During the last five years, WashU Medicine has seen dramatic growth. The Operations & Facilities Management Department (OFMD) has been instrumental in planning and designing buildings and renovation projects to ensure the School of Medicine’s mission can be fulfilled.
The projects listed on this web page include new construction and major renovations occurring over the next few years at Washington University School of Medicine.
WashU Medicine/BJC Campus Bridge Structures
The St. Louis Metro tunnel runs beneath the Medical Center Campus, extending from the Central West End Metro Transit Station on the east to Kingshighway on the west.
McMillan Hospital Renewal and Renovation
McMillan Hospital, built in 1929, is a 179,865 building-gross-square-feet mixed-use building featuring laboratory, office, and clinical spaces.
Five coordinated projects over five years will include infrastructure upgrades, replacing outdated systems, and improving safety.
Additionally, the project will focus on maximizing the floor plate to improve operational efficiency, particularly by incorporating open lab and office suites. This phased approach will allow for systematic upgrades while minimizing disruption to ongoing operations.
The Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza Restoration
The Ellen S. Clark Hope Plaza is located centrally on the Washington University Medical Campus, surrounded by the Steven & Susan Lipstein BJC Institute of Health, the McDonnell Pediatric Research Building, the Eric P. Newman Center, and the Mid Campus Center.
McDonnell Medical Sciences Building – Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
The 24,500-department-gross-square-feet project aims to relocate the department from multiple floors in McMillan Hospital to one collocated open lab floor in MMSB, promoting research collaboration.
Child Development Center at the Taylor Avenue Building
The new Child Development Center will be a 35,200- department-gross-square-feet childcare center located on the east side of the Taylor Avenue Building (TAB).
Cortex One – 1st Floor WUCA Clinics
Grant Medical Clinic (GMC), a Washington University Clinical Associates (WUCA)-owned practice, is a general internal medicine practice currently staffed by three physicians and two nurse practitioners specializing in primary care, with plans to recruit additional primary care physicians.
Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center
The 658,000-square-foot building emphasizes multi-disciplinary care and enhanced connections between research and clinical care.
BJC Institute of Health Vertical Expansion
Construction was completed in the fall of 2024 on a six-floor expansion on top of the Steven & Susan Lipstein BJC Institute of Health building, which sits at the center of the Medical Campus.
Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building
The Jeffery T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building is a state-of-the-art 609,000 square foot facility dedicated to cutting-edge neuroscience.