Construction Begins for Integrated Health Village

HENDERSON, Nev. – A new acute-care hospital is the first construction project being built at what is being called the world’s first integrated health village in the world.

Las Vegas-based Valley Health System broke ground last month on the 142-bed Henderson Hospital, the first facility being built for Union Village. The village is a major development situated on a 170-acre site that will also include a retail center, medical offices, residential apartments, a senior care center and a cultural center.

The hospital, which sits on 38.5 acres, is being designed by Los Angeles-based HMC Architects and will be using a lean project delivery method in collaboration with New York-based Turner Construction Company.

The Henderson Hospital is the anchor facility for the $1.6 billion Union Village. The hospital will offer general surgery, emergency and specialty services. It will also offer all private rooms and an intensive care unit, as well as digital imaging and an advanced electronic clinical information system. A new feature at the hospital will be a Consolidated Treatment Unit, according to HMC Architects. The unit is an emergency department that is flexible to allow for expansion according to need and it’s where inpatients and outpatients can prepare for procedures.

“When the hospital opens, residents in the Henderson community will have access to quality care and advanced services that only an integrated health system can deliver,” said Karla Perez, regional vice president, Universal Health Services acute care division, in a statement. “It is a tremendous privilege and honor to support the community and bring this new hospital and advanced medical care to our families, friends and neighbors in Henderson, Boulder City, western Arizona and beyond, and at such an important time in our nation’s health care history.”

The new hospital joins five other Las Vegas hospitals in The Valley Health System, which are owned and operated by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services of King of Prussia, Pa.

In addition to the hospital, Union Village will make different levels of care available to seniors in the same complex, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, rather than being transported to several different facilities and will be able to recover in skilled nursing settings at a lower cost.

Union Village will be a four-part village consisting of Union Centre, which will house the hospital and health center; Union Plaza, which will house the retail center and residential units; Union Place, which will house the senior community; and Union Park, which will serve as the civic and cultural arts center.

The entire project, including the hospital, is expected to create more than 17,000 jobs, including 5,000 for construction jobs and 12,000 for health care and retail. Even down the line when construction is complete, retail units may be in a prime position for a tenant build out when business owners are ready to improve their premises and make use of tenant improvement services like those offered by Hurd Construction Management. Union Village Founder Craig Johnson told the Las Vegas Review-Journal the giant project is projected to generate $5 billion for local and state economies over its 80-year expected life.

The new hospital is expected to be complete in October 2016, and Union Village will be completed by 2022.