500 gross square feet (reuse building)
Cost: $400,000
Project completed: October 2002
The Healthy Smiles Dental Clinic houses 13 fully equipped dental units; educational and clinical space; lab support facilities; a reception area and a waiting room; and provides dental care for an estimated 10,000 patient visits per year.
Preservation and Access Service Center for Colorado Academic Libraries (PASCAL)
18,456 gross square feet
Cost: $4.1 million
Project completed: February 2001
PASCAL is a library storage facility, providing climate controlled housing for materials in the library collections of UCD, CU-Boulder, and the University of Denver . The current capacity for storage is 1.6 million volumes.
Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute
47,028 gross square feet
Cost: $12.1 million
Project completed: April 2001
The Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute serves as a clinical care center for patients with diseases affecting vision, and provides advanced education for residents, graduate medical students and ophthalmologists in the region.
University of Colorado Anschutz Cancer Pavilion
108,575 gross square feet
Cost: $28.7 million
Project completed: November 2000
The Anschutz Cancer Pavilion provides outpatient care for all types of cancers and houses cancer prevention and early detection programs, radiation oncology and the CU Cancer Center's clinical research program.
University of Colorado Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion
475,000 gross square feet
Cost: $119 million
Project completed: December 2000
The Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion houses primary and specialty ambulatory care clinics and outpatient ambulatory surgery.
University of Colorado Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion
Phase I
483,000 gross square feet (296,000 finished, 187,000 shelled)
Cost: $144.8 million
Project completed: February 2004
The first phase of the hospital houses 101 beds, including 72 medical/surgical beds, 10 intensive care beds, 5 labor/delivery/recovery rooms, 10 post-partum beds, 4 VIP rooms, an emergency service, laboratory 3 operating rooms, and support services.
Phase II and clinical core
277,000 gross square feet and completion of the 187,000 shelled space
Cost: $188 million
Projected completion: October 2007
The clinical core expansion is attached on the north side of the existing inpatient tower. The basement consists of a central utility plant, imaging and food-service prep area. The first level consists of a pharmacy, materials management area, sterile processing, and dining area. The second level consists of operating rooms and ICU beds. The third level consists of cardio vascular area and ICU beds. The fourth level consists of NICU beds. Build out of floors 7-12 of the shelled space of the inpatient tower include medical/surgical beds, rehabilitation beds, pulmonary beds, bone marrow transplant beds, oncology beds and cardiac beds.
University of Colorado Hospital Center for Dependency, Addiction and Rehabilitation (CeDAR)
50,000 gross square feet
Cost: $14 million
Project completed: October 2005
CeDAR is a 50-bed residential evaluation and treatment facility for adults afflicted with chronic substance dependency and addiction.
University of Colorado Hospital Leprino Office Building and Parking Structure
276,655 gross square feet
Cost: $102 million
Projected completion: August 2007
The Leprino Office Building will provide administrative offices for University of Colorado Hospital and retail space. The building will be connected to a parking structure with a capacity of 11,740 cars.