Indiana University Health has outlined design plans for a multi-use support building to serve its new downtown Indianapolis hospital under construction at its expanding healthcare campus south of 16th Street.
Filed recently with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission, the plans call for a support building of eight levels that will contain parking, loading docks and logistics uses, plus office and retail space. The building, occupying nearly a full block, will provide critical support needs for the adjacent new hospital and is designed to be compatible with the look of the hospital and other campus structures.
Design plans for the support building show a brick and granite base with glass storefronts and a facade of perforated metal paneling on the upper garage levels. The garage will hold approximately 2,700 parking spots depending on size, along with around 300 bicycles in a mobility hub. Up to 13,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space would front Capitol Avenue. The pedestrian-friendly building will be surrounded by sidewalks and native plantings.
The support building will connect to the new hospital with a pedestrian bridge and a utility tunnel, which will allow hospital supplies and equipment to flow via automated guided vehicles from the loading docks to the new hospital, largely unseen by patients and visitors.
Like the hospital itself, the support building will be developed under IU Health guidelines to award 30% participation on design and construction projects to certified veteran, women and minority-owned businesses and achieve at least 50% local business participation.
The South Support Building is designed by Lamar Johnson Collaborative, with Garmong Construction Services, Skender and CMID as construction manager.
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