The Portland (Maine) Planning Commission has approved Maine Medical Center’s $512 million campus expansion in Portland’s West End neighborhood.
“This project is going to provide a tremendous benefit to Maine and all who need first-class health care in our community,” Maine Medical president and CEO Richard W. Petersen said in a written statement.
The project will move the hospital’s helipad and add two floors with 64 new oncology patient rooms on the hospital’s East Tower, while also adding three levels, totaling 225 spaces, to the visitor parking garage.
Construction is expected to begin in May.
Future phases of the five-year project are expected to include a new 270,000-square-foot building along Congress Street, which would become the hospital’s main entrance. Plans also call for 19 new operating rooms and 128 new single-occupancy patient rooms.
